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Worksheets"Eleven" Test Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Using evidence from a text to make an educated guess
inference
prediction
analyze
conflict
To examine a text carefully by looking at its individual parts
inference
analyze
prediction
Main struggle happens within the character's own mind
character vs. character
external conflict
internal conflict
character vs. nature
Main problem happens OUTside the character's mind (between the character and another force)
internal conflict
character vs. self
external conflict
Which is NOT an external conflict?
character vs. character
character vs. self
character vs. nature
character vs. society
A close reading signpost when a character acts in a way that is unexpected or surprising
Conflict
Words of the Wiser
Inference
Contrasts and Contradictions
Which of the following is the best question to ask when you notice a Contrast and Contradiction
Why is the character acting this way?
Why is this memory important?
Why does this keep happening?
What does this make me wonder?
Rachel's main external conflict is caused by
Phyllis Lopez
Sylvia Saldivar
Mrs. Price
the sweater
Rachel's main internal conflict is
she is embarrassed about growing up
she is afraid to speak up for herself
she is sad no one is coming to her birthday party
What does Rachel mean when she says growing up is like an onion?
growing up can stink sometimes
growing up can make you cry
growing up is easy
growing up can be considered as adding layers to the younger years inside you
What evidence helps us understand what Rachel means when she explains how growing old is like an onion?
"until there aren't any more tears left in my eyes, and it's just my body shaking"
"each year inside the next one. That's how being eleven years old is."
"the sweater that smells like cottage cheese"
Rachel says that "you don't feel smart eleven, not until you are almost twelve." What inference can you make about her thoughts about age?
Turning a year older doesn't mean you change immediately. Experience takes time.
If you are younger than twelve, you are not very smart.
You are only smart when you are almost twelve.
Rachel feels confident in her age and abilities.
"...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 this line?
struggling not to cry
struggling to be quiet
struggling to not throw the sweater
struggling to sit still
Which simile demonstrates the following inference? Rachel feels empty inside on her 11th birthday.
"...the red sweater is sitting there like a big red mountain."
"...the way you grow old is kind of like an onion..."
"I wish didn't only have eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Bandaid box."
"...with sleeves so stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope."
How does Rachel feel at the end of the story?
Happy that it is her birthday and it is time to go home to celebrate
Worried over the events that ruined her birthday, wishing she could fast forward and forget this day
Happy that Phyllis took the sweater back
After reading this story, the reader can infer that Mrs. Price
is a sensitive and caring teacher
can be harsh and impolite
listens carefully to her students
is dishonest with her students
What evidence shows that Mrs. Price is not the nicest teacher?
"Whose? It's been sitting in the coatroom for a month."
"It has to belong to somebody."
"Of course it's yours."
"You put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense."
Based on the events of this story, what "tough lesson" does Rachel learn that most likely effects her the most?
putting on the red sweater
not standing up for herself
wishing she were 102
being friends with Phyllis Lopez
