Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

What does Rachel mean when she says the following? "...When you're eleven, your also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven and six and five and four, and three, and two, and one."

• She is really 55 years old.

• She will have lots of candles on her birthday cake.

• She is counting down the seconds until the end of school.

• She doesn't feel different on her birthday.

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From what point of view is Eleven told?

• Third Person Limited, telling the thoughts and experiences of just Rachel

• Third Person Omniscient, telling the thoughts and experiences of several characters

• First Person, narrated by Rachel and we know only her thoughts and experiences

• First Person, narrated by Mrs. Price and we know only Mrs. Price's thoughts and experiences

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Which word from the following sentence in Eleven most clearly indicates the point of view? "An ugly sweater like that, all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her. Mrs. Price takes the sweater and puts it right on my desk."

• ugly

• raggedy

• her

• my

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Why can't Rachel speak to Mrs. Price in the story?

• She's respectful; she doesn't want to argue with the teacher.

• The story is written from a 1st person point-of-view.

• She is too angry at Sylvia.

• She is thinking too much about her birthday.

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After She is made to put on the sweater, Rachel starts to cry because she is overwhelmed by her feelings of

• embarrassment

• anger

• guilt

• joy

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Why doesn't Rachel want her classmates to think she owns the red sweater?

• It is ugly and smelly

• It doesn't fit her properly

• She doesn't like the color red.

• She wants a new sweater for her birthday.

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Why does Rachel wish she were one-hundred -and-two instead of Eleven?

• If she were older, she wouldn't have to go to school.

• She doesn't like being eleven.

• She wishes she could grow up faster.

• If she were older, she would know what to say to Mrs. Price.

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What does Mrs. Price do when she learns that the sweater is not Rachel's.

• She apologizes to Rachel.

• She pretends that everthing is okay.

• She promises to get Rachel another sweater.

• She makes Sylvia apologize to Rachel.

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What does Rachel mean by "it's too late" in the sentence from Eleven? "There will be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late"

• The party won't matter because her day has already been ruined.

• Her birthday party will take to place too late at night.

• Her birthday won't be a surprise because she alreasy knows about it.

• She feels too sad to invite her classmates to the party.

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What message about being young is conveyed (delivered by) the story?

• Birthdays are a special time in a young person's life.

• Sweaters are important to eleven-year-olds.

• Youth is painful part of life.

• We are shaped and change each year that passes as we grow older.

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