My Favorite Chaperone Practice 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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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which phrase from the selection shows 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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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which statement best describes the relationship between Maya and Nurzhan?

• They like to joke around with each other.

• They try to help each other solve their problems.

• Maya is annoyed by Nurzhan because he frequently complains.

• Nurzhan is afraid of Maya because she frequently threatens him.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which words from paragraph 266 help the reader understand what kak horosho most likely means?

• And I thought

• How wonderful

• smile inside

• closed my eyes

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which two statements best express themes that are reinforced throughout the story?

• Family is very important.

• Lying is okay in most situations.

• Strict parenting results in children who get in trouble.

• Children of immigrants understand American culture better than their parents do.

• People from other countries find they dislike America once they live there for a while.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2