"The Skirt" Book Test (Chapters 1-8)

Who is the protagonist (main character) in the story?

• Rodolfo
• Alicia
• Ana
• Miata
• José

What was the conflict (problem) in this story?

• Ana and Miata had to sneak into the school parking lot
• Miata had to get her skirt back before Sunday's dance.
• Little Joe and his friend, Alex, were arguing about who won the soda can race.
• Ana waited too long to call Miata back.
• Miata's teacher said, "No headphones unless they're for learning!"

Why couldn't Miata just get the skirt back on Monday?

• The bus driver might throw the skirt out over the weekend.
• Miata's mother, Alicia, wanted to patch a few holes in the skirt on Friday night.
• Miata was worried that another student might take her skirt on Monday before the bus reaches Miata's stop.
• The skirt was very old, and Miata was worried that the heat in the bus might damage the skirt. (optional)
• Miata needed the skirt to perform the folklórico dance on Sunday morning.

Why did Miata bring the skirt to school?

• Miata wanted to trade skirts with Ana.
• Miata always wears the skirt to school each Friday.
• Miata wanted to show her dress to the other students.
• Miata accidentally put the skirt in her backpack.
• Miata wanted to give her skirt to her Ana as a present.

Why did the skirt mean so much to Miata?

• The skirt was very expensive.
• The skirt had belonged to Miata's mother when she was young.
• Miata wanted to make Ana jealous by wearing a nicer skirt.
• Actually, Miata did not care about the skirt that much.
• Ana had borrowed the skirt from Ana's grandmother.

Why did Miata expect Ana to call her as soon as Ana got off of the bus?

• Miata was certain that Ana would find the skirt and call Miata to tell her the information.
• Miata wanted to know what Ana thought about the Rodolfo's rubber frog.
• Miata and Ana always talk on the phone after school.
• Miata thought that Ana would call Miata and thank her for the skirt.

When Ana calls Miata back, what does Miata ask Ana to do?

• Miata asks Ana to get ice cream with her.
• Miata asks Ana to practice dancing with her.
• Miata asks Ana to play basketball with her and Rodolfo.
• Miata asks Ana to come over the next day to help her figure out a plan to retrieve the skirt.
• Miata asks Ana to get a cell phone.

What is Miata's father's job?

• Miata's father, José, works at an auto parts store.
• Miata's father, José, is a welder.
• Miata's father, José, is a bus driver.
• Miata's father, José, is a truck driver.
• Miata's father, José, plays soccer.

Miata and her father went to get ice cream. While sitting next to her father in his old truck, why did Miata stop to look at the fenced parking lot?

• Miata remembed that she has a project due on Monday that she hasn't started yet.
• Miata was going to ask her dad if they could eat their ice cream by the school.
• Miata saw Rodolfo playing basketball at school.
• Miata thought that she saw Xuxa there.
• Miata thought about the skirt which is in one of the buses there.

After arriving at school, how did Miata and Ana get into the school parking lot where the buses are kept?

• Miata called the school principal, and he let the girls into the parking lot.
• Ana found the key to the parking lot under a big rock.
• Miata and Ana slipped through the narrow opening of the gate.
• Miata climbed the fence and then threw a rope over the fence, so Ana could climb over too.
• Ana found bolt cutters, broke the chains, and opened the gate.