WorksheetsMy Favorite Chaperone Practice Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which sentence is correctly written?
Maya’s family are from a Central Asian country called Kazakhstan.
Maya and Nurzhan has had lots of arguments over the years.
The other kids in Maya’s class were excited about the upcoming dance.
Her friends on the gymnastics team is wondering about Maya.
What is Maya’s motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan’s principal’s words?
She dislikes the principal.
She wants to leave the office quickly.
She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.
She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.
Which phrase from the surrounding sentences helps readers understand the meaning of the word whimpering as used in paragraph 139?
dropped me
trembling inside
caught stealing
silence filled
Read the sentence from paragraph 140 of the selection. I lay my head back against the seat and closed my eyes, squeezing them shut, and took myself far away until I was safe on the bars at a beautiful gymnastics meet in the sky. What does this sentence suggest?
Maya is asleep and dreaming of gymnastics.
Maya is tired of Nurzhan getting in trouble at school.
Maya is relieved to escape from her gymnastics meet.
Maya is trying to escape from the reality of her dad’s anger.
Which phrase from the selection shows Maya’s father’s anger when he sees her with Daniel?
I ran to the cab (paragraph 139)
I swung back and forth (paragraph 140)
splintered into a million pieces (paragraph 141)
roared in front of me (paragraph 141)
Why does Nurzhan most likely help Maya get permission to go to the Spring Fling?
He wants to help her since she helped him get out of trouble.
He needs to go to the dance and have fun after all his troubles.
He hopes Maya will get to go so she will keep taking care of him.
He feels sorry for Maya because she has to do so much extra work.
Which statement describes the climax of “My Favorite Chaperone”?
Nurzhan is suspended after he fights with another boy.
Maya fills in for her mother at work after her mother is injured.
Nurzhan convinces their parents to let Maya go to the dance.
Maya notices that Nurzhan is missing when she dances with Daniel.
Which statement best describes the relationship between Maya and Nurzhan?
They like to joke around with each other.
They try to help each other solve their problems.
Maya is annoyed by Nurzhan because he frequently complains.
Nurzhan is afraid of Maya because she frequently threatens him.
Which words from paragraph 266 help the reader understand what kak horosho most likely means?
And I thought
How wonderful
smile inside
closed my eyes
Which two statements best express themes that are reinforced throughout the story?
Family is very important.
Lying is okay in most situations.
Strict parenting results in children who get in trouble.
Children of immigrants understand American culture better than their parents do.
People from other countries find they dislike America once they live there for a while.
Maya's Aunt Medina sponsored her family's move from Kazakhstan to America.
What does it mean to sponsor somebody in the context of this story?
To write a letter
To donate money to an organization
To support someone's admission into a group.
Mr. Billings was stunned by how loud his students were on Monday morning.
What does stun mean?
To make someone feel shocked or dazed.
To make somebody feel relieved
To make somebody feel tired
To make somebody feel happy.
"The dispatcher could not send ambulances to the scene of an accident because they did not know where to send them."
What is the function of a dispatcher?
To send out vehicles according to a schedule.
To receive vehicles at a particular time.
To drive ambulances and busses
Somebody's personal value is a very strong belief that they consider to be important.
What is an example of a value?
x = 5
A Playstation 5
Honesty
Jewelry
Mr. Billings had to break up a scuffle at the bus loop after students returned from the field trip.
What is a scuffle?
A heated competition
A loud disagreement
A large and confusing brawl
A small or disorderly fight
Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story?
She wants to go to the school dance, but she isn’t sure she should attend because she can’t dance.
Maya has to do her mother’s job when her mother is injured.
She wants to go to the school dance, but she thinks her parents are unlikely to give her permission.
Maya wants to be best friends with Marcia Egness.
When somebody cries softly, they (a) .
