Any Small Goodness G6 Journeys

the author probably wrote the story to....

• Persuade the reader to play basketball

• Describe the game of basketball

• entertain the reader with a realistic story

• explain how to cook Mexican dishes

Which statement best describes how this story is told?

• Coach Tree tells the story

• Arturo tells the story

• Two characters tell the story, each from different view points

• A narrator who is not involved in the story describes events

What scene does the author include to show the importance of family and culture to Arturo?

• Arturo does homework with his friend Alicia

• Arturo learns that Jose has been stealing from Coach Tree

• Arturo and his brother disagree about Coach Tree's motives

• Arturo and his family cook chiles rellenos together

To support her main purpose, the author uses all the following exept

• humor

• persuasion

• Spanish phrases

• a conversational tone

Why does the author set the words assistant coach in italics on page 357?

• To show that Arturo feels strong emotion when he says these words

• Th show that these are words that Arturo has just learned

• To show that Arturo is shouting these words

• To show that the reader should pause there.

From the events in the story, the reader can concluded that the author probably believes....

• Everyone deserves a second chance

• schools should teach academics without sports

• everyone should eat Mexican food

• sports figures are only interested

When Arturo learns that Coach Tree is spending extra time with Jose Arturo...

• feels jealous that Jose is getting extra attention.

• begins to have hope for Jose's future

• loses all hope that Jose will have a good future

• realizes that Luis was right about Coach Tree's motives.

Which sentence does the author use to show that Arturo in determined to work hard for Coach Tree?

• At this news, it's amazing all the Tigers don't swoon to the floor

• I plan to just dribble my brains loose while this guy's here

• I'm not world-class, but somehow I make the team.

• My nerves get tangled as a fistful of paper clips

Which sentence does the author use to show that Coach Tree is dedicated to coaching the team?

• He shakes hands with everyone in my family

• The new basketball program affects everyone

• Actually, at first just about the whole school's waiting for a glimpse of him.

• Coach Tree arrives every morning just about before anyone.

Coach Tree's actions show that his main goal is to teach the students to...

• keep trying to succeed

• respect other people's culture

• make money however they can

• find the sport that suits them best