from The Book of Unknown Americans
Authored by Craig Beheler
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In paragraph 22, the word conferring comes from a Latin root word that means to —
count
believe
argue
talk
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
As used in paragraph 25, what does the word recruit mean?
To hire
To strengthen
To enlist
To renew
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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