Cw5- Q4- Indian Summer Sun

Why does Cristina go to Kathy's party?

• She promised her mother.

• She feels REALLY comfortable with Kathy.

• She is hoping to dance with Jerry.

• She is too shy to say no.

Why does Cristina's mother encourage her to spend time with Kathy? She wants Cristina to _____________.

• learn to dance.

• practice speaking English.

• improve her skills in algebra.

• share about her life in Puerto Rico.

Why does Cristina like the evergreen trees?

• She loves the smell of pine!

• They are beautiful dark green trees.

• She knows what they are called in English.

• The remind her of the palm trees in Puerto Rico.

At the end of the story Cristina realizes she isn't cold... this means that

• She is wearing warm clothes

• Is a way to say that she is adjusting to living in Conneticut and having new friend

• Summer has arrived

• The weather has changed and she isn't cold.

Why doesn't Cristina want to speak English?

• Because she is from Puerto Rico

• Because she doesn't know how to speak English

• Because her English accent made her feel embarrassed

• Because she felt embarrassed of making mistakes.

The trees were dressed-up as if they were going to a carnival. The underlined word is...

• an idiom

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

The narrator did not want to sit with the algebra students because she was afraid they would

• love her accent.

• love her accent.

• laugh at her accent.

• speak Spanish.

When the narrator went from class to class trying to be "ignored," she wanted

• to make the best of it.

• people to notice her.

• no attention.

• to be successful.

If Cristina only talks to people who speak Spanish, it will not help her

• become fluent in English.

• learn algebra.

• become fluent in Spanish.

• make a friend.

Cristina is used to the weather in Connecticut, so she knows how to dress properly. True or false?

• FALSE

• TRUE