WorksheetsQuiz #1 Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What information mainly does the passage convey (paragraph 12)?
The narrator dislikes Miss Ryan trying to explain the “idiocies” of English.
The narrator is anxious in Miss Ryan’s presence.
Miss Ryan thinks the narrator is an exceptional student.
Miss Ryan is more than six feet tall.
Which of the following inferences about the narrator is best supported by the first paragraph of the excerpt?
The narrator is apprehensive at first about his new school due to its unfamiliarity.
The narrator has just started noticing the architecture of the United States.
The narrator is excited by the look of the school, with its new, yellow building.
The narrator and his mother had to walk a long way to get to the school.
What is most closely the meaning of formidable as it is used in the paragraph?
Frightening
Impressive
Aggressive
Unexpected
The author most likely included the sentence to...
Show the narrator’s attempt to avoid confrontation.
Illustrate the narrator’s nervousness in a new environment.
Highlight the narrator’s relationship with his mother.
Emphasize the narrator’s curiosity about his surroundings.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the first paragraph?
Remind the reader that the narrator is young and nervous
Show that Miss Hopley, the gringo lady, is tall and frightening in appearance
To suggest to the narrator’s fear of authority
Offers reader an example of narrator’s quick reflexes
Which of the following selection best identifies the main idea of paragraph 17?
The students’ different cultures were fascinating to Miss Hopley.
Students in classes at Lincoln School were allowed to speak in their native language.
There were quite a few field trips at the Lincoln School to museums and art galleries.
The Lincoln school encouraged each of the students to embrace his or her individual identity.
Which is most likely the narrator’s reason for interrupting Miss Ryan in the following
The narrator would like to teach Miss Ryan to speak Spanish.
The narrator prefers Spanish words to English, and would like to show Miss Ryan why.
The narrator wants to impress Miss Ryan with words he knows that she does not.
Miss Ryan is overwhelming the narrator with so many new English words.
What is interpreter?
Tending to inspire awe or wonder
to ask advice or opinion
something unpleasant or harmful
one who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages
What is maneuvered?
to ask advice or opinion
to put into movement or circulation
Tending to inspire awe or wonder
to make a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose
What is menace?
one who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages
Tending to inspire awe or wonder
Something unpleasant or harmful
One that represents a threat
What is mobilized?
Tending to inspire awe or wonder
to ask advice or opinion
to put into movement or circulation
to make a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose
What is formidable?
Exposed to something unpleasant or harmful
One that represents threat
Tending to inspire awe or wonder
one who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages
The story Barrio Boy suggests that schools should encourage both
Individuality and creativity
Patriotism and ethnic pride
Segregation and academic excellence
Respect and uniformity
This passage describes a classroom that is
Comfortable
disorganized
boring
purposeful
Which of the following describes Ernesto’s attitude toward Miss Ryan?
Afraid
admiring
pitying
resentful
This passage indicates that Ernesto found Lincoln School as
Funny but difficult
Worthwhile but humiliating
Challenging but rewarding
Boring but easy
