Identity Theft HMH

What was Ana Hernandez eager to do when she arrived at school early the day after Valentine's Day?

• Sort through her batch of Valentine's Day cards

• Meet the new student

• Talk to Ms. Welty

• Find out who sent the cinnamon candy

Who did Ana suspect might have sent her the cinnamon candy?

• Peter

• Ms. Welty

• Mr. Saks

• The new Ana Hernandez

What was Ana's initial reaction to meeting the new Ana Hernandez?

• Confused and unsettled

• Excited and happy

• Indifferent and uninterested

• Angry and confrontational

What did the new Ana Hernandez do that caught the original Ana's attention?

• Commented on the number of valentines

• Gave a valentine to Ms. Welty

• Ignored the original Ana

• Asked to be friends with the original Ana

What did Ana wonder about Ms. Welty when she entered the classroom with a new student?

• If Ms. Welty had received a valentine from Mr. Saks

• If Ms. Welty liked the new Ana Hernandez

• If Ms. Welty was going to give a test

• If Ms. Welty was going to change seats

Here she is, Ms. Carroll,” the counselor announced lightly.

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Ana’s new teacher approached. Ana liked her right away, and liked how she took her hand in hers.

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“I hear you’re a very good reader,” Ms. Carroll encouraged.

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“I guess,” Ana answered simply.

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Together they entered the classroom, Ms. Carroll prodding her gently. Another girl was hunkered down at her desk, holding a pair of large scissors. What is she cutting? Ana wondered, then surmised that she was making a collage.

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Ms. Carroll said to the girl, “Ana, I want to you to meet . . . ” She stalled, uncertain how to continue. Then she said it: “I want you to meet Ana Hernandez, our new student. Funny, you both have the same name.”

• Both girls are in different classes.
• Ana is the only student in the classroom.
• Both girls have the same name, Ana.
• Ms. Carroll is a math teacher.

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Dang, even her voice is nicer than mine, the original Ana thought spitefully. “These are some of them,” she explained. “Most of them I had to carry home in a sack yesterday.” She wished she could bite her tongue off and let it crawl away like a snake. That was such an obvious lie!

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The new Ana smiled, and the original Ana wondered, Is she laughing at me?

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It was a weird experience, like looking at a twin sister you had never seen before. The original Ana Hernandez pondered her ill will toward this new girl and felt that she was being unfair. She can’t help it, Ana figured, that she has my name.

• The original Ana wishes she could be more like the new Ana.
• The new Ana is actually her long-lost sister.
• The original Ana realizes her feelings of jealousy are unfair.
• The original Ana feels proud of her jealousy.

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The new Ana fit right into school life. She volunteered to be a crossing guard and helped raise the flag. She helped at a fundraising car wash and was rumored to have played her flute at an assisted- living complex across the street from school. Within a week she was chosen to say the Pledge of Allegiance on the intercom, a special honor usually assigned to students with good grades. She recited it so well that she was assigned to read the school bulletin, which always started with the menu for the day.

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The original Ana steamed. She had recited the Pledge of Allegiance on the intercom before, but she had never been asked to read the bulletin. Boldly she approached the principal in the hallway outside the office.

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“Mr. Ortiz,” she asked, “when can I read the bulletin?”

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“But you just did,” he countered in surprise.

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They soon discovered the error. The reader was supposed to have been the original Ana, not the new Ana. The secretary, they guessed, had made a mistake. When Mr. Ortiz offered the original Ana the chance to read the school bulletin, she grabbed the opportunity. But she felt slighted, and the bulletin she read to the entire school was unimportant. She reported two missing basketballs and a restroom that was going to be closed for the week.

• The new Ana was chosen for her athletic skills.
• The original Ana was praised for her flute performance.
• The original Ana felt slighted and reported unimportant news.
• The original Ana reported on the school's sports achievements.

Original Ana observed that new Ana received lots of attention. Ms. Welty would call, “Okay, who can remember when President Lincoln—” and before the teacher could finish her sentence, new Ana would fling her arm up, bracelets jangling. The new Ana didn’t do this all the time, only at moments when the original Ana knew the answers.

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One day when soccer teams were chosen during recess, Becky Ramirez, the star athlete of the school, said, “I’ll take Ana Hernandez.” The original Ana stepped forward, and Becky snapped, “No, not you—the other Ana. The new girl!” That day Ana was chosen last, and on the field the ball was never passed to her.

• Becky Ramirez chose the original Ana over the new Ana.
• The original Ana scored the most goals during the game.
• The new Ana was chosen first for the soccer team.
• The original Ana was chosen last for the soccer team.

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In a classroom spelling bee the original Ana had to sit down almost immediately, after she stumbled on rhinoceros. The spelling bee became hotly contested between the new Ana and Peter, the boy the original Ana had hoped sent her a special valentine.

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“Spell triangular,” Ms. Welty called to Peter.

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He spelled it, wincing as he struggled to get the letters in the proper order. He clenched his fists in victory when Ms. Welty said, “That’s correct.” In turn, the new Ana eased through the word magnetic.

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The battle lasted ten minutes. The boys rooted for Peter, and the girls screamed their heads off for the new Ana. In the end Peter prevailed, but the new Ana clapped for the victor and even held up his hand like a champ.

• Ana
• Ms. Welty
• rhinoceros
• Peter