A Familiar Face (Our Family Ghost)

What does Imelda do to cheer Manuel up?

• She takes him and Jian on a big hiking trip.

• She throws a karaoke party for the family.

• She prepares a boodle fight for his friends.

• She talks to him about what’s on his mind.

How is Manuel feeling when strange things keep happening during the party?

• He feels scared and tries to leave so he doesn’t have to deal with José anymore.

• He feels responsible for figuring out how to stop them from happening.

• He feels confused because he thought he had solved all of José’s tasks already.

• He feels upset and tries to go to sleep so he can talk to José in his dreams.

Why does Manuel think that Claudio singing “Bituing Marikit” isn’t the solution but Imelda singing might be?

• because Claudio doesn’t sing well

• because Claudio sings in English

• because Imelda looks like Gemalyn

• because Imelda is a good singer

What is the main idea of this text?

• Manuel is stuck on how to solve José’s task until his mom throws a karaoke party and he realizes that his mom and José’s daughter look alike.

• Grandpa Claudio brings a family photo album to the karaoke party because he knows that Manuel has been interested in the family curse lately.

• Manuel and Jian have been trying to solve José’s task for weeks but Manuel is disappointed because they haven’t been able to.

• melda throws a karaoke party and invites Manuel's cousins, aunts, and uncles because she likes to see her family and sing with them.

Read the following sentences from the text.

“Manuel continued to flip through the pages of the photo album, then gasped when he saw a photo of aged José and a grown Gemalyn. She looked exactly like his mom Imelda—almost like they could be twins! It made sense, because they were family after all… So, Imelda singing—well it had to be the solution, it just had to be!”

As used in this excerpt, what does the word “exactly” most closely mean?

• adventurous

• for a quick moment

• in every way

• scared and worried

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Manuel has been stuck on how to solve his ancestor José’s request for weeks ________ things start to change at the karaoke party.

• also

• first

• until

• never