Exploring Themes in Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

What does the narrator mean when she says that when you are 11, you are also 10, 9, 8, and so on?

• You carry all your previous ages within you.

• You act like a different age every year.

• You only remember your current age.

• You forget your previous ages.

How does Rachel feel when she wakes up on her 11th birthday?

• She feels much older.

• She feels excited and happy.

• She feels exactly 11 years old.

• She feels the same as before.

What does Rachel compare her feelings of age to?

• An onion and tree rings.

• A flower and a river.

• A mountain and a valley.

• A bird and a fish.

What does Rachel wish for when Mrs. Price puts the red sweater on her desk?

• She wishes she was at home.

• She wishes she was invisible.

• She wishes she was 102 years old.

• She wishes she had a different teacher.

Why does Rachel feel sick inside when Mrs. Price insists the sweater is hers?

• Because she knows the sweater is not hers.

• Because she likes the sweater.

• Because she is allergic to the sweater.

• Because she wants to go home.

How does Rachel try to distance herself from the red sweater?

• She throws it in the trash.

• She gives it to another student.

• She hides it under her desk.

• She moves it to the corner of her desk with a ruler.

What does Mrs. Price do when she sees Rachel has moved the sweater to the edge of her desk?

• She asks Rachel to put it on.

• She gives Rachel a new sweater.

• She takes the sweater away.

• She ignores it.

How does Rachel react when she finally puts on the red sweater?

• She feels proud.

• She feels happy.

• She starts crying.

• She feels nothing.

Who eventually claims the red sweater as theirs?

• Rachel

• Mrs. Price

• Phyllis Lopez

• Sylvia Saldivar

What does Rachel wish for at the end of the story?

• To be 102 years old.

• To have a different birthday.

• To be 11 forever.

• To never go to school again.