"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros

What does the title of the story mean?

• No one likes being eleven.

• Eleven is the best age to be.

• Rachel is turning eleven

• There are eleven students in Rachel's class.

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According to Rachel, when do you feel "smart eleven"?

• not until you're almost twelve

• not for a few days

• in a few weeks

• in about two months

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Mrs. price asks about the red sweater because

• it has red buttons and a collar

• she wants to know whose it is.

• she knows it belongs to Rachel

• she wants to throw it away

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What does Rachel want to do with the sweater?

• She wants to try it on

• She wants to find out whose it is

• She wants to put it in the coatroom

• She wants to throw it away

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Rachel starts to cry because

• she isn't able to explain that the sweater isn't hers

• she wants to be three years old again

• she feels like she is invisible

• her birthday party is that night

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At the end of the story, Rachel feels

• sad about her birthday

• happy about being eleven

• scared of going to school

• angry with her parents

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A raggedy shirt is

• red with white stripes

• torn and full of holes

• one with long sleeves

• soft and fuzzy

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An alley is

• a wide street with many stores

• a narrow stairway with many steps

• a long fence between two buildings

• a narrow path behind a building

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To rattle is to

• make a short, fast knocking sound

• bounce something on the ground

• pull something open like a box

• make a quiet, soft squishing sound

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Something is invisible, if

• it cannot be touched

• it cannot be seen

• it cannot be written down

• it cannot be heard

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