Quiz #1 Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza

What information mainly does the passage convey (paragraph 12)?

• The narrator dislikes Miss Ryan trying to explain the “idiocies” of English.

• The narrator is anxious in Miss Ryan’s presence.

• Miss Ryan thinks the narrator is an exceptional student.

• Miss Ryan is more than six feet tall.

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Which of the following inferences about the narrator is best supported by the first paragraph of the excerpt?

• The narrator is apprehensive at first about his new school due to its unfamiliarity.

• The narrator has just started noticing the architecture of the United States.

• The narrator is excited by the look of the school, with its new, yellow building.

• The narrator and his mother had to walk a long way to get to the school.

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What is most closely the meaning of formidable as it is used in the paragraph?

• Frightening

• Impressive

• Aggressive

• Unexpected

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The author most likely included the sentence to...

• Show the narrator’s attempt to avoid confrontation.

• Illustrate the narrator’s nervousness in a new environment.

• Highlight the narrator’s relationship with his mother.

• Emphasize the narrator’s curiosity about his surroundings.

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Which of the following best describes the purpose of the first paragraph?

• Remind the reader that the narrator is young and nervous

• Show that Miss Hopley, the gringo lady, is tall and frightening in appearance

• To suggest to the narrator’s fear of authority

• Offers reader an example of narrator’s quick reflexes

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Which of the following selection best identifies the main idea of paragraph 17?

• The students’ different cultures were fascinating to Miss Hopley.

• Students in classes at Lincoln School were allowed to speak in their native language.

• There were quite a few field trips at the Lincoln School to museums and art galleries.

• The Lincoln school encouraged each of the students to embrace his or her individual identity.

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Which is most likely the narrator’s reason for interrupting Miss Ryan in the following

• The narrator would like to teach Miss Ryan to speak Spanish.

• The narrator prefers Spanish words to English, and would like to show Miss Ryan why.

• The narrator wants to impress Miss Ryan with words he knows that she does not.

• Miss Ryan is overwhelming the narrator with so many new English words.

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What is interpreter?

• Tending to inspire awe or wonder

• to ask advice or opinion

• something unpleasant or harmful

• one who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages

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What is maneuvered?

• to ask advice or opinion

• to put into movement or circulation

• Tending to inspire awe or wonder

• to make a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose

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What is menace?

• one who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages

• Tending to inspire awe or wonder

• Something unpleasant or harmful

• One that represents a threat

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