Barrio Boy Test

Ernesto is starting a new __________

Lincoln Elementary looks very different from his school in ​ ​ (a)  

• Mazatlan
• Sierra Vista Middle School
• Mexico

Friends in the barrio tell him that the director is called a ​ ​ (a)  

• teacher
• principal
• mom

There is someone at school that can speak ________

Miss Hopley, the ​ ​ is a large woman. Ernest decides that he likes her.​ ​ (a)  

• principal
• likes
• teacher
• parent

Miss Ryan is Ernesto's ​ ________

She helps Ernesto learn the ​ ​ (a)  

• Idiocies of the English Language
• Spanish
• math
• how to study.
• idiocies of the English Language

Miss Ryan would "burst into happy announcements" when ​ ​ (a)  

• her students learned English
• her students were well behaved
• her students say something in English
• her students say something in English.

Lincoln Elementary helped immigrant students by teaching them how to be good Americans and _______

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​ (a)  

• A school full of immigrant children
• Always someone at school that speaks Spanish.
• By not making them ashamed of their Mexican roots

Answer explanation

by not making them ashamed of the Mexican roots

Why is Ernesto nervous about starting a new school?