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WorksheetsMatt de la Pena: Connecting with Emotion via Books
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did Matt de la Pena grow up
New York City
Los Angeles
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Matt was the first person in his family to
Play basketball
Go to college
Travel all the way around the world
Color his hair pink
Which best describes Matt's dad at the beginning of the interview?
Reserved and full of machismo
Outgoing and popular
Intellectual and tech-savvy
Young and full of life
What book did Matt discover in college that helped him get in touch with his emotions?
"A Clockwork Orange"
"The Outsiders"
"Catcher in the Rye"
"The Color Purple"
What job did Matt's father begin after finishing his college degree?
A third grade teacher of migrant children
A NASCAR race car driver
An insurance salesman
A computer programmer
Matt believes that men need books to learn:
How to respect characters through empathy
To get out of our immediate world or surroundings
To gain a worthiness related to feeling learned
To become better fathers
What sport did Matt play in college?
Baseball
Badminton
Tennis
Basketball
What rule did Matt make for himself while in graduate school for creative writing?
He would only write novels
He would never write about basketball
He would include one poem in every novel
He would only write about male characters
What interests Matt most about basketball?
The way a great player gets social power only while in the gym
the competitive instinct that becomes overpowering
The fashion: shoes, jerseys, and music
The physical exhilaration in full-court games
Matt describes a great basketball player, who is like a CEO on the court, as:
An idol
An insecure giant
A superstar
A powerful, powerless man
Why does Matt think some men play so much basketball?
They don't have other things to do
They feel respected on the court
They want to become NBA players
They have a lot of natural ability
Why does Matt say he did not show emotion when he was younger
He didn't feel emotion
He had to put on a front to "survive"
He was too busy reading books
He thought showing emotion was a waste of time
Matt learned that connecting with emotion is a positive thing from:
His basketball teammates
His grandmother
His junior high school English teacher
The world of books
