"from The Jumping Tree"

What is does the word vendors mean?

• agreement

• dry wood

• people who sell things

• gigantic

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does the word contract mean?

• agreement

• gigantic

• people who sell things

• dry wood

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

What does the word kindling mean?

• to move sideways

• agreement

• enormous

• bits of dry wood used to start a fire

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CCSS.L.6.4A

How does the narrator of the story feel as the story begins?

• The narrator is concerned that he will not be able to compete with older kids.

• The narrator is nervous about meeting his cousins.

• The narrator is afraid of selling fruits and vegetables.

• The narrator is concerned that his cousin will not recognize him.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.6

Why does the narrator decide to go through with the jump?

• He likes to jump off high places.

• He is trying to run away from a gigantic lion.

• He is hoping to land on a giant field.

• He wants to impress Jorge and Ricky. He is jumping to prove to himself the older kids.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which of the following is textual evidence that the narrator is trying to talk himself out of making the jump.

• "I knew that people could learn a lot from their bodies' reactions to a situation: hand over open fire burns: remove hand immediately; hunger pangs: eat; heart grasping at sides of throat fighting to get out alongside that morning's breakfast; don't jump."

• "My body like superman's flying over Metropolis."

• "A perfect 10, even from the Russian judge."

• "Since he was older, I did not want to do things that were for kids."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What motivates the narrator to act the way he does?

• He doesn't want to go to a new school.

• He does not want to be a vendor.

• He wants to belong.

• He wants to be like superman.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which is textual evidence for how the narrator feels about himself in relation to others?

• "And so, like Superman confronted by kryptonite, I fell."

• "After all, I was only in the summer after my fifth-grade year."

• "I hadn't done much to get the older kid's respect this summer."

• "I stretched out my arms to break my fall."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which character trait best describes the narrator, when he does go through with the jump?

• lazy

• brave

• rude

• friendly

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

Who is the author of the short story, "from The Jumping Tree"?

• Tio Nardo

• tio Jorge

• Margaret Peterson Haddix

• Rene Saldana, Jr.