Talking In the New Land Practice Quiz

Match the following words with their definition.

• hold

• Dense

• crowded

• Fragrant

• good-smelling

• Clutch

• repeat sound

• Auction

• special sale

• Echo

Maria Edite's family moved to the U.S. from​ (a)  

• Portugal
• Spain
• Puerto Rico
• Massachusetts

Reorder the following events from the story chronologically.

• Edite's family buys a home at an auction.

• A woman in brown wants to get back her grandmother's dishes.

• Edite's family moves to Massachusetts.

• Edite's father stubbornly refuses to return the dishes to the woman.

• Edite's teacher gives her the name Mary Edith.

What does hideous mean?

• intelligent

• very ugly

• funny

• noisy

The teacher accidentally called the _____ twins the wrong name.

Hobble means...

• run

• dance

• walk fast

• walk slowly

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Edite's father

,

(b) Edite's mother

,

(c) Edite's brother

• Wants to return the dishes to the lady.

• Often asks Edite for help speaking English.

• stubborn and suspicious

• is lazy and does not have to help their father.

Edite's father bought their home from an ____.

Match the following words with their definitions.

• lie or fake something

• pretend

• heaven

• identical

• right or correct

• pronounce

• alike

• proper

• say

• paradise

The word _____ means not long ago.​ (a)  

• recently
• pretend
• Edite
• stacked