"Eleven" - Test Review

"Your past does not define you. It helps to shape you" would be the __________________ of the story.

• Pesrpective

• Theme

• Genre

• Tone

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

The red sweater is symbolic of...

• Rachel's happiness

• Rachel's hope

• Rachel's unhapiness

• Rachel's dishonesty

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In the story, Rachel says ¨There will be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it´s too late.¨

What does Rachel mean by the underlined words in red?

• She feels too sad to invite her classmates to her party

• Her birthday is already ruined so her party won´t matter

• Her party won´t be a surprise because she already knows about it

• Her party will probably take place too late at night

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

¨and when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don´t¨. This quote from the story is an example of _________________.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which quote is an example of ¨hyperbole¨?

• ¨It´s maybe a thousand years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn´t say so¨

• ¨I even move my chair a little to the right¨

• ¨It´s hanging over the edge like a waterfall¨

• ¨Ï put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater but it smells like cottage cheese¨

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In the story Rachel suggests that when someone feels sad or scared they ...

• feel like hiding.

• feel like an adult.

• feel like a child.

• feel like a teenager.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

When Mrs. Price makes Rachel put on the red sweater, Rachel feels ______________________.

• Benevolent

• Disappointed

• Humiliated

• Enraged

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The author uses a large amount of figurative language and descriptive details. She does this to...

• give the story a happy feeling as Rachel is going through her day.

• warn the reader that they should not believe Rachel.

• help the reader truly see how Rachel is feeling.

• add suspense to the story.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

In the story Rachel says ¨But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes; the red sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain.¨

What does Rachel mean when she says this?

• That the sweater is greatly important to her.

• The sweater reminds her of hiking a mountain.

• That this is problem that she won´t get over until she can deal with it.

• The sweater is way to large and wont fit her.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Rachel says that she looks at herself as being ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. What does this say about Rachel?

• She knows birthdays are happy occasions every single year.

• She is daydreaming in class.

• Each year makes up a part of who she is.

• She is making excuses for her childish behavior.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6