Tessa's Family Day

On the basis of the beginning of the story, what can you tell about Tessa?

• Tessa is a good listener.

• Tessa hates volunteering and always tries to get out of it.

• Tessa does not consider everyone's feelings.

• Tessa tries to make everyone happy.

Read this sentence from the story: We discussed the principles that we believe family day represents when we started setting aside special time to be together. What words help the readers understand the meaning of principles?

• family and time

• time and together

• believe and represent

• represent and aside

In which section of the story does the climax occur?

• "Concert Makes Waves"

• "Stewng on the Sandbar"

• "Struggling Loose with the Tide"

• "Smooth Sailing Ahead"

How does Tessa feel at the end of the story?

• She is thankful about her volunteer time at the food bank

• She is glad she didn't have to volunteer

• She appreciates the relationship she has with her mom

• She is excited to spend time with her friend Bree

What is the effect of Bree giving Tessa some breathing room?

• Bree realizes Tessa cares only about herself

• Tessa realizes she should not have gotten upset with Bree.

• Bree realizes Tessa's mom was right

• Tessa talks her mom into going to the concert

In making the analogy, "Communication is to our family as water is to life", what message does Tessa convey?

• Tessa's family are excellent swimmers

• Water is important to everyone

• Communicating is important

• All families need to communicate like Tessa's family

What is the resolutioon to the problem?

• Tessa and her mom agree to communicate more

• Tessa and her mom go swimming at a water park

• Tessa's mom allows her to go to the concert

• Tessa no longer has to volunteer with her family

What does Tessa think is the reason why her mother is crying?

• that Tessa and she are fighting

• that Tessa does not want to volunteer

• a situation at work

• that she sees her family less now that she works

What do all of Tessa's family members have in common?

• They all volunteer by sorting food at the food bank

• They all love swimming and being in the water

• They all look foward to going to hip-hop concerts

• They all think Tessa's mom should work less

How does Tessa's mom show Tessa that she is willing to compromise?

• She agress to let Tessa go to the concert with Bree

• She lets Tessa skip family day

• She decides to take Tessa on a vacation

• She plans to volunteer with Tessa during the week to spend more time with her