My Favorite Chaperone

Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story?

• She wants to go to the school dance, but she isn’t sure she should attend because she can’t dance.

• Maya has to do her mother’s job when her mother is injured.

• She wants to go to the school dance, but she thinks her parents are unlikely to give her permission.

• Maya wants to be best friends with Marcia Egness.

The word SPONSORED comes from a Latin root word -spondre, which means, promise solemnly- that means

(If you SPONSOR someone, you support his or her admission into a group. Ex. AUNT MEDINA SPONSORED MAYA'S FAMILY)

• guarantee

• assure

• pledge

• return

What is Maya's motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan's principal's words?

• She dislikes the principal.

• She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.

• she wants to leave the office quickly.

• She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.

What do Maya’s thoughts, feelings, and actions in response to her mother’s injury reveal about her traits and motivations?

• She is caring, obedient, and wants to help her family.

• She cares about her brother and wants him to help her out.

• She can’t cook and cleans slowly but wants to improve.

• She is self-centered and wants to win in gymnastics.

What happens when Maya has to translate for her father after Nurzhan got in a fight?

• She translates so Nurzhan gets in more trouble.

• She can't translate since she doesn't speak Russian.

• She translates exactly what the principal says.

• She translates so Nurzhan doesn't get in too much trouble.

The conflict in the story is resolved when

• Nurzhan offers to be Maya’s chaperone at the dance

• Maya’s father agrees to be her chaperone at the dance

• Maya agrees to quit gymnastics if she can go to the dance

• Nurzhan promises to stop fighting Ossie at school

Which is a possible theme in "My Favorite Chaperone"?

• Lying is okay in certain situations.

• Never judge a book by its cover.

• Family is very important.

• We all have the capacity for good and evil.

Why does Maya have to attend her brother’s meeting with the principal?

• her parents are too busy at work

• to translate the conversation

• her mother asked her to

• she and her brother are orphans

Who is Maya's favorite chaperone?

• her papa

• her brother, Nurzhan

• her mama

• her bestfriend

Maya's problem or conflict, knowing she won't be given permission to go to the dance, is resolved in the __________.

• exposition

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution