Skin I'm In

Which inference about Miss Saunders is best supported by the following passage from the text (paragraph 20)?

“Liking myself didn’t come overnight,” she says, “I took a lot of wrong turns to find out who I really was. You will, too.” Everybody starts talking at once, asking her questions. Miss Saunders answers ’em all. Some kids even go up to her face and stare and point. She lets them do it too, like she’s proud of her face or something.

• Miss Saunders is an excellent math teacher.

• Miss Saunders can relate to what being a teenager is like.

• Miss Saunders is hesitant to answer questions or reveal personal information.

• Miss Saunders is wealthy.

The following exchange (paragraphs 15-16) mainly shows that Maleeka fill in the blank__________.

“Don’t get all closed-mouthed, now,” she says. “I hear you whispering in the hall. Laughing at me.” She walks the aisles again. She stops by me and sits on my desk. “Faces say more than you think. Even mine. Don’t be shy. Say what’s on your mind.”

My hand goes up. I figure she’s embarrassed me twice since she’s been here this week. Now it’s her turn. “Not to hurt your feelings…but…I think it says, you know, you’re a freak.”

• has a favorable view of her teachers

• and Miss Saunders have a strong relationship

• is not afraid of retaliating against teachers

• is generally a shy student

What is most closely the meaning of the word pacing as it appears in the passage below (paragraph 18)?

Miss Saunders put her hands up to her chin like she’s praying. She gets up and walks the room, pacing. We don’t say nothing. We just listen to the clock tick. Shuffle our papers. Watch for some reaction from Miss Saunders.

• noun | the speed or rate at which something occurs

• verb | leading in a race

• verb | slowing to a steady rate of speed

• verb | walking back and forth, usually as a sign of anxiousness or contemplation

Choose the selection below that best adds descriptive detail to the following passage from the text (paragraph 19):

“Freak,” she says. “I saw that too when I was young.” Then she explains how she was born with her face like that. How when she was little her parents had the preacher pray over it, the old folks work their roots on it, and her grandmother use some concoction to change the color of that blotch on her cheek so it matched the rest of her skin. Miss Saunders says none of the stuff she tried on her face worked.

• Maleeka watched John-John’s reaction as he rolled his eyes in boredom.

• Her classmates used to leave erasers on her desk to make fun of the fact that the blotch wouldn’t come off.

• This trip down memory lane was captivating to Maleeka and a few of her classmates.

• Miss Saunders took a sip of her coffee as she paused and waited for students to ask question

Which of the following themes or concepts does Miss Saunders’s answer to Maleeka’s question best represent?

• self-confidence

• cockiness

• power

• authority

Maleeka’s tone in this excerpt is best described as ____________.

• mature

• focused

• defiant

• sad

Which sentence from the story lets you know this is limited point of view?

• My hand goes up. I figure she’s embarrassed me twice since she’s been here this week.

• Then she explains how she was born with her face like that.

• “That’s cold,” Chrystal Johnson says, frowning.

What is Miss Saunders’s point of view about loving her appearance?

• Miss Saunders used to hate her appearance, but she learned to love it.

• Miss Saunders used to love her appearance, but now she hates it.

• Miss Saunders hates her appearance because people call her a freak.

• Miss Saunders has always loved her appearance and has never tried to change i

Match the following

• Limited Point of View

• 
  a point of view that only provides the thoughts and feelings of one character

• Narrator

• the character or voice telling a story

• Omniscient Point of View

• the type of narration used, as in first person, second person, or third person

• Point of View

• a point of view when a narrator has an “all-knowing” understanding of characters and events