WorksheetsJCJH 6th Grade Class Novel
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which sentence best states the main idea of the opening chapters?
Jenae is excited to make new friends at junior high.
Jenae believes she has a superpower and blames herself for family hardships.
Jenae’s brother’s basketball injury brings the family closer together.
Jenae is eager to join the debate team and speak in class.
Which detail best supports the inference that Jenae is introverted?
She projects her voice clearly when speaking.
She hides at home and wants to remain invisible at school.
She ignores all assignments.
She eagerly looks forward to the school’s name debate.
Why did the author include the school name change debate subplot?
To introduce comic relief.
To illustrate a conflict that challenges Jenae to find her voice.
To show how bored the students are.
To demonstrate Jenae’s mastery of public speaking.
What does the phrase “being invisible” most likely mean in the story?
Wearing a cloak to hide.
Feeling unnoticed or blending into the background.
Literally turning transparent.
Avoiding gym class.
Which sequence of events best summarizes Jenae’s emotional journey at home in chapters 1–10?
Jenae stays confident, proud, excited to begin school.
Jenae blames herself for her brother’s injury, feels guilt, avoids attention.
Jenae openly shares her feelings with her mother immediately.
Jenae plans to fix her grandfather’s health and becomes hopeful.
Which sentence best combines these two ideas with a transition? Jenae fears public speaking. She wants to make friends.
Jenae fears public speaking, but she wants to make friends.
Jenae fears public speaking. She wants to make friends.
Jenae fears public speaking; so she wants to make friends.
Jenae fears public speaking, also she wants to make friends.
Which inference is best supported by Jenae’s behavior when Aubrey persistently tries to befriend her?
She is glad to have his attention.
She finds social interaction exhausting and doesn’t know how to respond.
She is plotting a way to speak in public.
She wants to partner with him for the debate.
Which word could best replace “anxious” without changing its meaning? Aubrey’s persistence makes Jenae feel anxious.
Excited
Calm
Nervous
Happy
Why does Jenae try to get out of giving a speech?
She hates her teacher.
She is extremely nervous about public speaking.
She wants to finish her lunch early.
She prefers to speak to larger audiences.
How does the author heighten tension around Jenae’s school name debate speech?
By making the debate optional.
By pairing her with Aubrey, who eagerly wants to debate.
By having no one else speak in class.
By letting Jenae choose her own topic.
Which sentence best explains how Jenae ended up without any friends?
"It's not as though I've never had a friend in my entire life."
"I really just wanted to sit in the library and read."
"And so I didn't fit in with the invited or the uninvited girls"
"I didn't like running around and getting sweaty."
In “the buzzy energy” of the school, what does “buzzy” most likely imply?
The school was filled with calm quiet.
The school felt alive with noise and movement.
The school smelled like bees.
The school was dark and silent.
Which of these is a complete sentence?
Feeling invisible at school.
Jenae wants to avoid speaking up in class.
Because she is ashamed.
Avoiding the debate.
Which detail is NOT a key plot point in chapters 1–28?
Jenae’s guilt over her brother’s injury.
The schoolwide discussion about the name change.
Jenae’s vivid daydreams about becoming a YouTuber.
Jenae’s grandfather’s stroke.
How does Jenae begin to change between chapters 1 and 28?
She becomes more isolated and avoids all people.
She starts to consider Aubrey her friend.
She refuses to go to school altogether.
She becomes the class president.
Jenae’s is confused about Gee's behavior when they are in the backyard with Aubrey because
He's outside sneaking a smoke
Both Gee and Audrey like chittlins
His eyes seem too small, and his cheeks are sunken. He looks like he's aged fifty years.
He wants to pick apples.
What purpose does Jenae’s brother Malcolm’s injury serve in the story?
To highlight Jenae’s belief that her thoughts cause harm.
To caution children about basketball.
To show that injuries are fun.
To introduce a new character unrelated to Jenae.
What best describes how Jenae and Aubrey’s relationship develops by chapter 28?
They remain strangers who never speak.
They go from awkward partners to a budding, complicated friendship.
They argue and never work together again.
They become fierce rivals in sports.
Which conflict is central in chapters 1–28?
Jenae’s reluctance to speak vs. the school’s demand for public speaking.
Jenae’s desire to become a YouTube star vs. her dislike of technology.
Jenae’s love of public speaking vs. her brother’s dislike of her voice.
Jenae’s interest in debating vs. her school’s ban on debates.
Which detail best supports that the school is considering changing its name?
There are fliers at school about “SAY NO TO NAME CHANGE.”
Jenae wears a sweatshirt to school.
The cafeteria is crowded.
Malcolm is injured.
Why does the author include Aubrey's "hair-twist thing" in the story?
To draw attention to his flaming red hair.
To indicate that Aubrey is nervous
To show that Aubrey is lying
To imply that Aubrey is joking
In Chapter 25, Jenae's family has a fish fry at Gee's house. Why does everyone ignore the doorbell when it rings?
No one can hear it over all the noise.
It's broken and isn't very loud
Everyone that attends the fish fry has a key.
They don't want anymore company
When Jenae does not show up for lunch with Aubrey; he
Wondered if he was a little too intense
Got angry and yelled at Jenae.
Cried
Hung out with some other kids
Based on Mrs. Crawford's lesson in Chapter 22, why are people LESS familar with the Sylvia Mendez case?
The Mendez case was argued in the California Supreme Court, not the U.S. Supreme Court
Sylvia Mendez was an illegal aliens and could not seek justice from the court system
There was no internet at the time to widely share the information.
The Mendez case was argued in the U.S. Supreme Court, not the California Supreme Court
Why does the author include Jenae and Rox’s first contact?
To introduce Rox as a new character that may be able to help her "fix" Malcolm
To explain why Jenae and Rox used to be close friends
To make Malcolm angry
To show Rox’s role as Jenae’s only companion at school
