Cuentos de Josefina Quiz

Which of the following best describes Filiberto's thoughts in the passage below (paragraph 35)?

FILIBERTO: Maybe I wasn’t born under a lucky star after all.

• He wishes he hadn’t been born.

• He is wondering if his parents weren’t wealthy.

• He is curious about his heritage and ancestry.

• He is wondering if he isn’t as fortunate as he’d thought.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

The underlined word in the passage below (paragraph 17-18) most likely refers to ___________.

ELVIRA: Ten, eleven, twelve centavos. That's all?

FILIBERTO: I tell you, no one wants my vegetables. They're puny and sickly.

• a type of pumpkin

• units of money

• hundred-year time periods

• vegetables

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is most closely the meaning of the word contained as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 59)?

ACTOR 8: Every squash they opened contained a precious metal. Which of course to them meant

• verb I accommodated

• verb I controlled or restrained

• verb I had or held within

• verb I infected or spread

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RL.7.4

What did Filiberto and Elvira do with the gold and silver found in the pumkins? Mark all that apply.

• gave it to the poor

• bought clothes

• bought jewelry

• threw a huge party

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 67)?

ACTOR 6: Instead, they bought new clothes, Elvira got some fine jewelry, and with the rest, they threw a party for all the neighbors

• Filiberto and Elvira spent an equal amount on clothes and jewelry.

• Filiberto and Elvira care about how they are perceived by others.

• Filiberto and Elvira are worried that their fortunes will run out.

• Filiberto thinks Elvira is too dramatic.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following did Filiberto NOT do to help Elvira?

• searched for Senor Trujillo door to door

• went to the forest to think or find a solution himself

• dug the dirt in the West Garden at night

• talked to the lady in the haunted house

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

The lesson that Filiberto and Elvira learn at the end of the play is mainly to ____________.

• present a better or more positive image to the community

• read the terms of an agreement or contract before signing it

• plant less high-risk crops like squash or pumpkins the following year

• share their wealth with the less fortunate

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 283-286)?

EL ESQUELETO: The maldición ends when there is no more greed on this land or in this house!

ELVIRA: No more greed.

FILIBERTO: We promise!

ELVIRA: Er... okay!

• Elvira is slightly hesitant to give up the desire for material things.

• It is impossible for human beings not to be greedy.

• both A and B

• neither A nor B

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Arrange the following events as they occur in the play:

• Filiberto and Elvira buy a house and plant squash in the west garden.

• Filiberto and Elvira throw a party.

• Elvira’s hair turns to vines.

• Filiberto digs up a skeleton.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3C

Match the vocabulary words below to their correct definitions:

• having or showing belief in the magical and/or irrational

• renovate

• a result of a decision, state, or action

• clause

• to have within

• contain

• to fix up or improve

• superstitious

• a specific provision or detail

• consequence

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B