A Chair for My Mother

In the story A Chair for My Mother the girl and mom saved __________ in a jar.

• dollars

• stickers

• coins

• erasers

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Which major event happened at the end of the story?

• The house burned down.

• The family bought the perfect chair.

• The family saved shiny coins.

• The family bought a brand new house.

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What does the narrator do with the coins earned ?

• She spends them on ice-cream

• She saves them to buy her favourite toy

• She saves them to buy a chair for her mother

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Why did the narrator's mother bring the biggest jar she could find at the diner ?

• It was to save up for a new home

• It was to save up for rent

• It was to save up for a chair

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What does the word spoiled mean in this sentence from A Chair for My Mother? But everything else in our whole house was spoiled.

• clean

• ruined

• pretty

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What does the word exchanged mean in this sentence from A Chair for My Mother?

The bank exchanged them for ten-dollar bills.

• sold

• traded

• picked

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What does the word bargain mean in this text from A Chair for My Mother? Whenever she gets a good bargain on tomatoes or bananas or something she buys . . .

• deal

• time

• idea

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How did the chair help the family ?

• The narrator's mother could rest her back after a long day at work.

• The narrator could sleep on it

• The narrator's grandmother loved to knit while sitting on it

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Who saves money better, Alexander or the girl in A Chair for My Mother?

• Alexander

• the girl from "A Chair for My Mother"

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In the story *A Chair for My Mother*, what is the main reason the family is saving money?

• To buy a new car

• To buy a new chair

• To go on vacation

• To pay for school

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