Table 1: Key Ideas and Details & Craft and Structure

Which of the following BEST expresses what La Llorona means when she tells Odilia, 'finding the body of the drowned man was not an accident'?

• La Llorona put the man's body there on purpose for the girls to find.

• The man planned to end up there because he knew the girls would take his body home.

• The situation is re-creating something that happened in an old legend of Juan Diego.

• Odilia was selected for this task due to her positive qualities.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which element of the hero’s journey is depicted in Part 1 when Odilia meets La Llorona?

• The Ordinary World

• The Mentor

• Enemies and Tests

• Transformation

Which line from the text BEST supports your answer to La Llorona's relationship to Odilia?

• “You were chosen for the goodness in your heart,” she explained. (36)

• “Your sister was right when she said finding the body of the drowned man was not an accident.” (36)

• “Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter.” (37)

• “I am here in your service, to guide and protect you,” she said.” (39)

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Select the TWO words that BEST describe Odilia’s feelings when she meets La Llorona.

• Certainty

• Fear

• Enthusiasm

• Confusion

• Amusement

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which sentence in the passage BEST shows Odilia having conflicting, or mixed, emotions about La Llorona?

• At that very moment, the sun burst out from beneath the horizon, and La Llorona’s features changed.

• The gentleness of her voice calmed me a little, and I was able to reply, though I wanted to run away, back to my hermanitas.

• The word felt ominous, coming from La Llorona herself, and my body stiffened in response.

• I threw up my arms and let out a frustrated sigh. “You’re speaking in riddles.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which word BEST conveys the idea that La Llorona is not a human woman?

• Disheveled

• Tired

• Translucent

• Pale

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following BEST summarizes a theme about Odilia’s attitude in this passage when she meets La Llorona and questions her journey?

• Odilia is terrified of La Llorona and can’t imagine being guided by her.

• Odilia lacks confidence in her own ability to use powerful magical objects.

• Odilia does not trust La Llorona and believes she is not telling the truth.

• Odilia doubts her mother will approve of her accepting gifts from strangers.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Passage: Chapter 3 of Summer of the Mariposas Review paragraphs 57–61. This question has two parts. Part 2: Which lines from the text BEST support your answer?

• “This time I did not pull away as she placed something bulky and cold into the palm of my hand and closed it tightly for me, her bony fingers pressing against my own.” (57)

• “Though she appeared to age before my eyes, her skin felt youthful and firm as it made contact with mine.” (57)

• “I examined the beautiful pendant. It had to be centuries old, if she was telling me the truth.” (59)

• “How could I take responsibility for something so powerful? It frightened me more than La Llorona herself to do such a thing.” (60)

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Passage: Chapter 3 of Summer of the Mariposas Reread paragraphs 58–59. In the Hero’s Journey, the hero often receives a talisman or tool to use during the journey. Select the piece of text that BEST expresses the importance of the ear pendant as a talisman.

• “When you need help, take hold of it, spin it, and invoke the goddess, the Aztec queen, Tonantzin, the Holy Mother of all mankind, and ask for her magical assistance.”

• Within the loop five wide rings were suspended, each one larger than the last, nesting snugly inside each other, like the rings of Saturn.

• I held it up to the light, where the gold glittered in the morning sun as I twirled it between my fingertips.

• “It was given to me by my mother on my fifteenth birthday at the altar of Tenochtitlan, when I became a woman.”

• “It is a likeness of Chihuacóatl, La Serpiente,” La Llorona explained, watching it glint in the morning sun.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

The idea that La Llorona stresses MOST strongly to Odilia is that the ear pendant ________.

• is more powerful than anything

• must be used with the right attitude

• will make her strong and courageous

• can grant many different wishes

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5