Rella Saves the City Park

Who is telling the story?

• Lisa

• The Narrator

• Rella

All of these places were mentioned in the story except:

• the garden

• the town hall

• Rella's bedroom

Which word best describes Rella?

• determined

• snobby

• boastful

According to the passage, what was the effect of Rella’s stepsisters taking all of the shoes?

• Rella realized she couldn’t walk to the meeting without shoes on and began to cry.

• The stepsisters felt bad and turned around to give Rella a pair of shoes to wear.

• Rella walked to the town hall meeting barefoot.

What is the effect of the sparkly purple flip-flops appearing out of nowhere?

• Lisa and Liana hide the sparkly purple flip-flops.

• Rella leaves the sparkly purple flip-flops where they appeared and cries in her room.

• Rella slipped on the flip-flops and headed out to the town hall.

How does Rella’s point of view about the city park differ from her stepsisters’ point of view?

• Rella and her stepsisters all agree that the park should be turned into a parking lot.

• Rella wants the park turned into a parking lot, but her stepsisters want to save the city park.

• Rella wants to save the city park, but her stepsisters want to turn it into a parking lot.

Why did Rella stop speaking to the audience and run out of the city hall?

• Rella became nervous and was scared to speak in front of the audience.

• Rella realized that it was 4:58 and that her flip-flops were about to disappear.

• Rella’s stepsisters saw her and made her go home.

What does the word disappear mean as used in the text?

• stolen

• found

• to not be visable

Why did the mayor come running after Rella?

• The mayor wanted to tell Rella that the park is being turned into a parking lot.

• The mayor wanted Rella to come back and convince everyone to save the park.

• The mayor wanted to tell Rella that the park was saved.

10. How do you think Rella feels at the end of the story?

• Rella is sad that she couldn’t save the park.

• Rella is frightened by the crowd cheering.

• Rella is happy that she was able to save the park.