LESSON 9- ACTIVITY 1

The boy is taken to school by his:

• grandfather

• older brother

• father

• mother

"He stretched out his arm and said gallantly, "Grandpa, let me take you across."

• Adolescence

• Childhood

• Adulthood

• Old Age

"After I had taken a few steps, a middle-aged man passed by, and I realized at once that I knew him."

• Adolescence

• Childhood

• Old Age

• Adulthood

"It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around. "

• Adolescence

• Adulthood

• Childhood

• Old Age

"When we arrived at the gate, we could see the courtyard, vast and crammed and full of boys and girls."

• Adolescence

• Childhood

• Adulthood

• Old Age

"...this was no feast day but the day on which I was to be cast into school for the first time." 

• Childhood

• Old Age

• Adolescence

• Adulthood

At the end of the story, the person who helps the narrator cross the street is the:

• Grandson

• Son

• Grandfather

• Father

What is the boy's initial attitude towards school?

• eagerness

• reluctance

• disdain

• relief

The image of the boy's mother appears only once, at the beginning of the story. What is the significance why the narrator must be separated from his mother.

• As an even that could have been avoided

• As a punishment or penance

• All of these aforementioned

• As part of the coming-of-age process

What word does the author use to describe how the students adjust to school?

• submission

• acceptance

• defiance

• joyfully