Midterm Review

Why did the narrator's parents want her grandmother to stop driving?

• They were worried she was getting too old to drive safely.

• They wanted her to spend more time with them.

• They wanted her to sell her car and buy a new one.

• D) They were afraid she would get lost while driving.

What is the point of view of the passage?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• 4th person

What does Grandma's red Chevy Impala convertible symbolize?

• Her beautiful singing voice

• Her wealth

• her love of fast cars

• her freedom

Part 1:

Which word best describes Grandma Sofia?

• Private

• Funny

• Mean

• Talkative

Part 2:

What example best supports the answer in Part 1?

• “El pasado es el pasado,” she told me. The past is the past.

• She had a 1960s red Chevy Impala convertible that was all her own, a remnant of her band days.

• Sometimes it felt like Grandma and I were on the sidelines and my parents were in the middle, dragging us toward the center, where we did not want to be

• I felt bad about Grandma.

What is the tone of the passage?

• angry

• frustrated

• reflective

• confused

Read the following sentence. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.

She was a private person, and didn’t talk about her past much, but I know she had one.

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• verb

Read the following sentence. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.

She was a private person, and didn’t talk about her past much, but I know she had one.

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• verb

Read the following sentences. Determine the meaning of the underlined word:

I asked Grandma to drive me to Luisa’s. I figured she didn’t know about me being grounded. She looked at me quizzically and said she would.

• softly

• happily

• angrily

• questioningly

Read the following sentences. What type of context clue is best demonstrated?

I asked Grandma to drive me to Luisa’s. I figured she didn’t know about me being grounded. She looked at me quizzically and said she would.

• restatement

• contrast

• inference

• denotation