My Favorite Chaperone JK-JH

Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story?

• She wants to put her picture in a dating magazine.

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

• She wants to go to the school dance, but she thinks her parents are unlikely to give her permission.

• She wants to go to the school dance, but her brother gets in trouble.

What is Maya's motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan's principal's words?

• She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.

• She wants to leave the office quickly.

• She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.

• She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.

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

• exposition

• turning point

• climax

• falling action

Maya's character could best be described as

• selfish

• opinionated

• caring and optimistic

• self absorbed

The narrator of the story is

• Nurzhan

• Aibek

• Shannon

• Maya

Maya and her family came to America through

• An International Dating Magazine

• The International Institute

• Winning a contest

• An Immigration Service

What helped Maya to free herself from responsibilities for a little while?

• Watching TV

• Cooking

• Being on the gymnastics team

• Driving a cab

The conflict in the story is resolved when

• Nurzhan offers to chaperone Maya at the dance.

• Nurzhan agrees to stop fighting.

• Maya quits gymnastics.

• Maya's Dad agrees to be Maya's chaperone.

When Maya describes things that have happened in the past it is called:

• Again and Again

• Memory Moment

• Characterization

• Plot

A chaperone is

• Someone who drives a cab.

• Someone who cleans houses.

• Someone who does gymnastics.

• Someone who goes with someone else to look after them.