The Wallet

Which words best describe Jenny?

• analytical and rational

• nonsensical and thoughtless

• illogical and irrational

• lighthearted and mournful

Which event contributes most to Jenny's inner conflict?

• Jenny has to dig the wallet out of the freezing cold snow.

• Jenny has to find the old lady but she doesn't know her way around the town.

• Jenny has to decide what she will do with the money in the wallet.

• Jenny has to tell her grandmother what she did and she knows her grandmother will be disappointed.

How does Jenny resolve the conflict?

• Jenny asks her grandmother for advice about what she should do with the wallet

• Jenny gets in line to buy the doll.

• Jenny puts the doll back on the shelf.

• Jenny works hard to buy the doll herself

As used in paragraph 3, the word bulging means

• swollen with contents

• thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface

• to bend outward

• to have the advantage or upperhand

The conversation between Jenny and her grandmother best contributes to the turning point of the story by

• causing Jenny to buy the doll out of anger.

• reminding Jenny that she knows right from wrong.

• making Jenny feel like her prayers had been answered.

• showing that Jenny is really greedy and doesn't deserve the doll.

What can the reader infer about Jenny's relationship with her grandmother?

• Jenny doesn't have a good relationship with her grandmother.

• Jenny respects and loves her grandmother.

• Jenny is upset with her grandmother.

• Jenny thinks the old lady is her grandmother.

Which word means the same as the word fidgeted as it is used in paragraph 2?

• jiggle

• relax

• stroll

• fiddle

The author uses humor in paragraph 1 to show that Jenny

• does not mind working for the doll

• is unreliable

• cannot afford the doll

• is not good with math

Based on the description of the setting, the reader can infer that

• it is between November and January

• it is between June and August

• it is between February and May

• it is between September and October

If Jenny would have spent the money in the wallet, who would have had a bad holiday?

• Jenny

• Jenny's grandmother

• the orphans

• the old lady that dropped the wallet