from The Book of Unknown Americans

1 Which statement best describes the narrator’s internal conflict in the story?

• The narrator is pressured by his family about feeling Panamanian and by his peers about not being American, yet he feels more American than Panamanian.

• The narrator implies feeling confused when his family appears proud to become American citizens at the courthouse.

• The narrator discusses feeling more American than Panamanian, yet his father gets angry when accused of being an American.

• The narrator states that he cannot remember anything about living in Panama like his brother who reminisces about his memories

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Which sentence from the selection best represents its main message?

• “You want Panamá?” he said. “A beach is the closest thing you’re going to get.”

• They’d thought that with enough time, Panamá would be rebuilt and that their hearts, I guess, would heal.

• We never went back to Panamá, not even for a visit.

• “We moved here because it was supposed to be safer! Where can we go after this?”

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Which sentence from paragraphs 1 to 5 foreshadows that the family will not return to Panamá?

• They needed to believe they’d done the right thing and that it made sense.

• But while they waited for that day, they started making friends.

• And before they knew it, we had a life here.

• Enrique was in school, and I started, too.

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Read these sentences from paragraph 12.

"They think we're Americans now. And maybe we are! Maybe we don't belong there anymore after all."

What causes the father to make this statement?

• The class president accuses the father of being better than everyone who stayed in Panamá because the father left and became an American citizen

• The father regrets leaving Panamá because he now knows that his classmates are angry that he left.

• The class president suggests that an American citizenship has no value

• The father misunderstands what the class president is trying to say and assumes that he is jealous that the father left Panamá and became an American citizen

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Look at the dictionary entry below.

froth \frôth\ n 1. a fit of anger or vexation 2. something unsubstantial or trivial 3. salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion 4. high prices unwarranted by economic fundamentals

Which definition most closely matches the way the word froth is used in paragraph 22?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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In paragraph 22, the word conferring comes from a Latin root word that means to —

• count

• believe

• argue

• talk

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As used in paragraph 25, what does the word recruit mean?

• To hire

• To strengthen

• To enlist

• To renew

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Cause is listed below- Select the effect

The narrator’s father sees the airplanes flying into the towers on television.

• The narrator’s father realizes he doesn’t belong in Panamá anymore.

• The last trip that is planned to visit Panamá is canceled.

• The family makes a life in their new home and does not want to move again.

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Cause- The narrator’s father calls the class president to tell him they will be coming to the reunion.

Select effect

• The narrator’s father realizes he doesn’t belong in Panamá anymore.

• The last trip that is planned to visit Panamá is canceled.

• The family makes a life in their new home and does not want to move again.

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Cause- The narrator’s father gets a job in America.

Select the effect from below

• The narrator’s father realizes he doesn’t belong in Panamá anymore.

• The last trip that is planned to visit Panamá is canceled.

• The family makes a life in their new home and does not want to move again.

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