Punching Bag Chapters 35-36 (Playground/Afterword)

What is the setting described in the passage?

• A busy city street

• The edge of the apartment complex

• A crowded playground

• A school classroom.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What natural phenomenon is compared to a 'brilliant egg of light bursting open'?

• The sunrise

• A thunderstorm

• The sunset

• A rainbow

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The whole sky is on fire as the sun starts to dip behind the ____.

• mountains

• ocean

• horizon

• trees

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the narrator feel guilty about?

• Always being late

• Always walking away

• Always being angry

• Always being happy

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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

What does the narrator imagine Marisa can do?

• Fly

• Move the swing

• Dance

• Sing

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Complete the sentence: 'No one can change the ____. It's not your ____.'

• past, fault

• future, fault

• present, fault

• destiny, fault

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the main theme discussed in the afterword?

• Survival

• Adventure

• Science

• Technology

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did the author move out at age sixteen?

• To travel the world

• To live with friends

• To live with their abuela

• To start a business

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What is the author still working on every single day?

• Forgetting the past

• Forgiving others

• Loving themselves

• Judging others

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What realization did the author have about their relationship with their mom and stepdad?

• They have changed

• They have not changed

• They are perfect

• They are irrelevant

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10