My Favorite Chaperone Selection Quiz

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Maya’s family are from a Central Asian country called Kazakhstan.

• Maya and Nurzhan has had lots of arguments over the years.

• The other kids in Maya’s class were excited about the upcoming dance.

• Her friends on the gymnastics team is wondering about Maya.

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What is Maya’s motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan’s principal’s words?

• She dislikes the principal.

• She wants to leave the office quickly.

• She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.

• She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.

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What is Maya’s internal conflict when she interprets for the principal?

• She feels proud to help, but is also worried she might not translate accurately.

• She is excited to speak to the principal but feels shy about speaking in front of others.

• She feels torn between helping the principal and staying loyal to her family.

• She is eager to help the principal but fears the consequences of her mistakes.

Which quote from the story best supports the idea that Maya feels proud to help but also worried about translating accurately?

• “I wanted to help, but the pressure to get every word right made me hesitate.”

• “As I translated, I felt a strange mixture of pride and uncertainty.”

• “Maybe I should’ve felt bad about changing Mr. Shanaman’s words, but I didn’t. I only felt afraid.”

• “I took a deep breath, determined to do my best, even if I felt unsure.”

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Which phrase from the surrounding sentences helps readers understand the meaning of the word whimpering as used in paragraph 139?

• dropped me

• trembling inside

• caught stealing

• silence filled

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Read the sentence from paragraph 140 of the selection.

"I lay my head back against the seat and closed my eyes, squeezing them shut, and took myself far away until I was safe on the bars at a beautiful gymnastics meet in the sky."

What does this sentence suggest?

• Maya is asleep and dreaming of gymnastics.

• Maya is tired of Nurzhan getting in trouble at school.

• Maya is relieved to escape from her gymnastics meet.

• Maya is trying to escape from the reality of her dad’s anger.

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Which phrase from the selection conveys Maya’s father’s anger when he sees her

with Daniel?

• I ran to the cab (paragraph 139)

• I swung back and forth (paragraph 140)

• splintered into a million pieces (paragraph 141)

• roared in front of me (paragraph 141)

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Why does Nurzhan most likely help Maya get permission to go to the Spring Fling?

• He wants to help her since she helped him get out of trouble.

• He needs to go to the dance and have fun after all his troubles.

• He hopes Maya will get to go so she will keep taking care of him.

• He feels sorry for Maya because she has to do so much extra work.

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Which statement describes the climax of “My Favorite Chaperone”?

• Nurzhan is suspended after he fights with another boy.

• Maya fills in for her mother at work after her mother is injured.

• Nurzhan convinces their parents to let Maya go to the dance.

• Maya notices that Nurzhan is missing when she dances with Daniel.

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Mark the boxes to indicate which TWO (2) events from the story are part of the falling action.

• Maya attends the dance.

• Daniel asks Maya to dance.

• Nurzhan chaperones Maya at the dance.

• Maya’s mother gives her a gold bracelet.

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