All-American Slurp

The problem faced by the main character is developed during the ______________.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a thousand degrees!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following describes the main reason why the narrator wants to wear jeans?

• She wants to dress like the other kids.

• She believes that jeans are more comfortable.

• She has trouble a riding bike in skirts.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of these completes this sentence with alliteration?

Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________.

• egg, chips and cola

• coffee, cakes and tea

• coffee, cakes and cola

• fish, chips and coffee

Throughout the story, the narrator's main hope is that...

• she will learn English and succeed in school

• her brother will make the baseball team and have friends

• her family will become like a normal American family

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why is the narrator embarrassed at the Lakeview restaurant?

• Her father yells at the waiter in Chinese.

• Her family makes loud noises as they slurp their soup.

• She spills her soup all over the floor.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following describes a way that the Lins embarrass themselves at the Gleasons?

• They put sour cream all over their vegetables.

• They pull the strings out of their celery stalks.

• They stand up and eat instead of sitting at the table.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

I heard a loud BOOM outside my window.

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following passage and then answer the question.
There are five teams of students in the fifth grade. The blue team has math first period, and the red team has science. The yellow team gets to go outside early in the morning, while the green team goes to music. Only students on the orange team get to play games first period. Each student wears a nametag with his or her color, so that the teachers and students all know where a student should be.

• Students are organized by teams with color names .
• The blue team has math first.
• Students wear nametags.
• The yellow team has the best schedule.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Math didn't make much sense to Cathy. She always got area and perimeter mixed up and she had no idea what a right angle was. Last quarter she failed math, and this quarter wasn't any better. As long as she could remember, math had been hard for Cathy. She did fine in reading and science, but not math. Now she was working on her math homework, but she didn't know how to do most of it. Who invented math, anyway!

• Who invented math?
• Cathy did well in reading and science.
• Cathy always got area and perimeter mixed up.
• Cathy was not very good at math.