"Gaston"

Which statement describes why the girl wouldn’t eat any of the peaches? (RL.1 Explicit Information)

• “There were seven of them, but one of them flawed.” (paragraph 5)

• “Gaston is just about the handsomest of his kind I’ve ever seen.” (paragraph 28)

• "You can see for yourself just how comfortable he was in there." (Paragraph 36)

• “No. I want the same kind that you ate, with somebody in the seed.” (paragraph 54)

Which text evidence best supports the father’s intention to give the best to his child? (RL.1 Cite Evidence to Support a Claim)

• “They had been together again (although she couldn’t quite remember when they had been together before) for almost a hundred years now, or was it only since the day before yesterday?” (paragraph 1)

• “He wore blue slacks, but no shoes and socks. He was barefoot, and so was she, of course.” (paragraph 2)

• “He placed the biggest and best-looking peach on the small plate in front of the girl and then took the flawed peach and began to remove the skin.” (paragraph 6)

• "The man held the half-eaten peach and looked down into the cavity, into the open seed. The girl looked, too." (Paragraph 7)

Which of the following statements would most likely be found in a summary free from personal opinions?” (RL 6.2 Objective Summary)

• The girl has a different way of life in NY.

• The girl thinks her father is strange.

• The girl would like to have Gaston as a pet.

• The girl is easily persuaded by her mother.

Which of the following statements best captures the central idea of the passage that people are easily swayed by the influencers around them? (RL.2 Determine Key Details to Support Central Idea)

• "No, I want the same kind that you ate, with somebody in the seed." (Paragraph 54)

• "Because I want you to be where you want to be." (Paragraph 69)

• "And we'll have to squash it." (Paragraph 99)

• "They shook hands instead, like strangers." (Paragraph 123)

Based on the passage, what is revealed about the father choosing to name the bug, Gaston? (RL.3 Character Development)

• It establishes how the father values the beauty in life, not only things that have monetary value.

• It suggests that the father is a humorous character.

• It explains that the father is lonely and needs a friend.

• It shows what the father thinks about how the bug feels.

Which statement describes why the girl wouldn’t eat any of the peaches? (RL.1 Explicit Information)

• “There were seven of them, but one of them flawed.” (paragraph 5)

• “Gaston is just about the handsomest of his kind I’ve ever seen.” (paragraph 28)

• "You can see for yourself how comfortable he was in there." (paragraph 36)

• “No. I want the same kind that you ate, with somebody in the seed.” (paragraph 54)