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Eva and The Mayor, by Jean Davies Okimoto (Language Arts)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eva and Kenisha were close friends before _____________ moved to California.

a)

Eva

b)

Kenisha

c)

Durrell Thomas

2.

Gramma Evelyn likes to go to Rita's hair salon to hear the neighborhood news. This characterization of Gramma Evelyn shows she likes ________________________.

a)

chatting about other people's lives

b)

to go downtown

c)

traveling to California

3.

Gramma Evelyn and Mama tell Eva to be nice to Kenisha because she will need friends. This is an allusion to __________.

a)

Kenisha's trouble on the school bus

b)

Kenisha's mother's troubled past

c)

Eva's trouble with friends in middle school

4.

Getting a 'perfect paper' in math becomes a motif, a repeated symbol, for ______________.

a)

personal happiness in life

b)

private appreciation from friends

c)

recognition from a teacher

5.

It was ironic that Eva's family had told her to be especially nice to Kenisha when, actually, __________ .

a)

Kenisha's mother was not nice to Eva

b)

Kenisha's grandmother was not nice to Gramma Evelyn

c)

Kenisha seems to have a lot of friends already at Beacon Middle School

6.

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 __________________.

a)

religion

b)

choir

c)

foster home

7.

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. "

a)

'burned' and 'ripped off'

b)

'felt' and 'thought'

c)

'deserved' and 'go ahead'

8.

Which contributes to Kenisha's characterization as being very outgoing and popular?

a)

She had moved to live in California.

b)

She is often on the telephone in the evening.

c)

She does does math homework just before class.

9.

It seems ironic that Eva puts her math book by the telephone when it seems likely to the reading audience that ___________________.

a)

Kenisha loves math

b)

Kenisha does not want a perfect math paper

c)

Kenisha will not call Eva for math help

10.

The motif of telephone calls in "Eva and the Mayor" suggests that ________________ call each other in the evenings to help with school work.

a)

math teachers

b)

good friends

c)

choir members

11.

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)

a)

she has so many friends she does not have time to do her own work.

b)

she is a lazy person.

c)

Eva was supposed to call Kenisha.

12.

Which phrase shows Kenisha's voice in the following quote, "I always liked older guys. He's pretty fine, don't you think?

a)

pretty fine

b)

think

c)

liked

13.

Which phrase from Mayor Rice inspires Eva to stand up to Kenisha?

a)

turn the other cheek

b)

enough is enough

c)

one shred of truth

14.

Eva writing "That's what my dad would have said" to Mayor Rice alludes to the idea ______________________.

a)

that her father was a mayor too

b)

that Eva's father is missing from her life

c)

that the mayor has children

15.

The author's characterization of Eva suggests she is ________________.

a)

a thoughtful friend

b)

a dishonest friend

c)

a spiteful friend