My Favorite Chaperone

On a plot chart, Maya's mother giving her the bracelet happens in the ________________.

• exposition

• falling action

• complications

• climax

• rising action

Which one of these events does not happen during the plot's rising action?

• Nurzhan receives a two-day suspension from school.

• Maya's mother injures her ankle while working.

• Maya's parents say that she may go to the dance with her brother as her chaperone.

• Maya misses her gymnastics meet.

• Maya translates during the conference between her father and Mr. Shanaman.

Maya's problem or conflict, knowing she won't be given permission to go to the dance, is resolved in the __________.

• exposition

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

In what way does Nurzhan's suspension become a complication for Maya?

• She now has to help Nurzhan with his homework.

• She has to make dinner for the family.

• She is supposed to be looking out for her younger brother.

• She cannot participate in gymnastics if Nurzhan fights at school.

• She has to help her mother clean houses whenever her brother is suspended from school.

What was Papa's job when he and his family lived in Kazakhstan?

• cab driver

• house cleaner

• gymnastics coach

• teacher

• school principal

The story's setting takes place in America, after her family has immigrated from Kazakhstan. A story's setting is introduced in the plot chart's ________________.

• rising action

• exposition

• climax

• complications

• falling action

Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story?

• Maya’s brother is being bullied at school.

• Maya needs permission to go to a school dance.

• Maya’s family is struggling to earn enough money to live.

• Maya has to do her mother’s job when her mother is injured.

Maya is upset when she is called to the office because

• she knows that her brother has been fighting.

• she is worried about missing gymnastics.

• she thinks it will be difficult to reach her father.

• she thinks that she is in trouble.

Why does Maya give an incorrect translation of what the principal says about Nurzhan’s fight?

• She wants to keep her father from becoming angry.

• She misunderstands what the principal says.

• She thinks Nurzhan was right to defend himself.

• She needs Nurzhan’s help to go to a dance.

One reason Maya’s parents have stricter rules than her friends’ parents is that her parents

• have to work long hours at their jobs.

• expect her to do well in school.

• are from a country with different customs.

• want her to set a good example for her brother.