The Whistle by Anne Estevis

The protagonist never liked having her grandmother living with her.

• True

• False

Upon leaving, Mama asked the grandmother to take care of Chatita and her brothers.

• True

• False

Mama had asked the children to take care of their grandmother while she was gone.

• True

• False

It was a very hot day when the grandmother went out to clean the storage shed.

• True

• False

While Chatita worked inside the house, her brothers worked out in the field preparing it for planting.

• True

• False

The abuela had left the house to visit their sick neighbor.

• True

• False

As Chatita wrapped her grandmother in a soft woolen blanket, she felt

• laughter come from her mouth

• guilty and ashamed

• anger toward her brothers.

When her father came home, Chatita's grandmother told him what had happened and-

• then she refused to speak to Chatita

• her father made her do extra chores

• Chatita blamed her brothers

Chatita bought a whistle and presented it to Abuelita

• with a piece of a cake she'd baked

• in a box wrapped in colored paper

• tied to the family's dog's neck

When Chatita told her grandmother what the whistle was for, her grandmother

• thanked her and said it was a good idea

• still refused to talk to her

• has doubts Chatita would hear it