"A Good Kind of Trouble" Quiz 1

"She's in my sixth grade period too, so it's nice we're sort of becoming friends."

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

• Compound

In Excerpt 1, Paragraph 1, Shayla can be described as feeling...

• anxious
• smart

• confident
• frustrated

In Excerpt 2, Paragraph 5, Shayla says that they call themselves the United Nations because...

• They are from different ethnic backgrounds

• They spend a lot of time together

• They are united

• They live in New York City

In Excerpt 1, what is the initiating event for the novel?

• Shayla is allergic to trouble

• Shayla believes she will have a perfect lab partner

• Shayla and Bernard are science lab partners

• Shayla's hands start to tingle

In Excerpt 3, Paragraph 24, the reader can best infer that when Shayla runs, she feels

• excited

• comforted

• astonished

• inspired

What does the author suggest by including Paragraph 21 in Excerpt 4?

• Shayla desires to write in her eyeball journal

• Shayla desires to further discuss Emerson and current events

• Shayla desires to please Ms. Jacobs

• Shayla desires to end the discussion

Stacy Chin's actions suggest that she is...

• honest

• scheming

• funny

• engaging

Excerpt 3, page 2, paragraph 17 - What does the air is heavy mean?

• The air is heavy.

• The air is thick.

• The air is soupy.

• The air is foolish.

Excerpt 3, paragraph 21, p. 2 - Why would Shayla make reference to a friendship manual?

• She uses a manual to verify how she should act.

• She doesn't know how to talk with black people.

• She really likes to read books.

• She doesn't know how to navigate this potential friendship.

Excerpt 3, page 3, paragraph 32 -  What does the simile "But Coach West's smile glides over me like sweet syrup and makes my head go up and down," mean?

• Shayla wants to eat.

• Coach West's smile encourages Shayla to agree.

• Shayla likes sweets.

• Coach West's smile is sweet.