(Schiraldi)-The Pie- By Gary Soto

How old was the little boy in “The Pie”?

• 4

• 7

• 6

• 10

What type of pie did he steal?

• Peach

• Pecan

• Apple

• Chocolate

The point of view in The Pie, helps the reader to infer

• What guilt looks like from the perspective of a little boy

• What the effects of stealing can be

• What Sister Marie set out to do

• What an imagination a child can have

Which line best shows his guilty conscience in this passage?

• "Get away, I had answered Cross-Eyed Johnny".

• "My mom, peeling a mountain of potatoes at the Redi-Spud factory, knew".

• "I retrieved it, jogging slowly, I flung it again".

• "The best things in life come stolen".

The narrator faces a major conflict in The Pie, choose the answer that best represents this struggle.

• His struggle with the outside forces of nature.

• His struggle of hiding his sin from grandma.

• His internal struggle with his choices.

• His external struggle with Cross-Eyed Johnny.

What word best describes the author's tone to this story?

• Guilty

• Embarrassed

• Reflective

• Angry

What does the quote "I looked and saw the glare of a pie tin on a hot day. I knew sin was what you took and didn’t give back." mean as used in the underlined sentence?

• Once you steal, you're a criminal because the action is done.

• Sinning is all about taking things that don't belong to you, because you are selfish.

• You can apologize for a mistake, and try to fix it, but you can't take back your actions.

• The pie tin is glaring at Soto because he's angry, he was damaged goods.

Select the phrase that contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot in "The Pie" by Gary Soto?

• "I sat on the curb. The pie tin glared at me and rolled away when the wind picked up. My face was sticky with guilt."

• "I was holy in almost every bone."

• “No one saw,” I muttered to myself, the pie like a discus in my hand, and hurried across the street, where I sat on someone’s lawn.

• “Get away,” I had answered Cross-Eyed Johnny. He watched my fingers greedily push chunks of pie down my throat. He swallowed and said in a whisper, “Your hands are dirty."

• "I stood before a rack of pies, my sweet tooth gleaming and the juice of guilt wetting my underarms."

Which sentences from the passage illustrate information the reader would likely miss if the story were written from a

different point of view?

• "I knew enough about hell to stop me from stealing."

• "My face was sticky with guilt. A car honked, and the driver knew. Mrs. Hancock stood on her lawn, hands on hips, and she knew. My mom, peeling a mountain of potatoes at the Redi-Spud factory, knew. "

• "I wiped my sticky fingers on the grass and rolled my tongue over the corners of my mouth. A burp perfumed the air."

• “No one saw,” I muttered to myself, the pie like a discus in my hand, and hurried across the street, where I sat on someone’s lawn."