How to Eat a Guava

Where does this story take place?

• a soccer field

• a grocery store

• a park

• a tennis court

Answer explanation

The grocery store is called "Shop N' Save"

Where is the narrator from?

• Puerto Rico

• Brazil

• France

• Canada

Answer explanation

The title of the story is "When I was Puerto Rican"

. The author writes, “It smells faintly of late summer afternoons and hop-scotch under the mango tree.” What does “it” refer to?

• the guava

• the shopping cart

• the grocery store

• her soap

Which is the best summary of the story?

• The narrator goes grocery shopping and discovers many problems about the supplies she needs.

• The narrator sees guavas at the supermarket, and they remind her of her childhood in Puerto Rico.

Page 12- Which of these is NOT a way the narrator described a guava?

• squishy

• prickly

• bumpy

• firm

Answer explanation

"......prickly stem end. It feels familiarly bumpy and firm." was the sentence from page 12. The narrator never describes the guavas as squishy.

What is the price of a guava at the grocery store?

• $0.99

• $2.29

• $1.59

• $1.05

Answer explanation

This was said on page 15

In the last paragraph, when the author says "The guava joins its sisters", what does that mean?

• She put the guava back with the others.

• She puts the guava in her cart to buy it.

page 14-- how does the author describe a green guava?

• creamy and soft

• sour and hard

• spicy and juicy