Eleven

According to Rachel, when do you feel "smart eleven"?

• not until you're almost twelve

• not for a few days

• in a few weeks

• in about two months

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Rachel want to do with the sweater?

• She wants to try it on.

• She wants to find out whose it is.

• She wants to put it in the coatroom.

• She wants to throw it away.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Rachel starts to cry because

• she isn't able to explain that the sweater isn't hers.

• she wants to be three years old again.

• she feels like she is invisible.

• her birthday party is that night.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

A raggedy shirt is

• red with white stripes

• torn and full of holes

• one with long sleeves

• soft and fuzzy

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does Rachel say that you feel when you turn eleven?

• ready to act like a grownup

• smarter and older than your friends

• old enough to talk with adults

• as though you have other ages inside you

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does Rachel mean by "it's too late" in this sentence from "Eleven"? "There'll be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late"

• She already knows about the party, so it won't be a surprise.

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

• The party won't matter because her day has been ruined.

• Her birthday party will take place very late at night.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...just sitting there with that look on my face and nothing coming out of my mouth." The following quote shows that Rachel is-

• Too excited to talk.

• So angry that she can't speak.

• In such shock that she cannot talk.

• Saddened by the news she just received.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...like a part of me that's three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard..." What is the narrator struggling to do in the line above?

• struggling to not cry

• struggling to be quiet

• struggling to not hit her teacher

• struggling to be still

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which character trait BEST describes Rachel?

• jolly (happy)

• ecstatic (excited)

• insecure

• outgoing

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Why does Mrs. Price give the sweater to Rachel?

• Mrs. Price finds the sweater near Rachel's desk.

• The sweater matches Rachel's clothes

• Sylvia says that the seater belongs to Rachel.

• Rachel says that it is her sweater.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.W.5.9A