"Barrio Boy" Comprehension Quiz

What information mainly does the passage convey (paragraph 12)?

• The narrator is anxious in Miss Ryan’s presence.

• Miss Ryan thinks the narrator is an exceptional student.

• Miss Ryan is more than six feet tall.

• The narrator dislikes Miss Ryan trying to explain the “idiocies” of English.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is most closely the meaning of formidable as it is used in the paragraph?

• frightening

• impressive

• unexpected

• aggressive

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The author most likely included the sentence to...

• show that Miss Hopley, the gringo lady, is tall and frightening in appearance

• offer readers an example of the narrator’s quick reflexes

• remind the reader that the narrator is young and nervous

• to suggest to the reader the narrator’s fear of authority

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following selections best identifies the main idea of the paragraph (paragraph 17)?

• The Lincoln School encouraged each of the students to embrace his or her individual identity.

• Students in classes at Lincoln School were allowed to speak in their native tongue.

• There were quite a few field trips at the Lincoln School to museums and art galleries.

• The students’ different cultures were fascinating to Miss Hopley.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following inferences about the narrator is best supported by the first paragraph of the excerpt?

• The narrator and his mother had to walk a long way to get to the school.

• The narrator has just started noticing the architecture of the United States.

• The narrator is apprehensive at first about his new school due to its unfamiliarity.

• The narrator is excited by the look of the school, with its new, yellow building.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following sentences most strongly supports the answer to question 5?

• “The two of us walked south on Fifth Street one morning to the corner of Q Street and turned right.”

• “Half of the block was occupied by the Lincoln School.”

• “It was a new building, painted yellow, with a shingled roof that was not like the red tile of the school in Mazatlan.”

• “I noticed other differences, none of them very reassuring.”

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which is most likely the narrator’s reason for interrupting Miss Ryan in the following passage?

• The narrator would like to teach Miss Ryan to speak Spanish.

• The narrator prefers Spanish words to English, and would like to show Miss Ryan why.

• The narrator wants to impress Miss Ryan with words he knows that she does not.

• Miss Ryan is overwhelming the narrator with so many new English words.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6