Eleven Inference

What does the following line suggest about Rachel’s past experience with teachers? “Because she’s older and the teacher, she’s right and I’m not.”

• She believes teachers always know best.

• She understands her position as a student does not give her as much power as a teacher.

• She feels that older teachers just go to school to boss kids around.

• She expresses that students aren't right most of the time.

Why does Rachel say the cake will be “too late”?

• It will be overcooked by the time she gets to it.

• The cake will be ready after her birthday is over.

• Her day is already ruined and cake won't make it all better.

• The cake was supposed to be ready to bring to school, but wasn't and now her day is ruined.

At the beginning of “Eleven,” why does Rachel wish that she were one-hundred-and-two?

• If she were older, she may have more experience to draw from to help her when she was struggling to say the sweater wasn't hers.

• One-hundred-and-two year olds don't have problems.

• If she were 102, she would not be in school anymore so this could not have happened.

• If she were older than the teacher, she could have felt more powerful than the teacher.

How do Rachels' thoughts about home make things worse for her?

• She knows that if she just could call her mom, she would fix things for her.

• Her home brings her thoughts of comfort and she'd rather be there than at school.

• She knows her family will be upset with her.

• She worries her family will not sing "happy birthday" to her if she gets in trouble at school.

How does the speaker feel at the end of the story?

• She feels like a balloon that is far away.

• She is ready for the day to be over.

• She feels tired from a long, hard day at school.

• She wishes she could disappear like the stars.

What is the author’s main purpose for writing this selection?

• To inform about birthday celebrations in our country

• To encourage students to think less of their classroom teachers

• To question why young people can be cruel to each other at school

• To entertain with a story about a character's feelings while growing up.