Spelling Power 3/Abuela Invents the Zero

Choose the word that is spelled correctly:

• ecccentrik

• eccentic

• eccentrick

• eccentric

A written or printed series of questions is known as a ____________.

Write the word that best completes the sentence in the space provided:

In "Abuela Invents the Zero", much of the grandmother's behavior and appearance seems to ________ her granddaughter Connie.

Write the word from Spelling Power 3 that best completes the sentence above.

At the end of "Abuela Invents the Zero", Connie is sent to her room to ​ (a)   on her actions towards her grandmother.​ Choose the word that best completes the sentence above.

• contemplate
• pry
• compromise
• accommodate

Place the following events from the short story "Abuela Invents the Zero" in the correct order on the Plot Diagram provided.

b

c

d

e

a

Connie has to escort Abuela to church

Abuela is angry as they leave the church

New Jersey. Abuela is visiting.

Connie understands the hurt she caused.

Abuela gets lost in church.

As we read the short story Abuela Invents the Zero, we soon realized that Connie seems to ​ ​ (a)   about her grandmother. Calling her looks ​ (b)   and then about her behavior being ​ (c)   .

​ ​ Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.

• exaggerate
• ridiculous
• bizarre
• accommodate
• recommend
• senile

Correctly label each visual with one of the following terms.

a

b

Protagonist

Antagonist

"Needless to say, we come to a ​ (a)   very quickly." Although this excerpt from Abuela Invents the Zero shows Connie agreeing to take her abuela to church, she does it with a poor ​ (b)   .

Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.

• compromise
• senile
• periscope
• obligation
• attitude
• successor

One of the major themes in Abuela Invents the Zero comes from one of the following excerpts from the story:

• "Your grandmother says to tell you that of all the hurtful things you can do to a person, the worst is to make them feel as if they are worth nothing."

• "I understand. Ten o'clock. I'm out of here."

• I go for the car keys on the kitchen table: he usually leaves them there for me on Friday and Saturday nights.

• "Excuse me, please, con permiso, pardon me,"

Before Abuela's arrival, which excerpt from the story reveals that Constancia is unaware of the consequences her actions can have, and that Constancia's mother knows her daughter well and is trying to prevent any tension from occurring?

• "My mother is the youngest of the bunch."

• "Anyway, I had seen her only three or four times in my entire life..."

• "Connie, please be nice to Abuela. She doesn't have too many years left."

• "My mother and father paid her way here so that she wouldn't die without seeing snow..."