Mighty Miss Malone Quiz

What do the following lines mainly reveal about Deza’s mother (paragraph 3)?

• Deza’s education is very important to her.

• She does not want Deza to know that her husband is gone.

• She likes to joke around with Deza.

• She is hoping that Miss Stew will eventually hire Deza.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which selection best describes how Ms. Needham’s lessons have helped Deza?

• Ms. Needham has helped Deza mature emotionally to prepare her for new challenges in her new school.

• Ms. Needham’s writing lessons have led Deza to getting As in English at her new school.

• Ms. Needham let Deza know that some teachers may treat her differently because of her race.

• Ms. Needham has turned Deza into such an excellent math student that Deza is outperforming all her new classmates.

Which of the following best explains why Deza slaps Mr. Smith’s essay?

• She believes that it will fix her grade to the proper score.

• She is angry at herself for the quality of her essay.

• She is trying to alert Mr. Smith that he has not graded her properly.

• She is pretending it will make everything okay and keeping herself calm.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

What is most likely the narrator’s reason for saying that the boy with Deza “held up four fingers”?

• The narrator is calling attention to physical disabilities the children in the camps have.

• The narrator is showing how poorly educated the boy is.

• The narrator is revealing how Deza can be fooled easily.

• The narrator is suggesting that the boy is lying.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which of the following inferences about Deza is best supported by the text?

• Deza is worried that her mother favors Jimmie over her.

• Deza cheated on her math test the first time she took it.

• Deza is extremely committed to her studies.

• Deza does not do anything at camp besides focus on her schoolwork.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which of the following inferences about Flint is best supported by the text?

• It was impossible to excel at school while living in the poor conditions of the camp.

• Only a few of the teachers in Flint are black.

• People in Flint seem much happier than they do anywhere else.

• White teachers in Flint do not treat the black students fairly.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1