Cherokee Family Reunion

Which of these stage directions best explains the children's feelings toward one another?

• (The kids gather onstage. DYLAN returns and gives JUSTIN the iPod. The White kids circle up. Bearmeats are unsure.)

• (The dance ends. Whites and Bearmeats can't get away from each other fast enough.)

• 
  (JUSTIN hits the music, the "Chicken Dance.")

• 
  (Everyone cleans. TWODI and MORGAN toss a couple glares at each other. CHRISTOPHER and LIZZIE bump into each other on the porch. It's instant chemistry.)

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TX.110.36.C.4F

TX.110.47.B.5C

Which of the following words best describes the tone of the excerpted scene?

• 
  irreverent

• solemn

• gritty

• 
  intense

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TX.110.36.C.8F

The following lines from the passage mainly show that

LIZZIE. I’m a klutz. You’re totally cute. (Horrified.) I mean it was cute what you did with Aunt Nell. You’re not cute. I mean you are but—Hi.
CHRISTOPHER. You’re cute too, roomie.
LIZZIE. Roomie?
CHRISTOPHER. We’re living together now, Brady Bunch style.
LIZZIE. Yeah, right. Welcome to the family.

• 
  Lizzie and Christopher have mutual romantic feelings

• Lizzie is embarrassed because she called Christopher cute

• Lizzie and Christopher do not get along

• The Bearmeats and the Whites have a long history of living next to one another

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TX.110.36.C.4F

Which of these inferences about Aunt Nell is best supported by the line below?

AUNT NELL. We don’t know anything about these kids. They could be thieves. Hooligans. Hare Krishnas.

• Aunt Nell is not welcoming of the Whites.

• 
  Aunt Nell does not like Hare Krishnas.

• The Whites intimidate Aunt Nell.

• 
  Aunt Nell is enjoying her time at the wedding.

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TX.110.36.C.4F

TX.110.47.B.5C

TX.110.36.C.6B

Which of the following inferences about John is best supported by the text?

• 
  He is unsure about his marriage with Emma.

• He is proud of his skills as a dancer.

• It is important to him that the two families get along.

• He regrets inviting Aunt Nell to the wedding.

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TX.110.36.C.4F

TX.110.36.C.6B

Which of the following inferences about Emma's children is best supported by the text?

• They are in the midst of a heated sibling rivalry.

• They are not thrilled to be moving to Cherokee.

• They are only crashing the wedding.

• They are extremely eager to learn about the Bearmeats' culture.

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TX.110.47.B.5C

Which of these sentences from the passage best supports that it is important to John that the two families get along?

• "It’s the smooth ones you have to watch.”

• “You want your old dad happy, right?”

• “Twodi, Meli you are the grown-ups, act like it.”

• “Get my iPod.”

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TX.110.36.C.4F

TX.110.36.C.6B

Which of these sentences from the text best supports that Emma'sn children are not thrilled to be moving to Cherokee?

• "Oh, you're too cool for the 'Chicken Dance'?"

• 
  "Hey guys, this is a wedding right? What dance does EVERY wedding need?"

• 
  "Christopher and I only got two years of high school, then we're going back to civilization."

• "Do you mean the Quail Dance?"

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TX.110.47.B.5C

Match the following text features to their dramatic elements.

• scene

• 
  FROM SCENE 1: THE WEDDING DAY

• dialogue

• LIZZIE. What kind of dance is that? MELI. Are they making fun of us?

• stage directions

• (The kids awkwardly pair up and dance. CHRISTOPHER and LIZZIE spot each other and walk slowly together, it’s a movie moment. Suddenly AUNT NELL and AUNT POLLY pop up between them. AUNT NELL speaks right in front of CHRISTOPHER.)

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TX.110.47.B.5C

Match each of these quotes to the character who said it.

• Emma

• “It’s the smooth ones you have to watch.”

• Aunt Nell

• “Twodi, Meli you are the grown-ups, act like it. This is your turf so it’s up to yuns to make the first move.”

• Lizzie

• “I want Cherokee to feel like your home."

• Wedding Singer

• “I’m a klutz. You’re totally cute. (Horrified.) I mean it was cute what you did with Aunt Nell. You’re not cute. I mean you are but—Hi.”

• John

• “This is a little song I wrote for Emma and John’s first dance.”

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TX.110.47.B.5C

TX.110.36.C.6B