Worksheetseleven
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
According to Rachel, when do you feel "smart eleven"?
not until you're almost twelve
not for a few days
in a few weeks
in about two months
Rachel starts to cry because
she isn't able to explain that the sweater isn't hers
she wants to be three years old again
she feels like she is invisible
her birthday party is that night
At the end of the story, Rachel feels
sad about her birthday
happy about being eleven
scared of going to school
angry with her parents
How does Rachel say that you feel when you turn eleven?
ready to act like a grownup
smarter and older than your friends
old enough to talk with adults
as though you have other ages inside you
What does Rachel mean by "it's too late" in this sentence from "Eleven"? "There'll be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late"
She already knows about the party, so it won't be a surprise.
She feels too sad to invite her classmates to the party.
The party won't matter because her day has been ruined.
Her birthday party will take place very late at night.
"...like a part of me that's three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard..." What is the narrator struggling to do in the line above?
struggling to not cry
struggling to be quiet
struggling to not hit her teacher
struggling to be still
Why does Mrs. Price give the sweater to Rachel?
Mrs. Price finds the sweater near Rachel's desk.
The sweater matches Rachel's clothes
Sylvia says that the seater belongs to Rachel.
Rachel has been an impolite students.
What did Rachel mean when she said, "that when you're eleven, you are also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one."
Rachel means that you're still a child and not a grown-up.
Rachel means that the years in your life go by fast.
Rachel means that even though you're eleven, you still act all your other ages because of how you feel about certain things.
Rachel means that she does not want to grow up.
What does Rachel infer as to why nobody claims the red sweater when Mrs. Price asks, "Whose is this?"
Nobody wants to say it is theirs because it was so ugly.
Nobody wants to say it is theirs because it is too big for any eleven year old.
Nobody claims the sweater because they hate the color red.
Everyone believes the sweater must belong to someone from another classroom.
Which one of the following phrases about growing old is not a simile?
Growing old is like an onion.
Growing old is like the rings inside a tree trunk.
Growing old is a 100 meter race in the Olympics.
Growing old is like little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other.
What does Rachel try to do when Mrs. Price places the red sweater on her desk?
She throws it to the floor.
She pushes it to the tippy-tip corner of her desk.
She covers it with her books.
She puts it on.
sweater?
The best theme for this short story could be--
hardwork pays off
peace is better than violence
growing up can be difficult
love can conquer all
“...the sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain…“
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