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WorksheetsEleven Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Read the following passage: “What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one.” Why does the author describe birthdays in this way?
A. To emphasize that birthdays are important
B. To explain how people sometimes feel younger than they are
C. To show readers why people celebrate birthdays
D. To tell readers how to figure out a person’s age
Which of the following similes is not used in the story to describe the way you grow old?
A. Growing old is like an onion.
B. Growing old is like the little wooden dolls that fit inside the other.
C. Growing old is like the rings inside a tree trunk.
D. Growing old is like the rings of an archery target
How does Rachel end up with the red sweater on her desk?
A. Sylvia Saldivar says that the red sweater belongs to Rachel.
B. Rachel says that the red sweater is hers.
C. The red sweater, along with a crown, is always worn by the birthday boy or girl to celebrate the special day.
D. Mrs. Price reads the identification tag on the collar, which has Rachel’s initials.
What does Rachel do with the red sweater on her desk?
A. She folds it up neatly and pushes it to the corner of her desk.
B. She moves it with a ruler to the corner of her desk because she doesn’t want to touch it.
C. She pushes it off the desk and onto the floor.
D. She puts it over the back of her desk chair.
What is Rachel’s reaction to wearing the red sweater?
A. She takes off the red sweater and throws it on the floor.
B. She approaches the teacher’s desk and tells Mrs. Price that the red sweater does not belong to her.
C. She pulls her arms out of the red sweater and turns it inside out over her head to amuse her classmates.
D. She cries uncontrollably at her desk
Why does Mrs. Price pretend as if everything is okay after Rachel gives Phyllis Lopez the sweater?
A. She likes the sweater.
B. She does not want to admit her mistake.
C. She is too tired to say anything.
D. She needs to get to the cafeteria for lunch.
Why is Rachel so excited about THIS particular day?
It is her 11th birthday.
It is Friday and it is the last day of school.
It is her 10th birthday.
She has had lots of fun with her friends today.
Rachal is angry with Sylvia Saldivar because she...
borrowed her sweater without permission
told the teacher that she really loved the red sweater in the lost-and-found.
told the teacher that the sweater belonged to Rachal.
she giggled at a a silly joke and Rachal thought she was talking about her.
Rachel's teacher places the sweater on her desk. Rachel responds by.....
throwing up because the sweater smells.
pushing the sweater closer and closer to the edge of her desk.
spreading cottage cheese on the sweater so she won't have to wear it.
dusting off the sweater and playing jump rope with it.
Mrs. Price, the teacher, seems rather....
Silly and old
grumpy and irritated with Rachel's behavior
happy to be invited to her birthday party.
Busy with lots of papers to grade.
Rachel continues to mention that she wishes "she was 102 years old."
Why does she continually mention this?
She cannot wait to be old like her teacher.
She cannot wait to be old enough to be able to make her own decisions.
She cannot wait to get out of school.
She feels that by being older, she would have known what to say to the teacher.
What sentence uses the word raggedy correctly?
I love this perfectly fitting raggedy sweater.
The sweater was raggedy so I was excited to wear it.
The wet and stained sweater outside the store was raggedy.
Which of the following statements about the narrator is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 3)?
Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That’s how being eleven years old is.
She feels young even though it is her eleventh birthday.
She believes people are a product of all their past ages.
She knows that each year she becomes more mature.
She thinks people exhibit characteristics of familiar objects.
Which of the following sentences best summarizes this short story?
An encounter with an unkind teacher makes one schoolgirl realize she does not like red sweaters.
A classroom of students refuse to listen to their teacher’s request to identify the owner of a certain sweater.
An experience at school causes a girl to feel unsure of herself, leading her to consider what it means to be one year older.
A teacher embarrasses a student on her birthday in front of other students, which causes three of the girls to argue.
Which of the following best explains the narrator’s feelings about the red sweater?
She is looking forward to giving the sweater to her father when she gets home from school.
She does not want the other students to know the sweater belongs to her.
She enjoys wearing the new sweater but discovers that the sweater is too large.
She is embarrassed that Mrs. Price and the other students think the sweater is hers.
Which of the following abilities does the narrator mainly believe older people have that younger people don’t?
The wisdom to handle a tough situation
The ability to fall in love
The ability to laugh at themselves
The knowledge of when someone is being cruel
Mrs. Price
Frustrated that no one will claim the sweater
Rachel
Embarrassed in front of the class
Sylvia Saldivar
Doesn’t like Rachel for some reason
Phyllis Lopez
The person the sweater actually belongs to
Rachel explains in detail how it feels to be eleven years old.
Mrs. Price asks the class to tell her who owns a particular red sweater.
Mrs. Price tells Rachel to put the sweater on.
Rachel cries in front of the class when she feels overwhelmed.
A student claims the red sweater is hers before the end of class.
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.
Who finally remembers that the sweater belongs to them?
Rachel.
Sylvia Saldivar.
Mrs. Price.
Phyllis Lopez.
Match the following example with the literary device used.
Personification
I stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts me and it does...
Hyperbole
I wish I was 102.
Simile
It's hanging all over the edge like a waterfall.
Alliteration
That stupid Sylvia Saldivar says the sweater is mine.
