Cluster 3.2 Review

Vocabulary:

(a)   means worry.

Match the following

• inherent

• born with it

• survivor

• show you are against something

• distracted

• live through a hardship

• inhibit

• unable to pay attention

• protest

• stop a person from doing something

Vocabulary:

If a person is (a)   , it often means the person forms opinions without thinking about the facts.

Vocabulary:

A (a)   is a terrible event.

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

This story is told from the viewpoint of

• Mrs. O'Brien

• Bob Dylan

• Valentin

• Teresa

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

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

• The reader can trust everything the narrator says.

• The reader views the story through the eyes of a character who tells it.

• The narrator is not one of the characters in the story.

• The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

The narrator of this story cannot tell the reader

• how Bob Dylan talks when he flirts.

• how Valentin looks when he is happy.

• what Valentin thinks about when he makes his animals.

• what Pablito does after he falls into the pool.

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

Who are the heroes of this story?

• Maricela and Pablito

• Teresa and Valentin

• Clarissa and Anne

• Mrs. O'Brien and Bob Dylan

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

As Teresa gets to know Valentin, her attitude toward him changes from

• pity to anger.

• admiration to disgust.

• curiosity to not caring.

• feeling bothered to understanding.

Text: "A Job for Valentin"

Why does Mrs. O'Brien offer year-round jobs to Teresa and Valentin?

• She trusts them.

• She wants them to become friends.

• She feels sorry for them.

• She thinks they have good ideas.