Braving the Wilderness: Mulitple-choice

What is the setting of the story? Pick the best.

• A. school, car, and store

• B. school, car, and home

• C. school, car, and Texas

• D. school, car, and beach

What are some conflicts the author faced at the tryouts?

• A. being overweight and hungry

• B. too pretty and admired by all

• C. wrong school colors and no friends

• D. wrong school colors and too loud

What did her parents wanted for their dauther, the writer?

• A. to be happy and learn from mistakes

• B. to be popular and accepted by others

• C. to not make the team and have no friends

• D. to do what she wanted and to make friends

How did the silence from her parents make her feel?

• A. She felt like she did belong to her family.

• B. She felt like she did not belong to her family.

• C. She felt like she could talk to her family about anything.

• D. She felt like she could not talk to her family about only some things.

At the end of the text, what resolution does the writer achieve?

• A. She sees how she needed her parent's support as a child.

• B. She sees how her parents support made her childhood easier.

• C. She sees how she needed to make the team to make her parents happy.

• D. She sees how she needed her parents to accept her failure in life.

What is a theme?

• A. Belonging is not a big thing in life but you need to love yourself first.

• B. Belonging is a big thing in life but you need to love yourself first.

• C. Belonging only matters in life but your parents have the final say.

• D. Belonging only matters in life but your parents have no final say.

What is a central idea of the story?

• A. Silence between the writer and her parents caused her to feel like she did not belong due to not being accepted on a drill team.

• B. Communicaiton between the writer and her parents caused her to feel like she belong due being accepted on a drill team.

• C. Fear between the writer and her parents caused her to feel like she did not belong due to not being accepted on a drill team.

• D. Silence between the writer and her parents caused her to feel like she did not belong due to not being accepted for a job interview.

Infer how the author feels about communications now.

• A. it does not matter

• B. only the weak speak

• C. it matters to speak up

• D. never speak yoru mind

Why did it matter that the writer be accepted in the new school and drill team?

• A. Her parents were not popular in school.

• B. Her parents were popular in school.

• C. Her parents did not attend school.

• D. Her parents went to the same school like her.

Why was it intense for the writer to go to the list of who made the drill team?

• A. She knew it did not mean everything for her parents.

• B. She knew it meant everything for her parents.

• C. She knew it did meant everything for her brothers and sisters.

• D. She knew it did not mean everything for her parents and sisters.