"Abuela Invents the Zero"

Where does Abuela live?

• Cancun

• Puerto Rico

• New Jersey

• North Pole

Where does Connie live?

• Cancun

• Puerto Rico

• New Jersey

• North Pole

Based on the weather, what season do you think it is?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

What can the reader infer based on the following line of text?

But when Mami says, “Connie, please be nice to Abuela. She doesn’t have too many years left. Do you promise me, Constancia?”—when she uses my full name, I know she means business.

• Connie does not like her full name.

• Connie's mother is concerned about Abuela's recent health scare.

• Connie's mother knows that she can often be disrespectful.

• Connie's mother is overprotective.

What happens in the story first?

• Connie chooses not to help Abuela when she is lost.

• Connie has to make a compromise, resulting in her agreeing to take Abuela to church.

• Connie learns the meaning of “zero” (as is used in the title of the story).

• Abuela arrives wearing only a shawl in the middle of an Northeast winter.

What happens in the story second?

• Connie chooses not to help Abuela when she is lost.

• Connie has to make a compromise, resulting in her agreeing to take Abuela to church.

• Connie learns the meaning of “zero” (as is used in the title of the story).

• Abuela arrives wearing only a shawl in the middle of an Northeast winter.

What happens in the story third?

• Connie chooses not to help Abuela when she is lost.

• Connie has to make a compromise, resulting in her agreeing to take Abuela to church.

• Connie learns the meaning of “zero” (as is used in the title of the story).

• Abuela arrives wearing only a shawl in the middle of an Northeast winter.

What happens in the story fourth?

• Connie chooses not to help Abuela when she is lost.

• Connie has to make a compromise, resulting in her agreeing to take Abuela to church.

• Connie learns the meaning of “zero” (as is used in the title of the story).

• Abuela arrives wearing only a shawl in the middle of an Northeast winter.

Which inference about the narrator’s feelings toward Abuela is BEST supported by the text?

• She is hoping to show Abuela about the city.

• She is excited to introduce Abuela to her friends.

• She is uncertain how to keep Abuela safe.

• She is ashamed to be seen with Abuela.

Which sentence from the short story MOST STRONGLY supports your previous answer?

• “I try to walk far behind them in public so that no one will think we’re together.”

• “There is a Harley Davidson fashion show at Brookline Square we cannot miss.”

• “I warm it up for Abuela, as instructed by my parents, and drive it to the front of our building.”

• “She doesn’t speak to me on the way home, even though she almost falls a couple times."