Bronx Masquerade Excerpt

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A What does Diondra want to avoid revealing to others?

• how ashamed she is of her basketball skills

• how much she sees herself as an artist

• how much she wants Raul to be her boyfriend

• how embarrassed she is about the way Mom reacts to her art

Part B Select the statement that best supports the answer to Part A.

• “If only I was as bold as Raul.” (paragraph 1)

• “Mom loves my watercolors. . . .” (paragraph 3)

• “Everybody expects me to play basketball. . . .” (paragraph 4)

• “I’m an artist. . . . The difference is, I don’t tell anybody.” (paragraph 4)

How does Devon react when he sees Janelle in the library?

• He is suspicious of her reason for waving at him.

• He tries to hide under his table.

• He worries that she will tease him for reading.

• He is annoyed that someone from his class is there with him.

Diondra secretly ____________

• is excited to present her poem

• is proud of her basketball skills

• sees herself as an artist

• enjoys being very tall

Which factor contributes most to Diondra’s inner conflict in the story?

• Pressure to be an athlete

• Other students in her class

• Her drawing ability

• Not being a boy

Which two reasons tell why this story benefits from having the point of view of multiple narrators?

• The reader knows what multiple characters are thinking

• The reader is able to know one character well.

• The reader can see the same event through multiple characters

• The reader develops an emotional connection to the minor characters

• The reader is restricted about what he or she knows about characters.

Characterization is

• figurative language

• when you learn something about a character

• when the language switches in a story

• the life lesson or take away

hunker

• to share private or secret information

• to annoy, make trouble, or cause problems for someone

• to stay in one place for a period of time

• a superior, partially suppressed laugh

snicker

• to share private or secret information

• to annoy, make trouble, or cause problems for someone

• to stay in one place for a period of time

• a superior, partially suppressed laugh

confide

• to share private or secret information

• to annoy, make trouble, or cause problems for someone

• to stay in one place for a period of time

• a superior, partially suppressed laugh