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Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you still feel like when you wake up on your eleventh birthday?

a)

Eleven

b)

Ten

c)

Nine

d)

Eight

2.

How does the author describe the feeling of having eleven years inside you?

a)

Like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box

b)

Like marbles in a jar

c)

Like stones in a bag

d)

Like feathers in a pillow

3.

What does Mrs. Price hold up in the air for the class to see?

a)

A book

b)

A red sweater

c)

A toy

d)

A pencil

4.

What does the author wish they were instead of eleven?

a)

Twenty

b)

Fifty

c)

One hundred and two

d)

Thirty

5.

What does the author say you don't feel until you're almost twelve?

a)

Smart eleven

b)

Happy eleven

c)

Sad eleven

d)

Excited eleven

6.

What does the author wish they didn't have rattling inside them?

a)

Ten years

b)

Eleven years

c)

Twelve years

d)

Thirteen years

7.

What does the author say you don't feel until you're almost twelve?

a)

Smart eleven

b)

Happy eleven

c)

Sad eleven

d)

Excited eleven

8.

How does Rachel feel when Mrs. Price puts the sweater on her desk?

a)

Happy

b)

Excited

c)

Sick

d)

Indifferent

9.

What does Rachel think about doing with the sweater during lunchtime?

a)

Wearing it

b)

Throwing it over the schoolyard fence

c)

Giving it to Sylvia

d)

Putting it in her locker

10.

What does Rachel do with her pencil and books to avoid the red sweater?

a)

She moves them closer to the sweater.

b)

She moves them as far from it as possible.

c)

She hides them in her bag.

d)

She gives them to Sylvia.

11.

What is the main reason the narrator wishes she wasn't eleven?

a)

She doesn't like her birthday.

b)

She feels embarrassed and wants to be invisible.

c)

She wants to be older.

d)

She doesn't like school.

12.

What does the sweater that Mrs. Price gives to the narrator smell like?

a)

Flowers

b)

Cottage cheese

c)

Perfume

d)

Soap

13.

What does the narrator's mother plan to make for her birthday?

a)

A pie

b)

A cake

c)

Cookies

d)

Brownies

14.

What does the narrator's family plan to do for her birthday?

a)

Go to a restaurant

b)

Have a party at home

c)

Go to the park

d)

Visit relatives

15.

What does the narrator wish she could be like when she feels embarrassed?

a)

A bird flying away

b)

A tiny star in the sky

c)

A runaway balloon

d)

A cloud floating by

16.

What does Rachel wish she could do when she feels like crying?

a)

Run away

b)

Hide under her desk

c)

Disappear

d)

Talk to Mrs. Price

17.

What does Rachel compare the feeling of being eleven to?

a)

Rings of a tree

b)

Layers of an onion

c)

Pages in a book

d)

Steps on a ladder

18.

What does Rachel think about the red sweater when she first sees it?

a)

It's beautiful

b)

It's ugly

c)

It's too big

d)

It's too small

19.

What does Rachel do when she feels overwhelmed by her emotions?

a)

She talks to her friends

b)

She writes in her diary

c)

She cries silently

d)

She goes for a walk

20.

How does Rachel describe the red sweater's texture?

a)

Soft and cozy

b)

Rough and itchy

c)

Smooth and silky

d)

Warm and fuzzy

21.

What does Rachel wish for at the end of the story?

a)

To be older

b)

To be younger

c)

To be invisible

d)

To be happy