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WorksheetsEva and The Mayor, by Jean Davies Okimoto (Language Arts)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Eva and Kenisha were close friends before _____________ moved to California.
Eva
Kenisha
Durrell Thomas
Gramma Evelyn likes to go to Rita's hair salon to hear the neighborhood news. This characterization of Gramma Evelyn shows she likes ________________________.
chatting about other people's lives
to go downtown
traveling to California
Gramma Evelyn and Mama tell Eva to be nice to Kenisha because she will need friends. This is an allusion to __________.
Kenisha's trouble on the school bus
Kenisha's mother's troubled past
Eva's trouble with friends in middle school
Getting a 'perfect paper' in math becomes a motif, a repeated symbol, for ______________.
personal happiness in life
private appreciation from friends
recognition from a teacher
It was ironic that Eva's family had told her to be especially nice to Kenisha when, actually, __________ .
Kenisha's mother was not nice to Eva
Kenisha's grandmother was not nice to Gramma Evelyn
Kenisha seems to have a lot of friends already at Beacon Middle School
Gramma Evelyn's references to turning the other cheek, to hating the sin, but not the sinner, and the A.M.E. church are allusions to __________________.
religion
choir
foster home
Which words in the following quote show us the voice of Eva as a teenager? "... Eva felt completely ripped off. Kenisha deserved to get burned, she thought, and she decided to go ahead with her plan. "
'burned' and 'ripped off'
'felt' and 'thought'
'deserved' and 'go ahead'
Which contributes to Kenisha's characterization as being very outgoing and popular?
She had moved to live in California.
She is often on the telephone in the evening.
She does does math homework just before class.
It seems ironic that Eva puts her math book by the telephone when it seems likely to the reading audience that ___________________.
Kenisha loves math
Kenisha does not want a perfect math paper
Kenisha will not call Eva for math help
The motif of telephone calls in "Eva and the Mayor" suggests that ________________ call each other in the evenings to help with school work.
math teachers
good friends
choir members
What does Kenisha imply with this question? "I just had so many calls, I couldn't get off the phone. Let me see your math, okay, Eva?" (p.11)
she has so many friends she does not have time to do her own work.
she is a lazy person.
Eva was supposed to call Kenisha.
Which phrase shows Kenisha's voice in the following quote, "I always liked older guys. He's pretty fine, don't you think?
pretty fine
think
liked
Which phrase from Mayor Rice inspires Eva to stand up to Kenisha?
turn the other cheek
enough is enough
one shred of truth
Eva writing "That's what my dad would have said" to Mayor Rice alludes to the idea ______________________.
that her father was a mayor too
that Eva's father is missing from her life
that the mayor has children
The author's characterization of Eva suggests she is ________________.
a thoughtful friend
a dishonest friend
a spiteful friend
