The Pale Mare

What is Consuela’s dream?

• to ride in the charreada

• to study astronomy

• to own a business

• to rescue horses

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence from the story has a first-person pronoun?

• She blinks her large dark eyes.

• Mama, Papa, they just don’t get it.

• All senses lock on me, the intruder.

• The arena is smooth as a flour tortilla.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of these is true about a story told by a first-person narrator?

• The setting changes often to show the narrator’s moods.

• The events are seen through the eyes of the narrator.

• The facts and details are all about the narrator.

• There is only one character in the story.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Consuela makes a connection to the pale mare because both of them

• feel trapped.

• are in danger.

• escape to freedom.

• love the moonlight.

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Which of these sentences from the story includes strong words that show how Consuela really feels?

• I climb the sturdy metal pip corral.

• Fai works long hours in her parents’ Chinese takeout.

• I hurry back home, my step lighter than it has been in a long time.

• The mares skitter from me like bugs over a pond as I walk toward them.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

At the end of the story, Consuela says that she is “beginning to see the path the stars have laid down for me.” The path she is thinking about leads to

• the astronomy camp in the desert.

• a future she chooses for herself.

• the mountains beyond the city.

• an answer to all her questions.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2