The Mighty Miss Malone Study Guide

What do the following lines mainly reveal about Deza’s mother (paragraph 3)?

“You aren’t suggesting you stay here and help Stew instead of going to school, are you?” When she said it like that, it did seem silly.

• Deza’s education is very important to her.

• She does not want Deza to know that her husband is gone.

• She likes to joke around with Deza.

• She is hoping that Miss Stew will eventually hire Deza.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which selection best describes how Ms. Needham’s lessons have helped Deza?

• Ms. Needham has helped Deza mature emotionally to prepare her for new challenges in her new school.

• Ms. Needham’s writing lessons have led Deza to getting As in English at her new school.

• Ms. Needham let Deza know that some teachers may treat her differently because of her race.

• Ms. Needham has turned Deza into such an excellent math student that Deza is outperforming all her new classmates.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following best explains why Deza slaps Mr. Smith’s essay (paragraph 29)?

• She believes that it will fix her grade to the proper score.

• She is angry at herself for the quality of her essay.

• She is trying to alert Mr. Smith that he has not graded her properly.

• She is pretending it will make everything okay and keeping herself calm.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What is most likely the narrator’s reason for saying that the boy with Deza “held up four fingers” (paragraph 62)?

• The narrator is calling attention to physical disabilities the children in the camps have.

• The narrator is showing how poorly educated the boy is.

• The narrator is revealing how Deza can be fooled easily.

• The narrator is suggesting that the boy is lying.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following inferences about Deza is best supported by the text?

• Deza is worried that her mother favors Jimmie over her.

• Deza cheated on her math test the first time she took it.

• Deza is extremely committed to her studies

• Deza does not do anything at camp besides focus on her schoolwork.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “We didn’t have a official address so I couldn’t check out any books, but I still got to read.”

• “I hoped he’d find kindness somewhere, but even with my exploding imagination, I couldn’t figure out where that would be.”

• “Early every morning, Mother and I would leave the camp and walk for half a hour to downtown Flint.”

• . “Instead of having one teacher all day, in Flint we went from classroom to classroom and teacher to teacher for each subject.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Which of the following inferences about Flint is best supported by the text?

• . It was impossible to excel at school while living in the poor conditions of the camp.

• Only a few of the teachers in Flint are black.

• People in Flint seem much happier than they do anywhere else.

• White teachers in Flint do not treat the black students fairly.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “Maybe if I bang it hard enough my grade will jump up a mark!”

• “Hmm, perfect again, but next time you must make sure to show all your work.”

• “After school I’d go to the library and read until Mother picked me up.”

• “Mr. Smith was passing out our first essay.”

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: digress

• modest

• deviate

• rank

• cheerful

• mishandle

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: bubbly

• modest

• deviate

• rank

• cheerful

• mishandle

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4