WorksheetsNaomi Leon Chapters 14-17
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why was the family confused about someone calling for Rueben?
He has no friends that would be calling him
He is a young boy therefore an adult wouldn't call the home asking for him
the person on the other line had the wrong number
Although everyone wanted to assist in finding Naomi and Owen's father why were the adults angry with them for calling?
they were aggravating people by calling them
they shouldn't be calling strangers
the people outside of the city cost money to call
Santiago's ____________ called back.
aunt
mother
sister
What is meant by the phrase "She says she can see the face of your father in your face" and who is she referring to? (select two answers)
you are wearing a mask of your father
You are your father's child
You look just like your father
Owen
Naomi
A Leon has entered the competition on La Noche de los Rabanos every year for over _________ years.
100
50
10
1000
What did Aunt Teresa give Naomi?
a carving her father made
a photo of her father
a necklace
her father's carving tools
What American tradition is similar to Los Pasadas?
attending church
carnival
festival
caroling
Why did they decide to put a lion on the top of the sculpture?
their last name is Leon meaning Lion
it was a representation of the Lion King movie
they believed it was lucky
When Naomi is carving she says, "I worked and whittled, scraped and dug. But when i got to the center , there was nothing there." What does she mean when she says there is nothing there if she is the one carving the images?
She forgot how to carve. She was just pretending to know what to do.
She isnt actually carving, but pretending to.
She is "uncovering" an object in her mind when she sculpts. This time she is blank.
In Chapter 16 Gram mentions that a judge might not wanting to separate a natural mother from her children, and that she should be preparing Naomi for that situation? Why?
She is giving up hope that they will find Naomi's father to give his blessing of Gram keeping the children.
She thinks she has done something wrong and Skyla will be a great mother, who will take care of the children.
Gram is old and doesn't think she is the best person to take care of the children anymore.
Who wins first place in the Radish carving contest?
Bernardo, Beni, and Pedro
The Perez Brothers
they announced it but it didn't matter
At the end of Chapter 7, Naomi said "Something didn't seem right, though, and a shiver raced up my spine.As the last jacaranda blossom drifted to the ground, I realized there wasn't a whisper of wind." What human instinct is this?
distress
consciousness
deja vu
intuition
