"My Favorite Chaperone" Quiz Review

Read the sentence from paragraph 11 of the selection. “You can go now with Mr. Walsh.” How can this sentence be rewritten in the imperative mood?

• Go now with Mr. Walsh.

• Can you go with Mr. Walsh?

• Have you gone with Mr. Walsh?

• You might want to go with Mr. Walsh.

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CCSS.L.8.1B

What is Maya’s motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan’s principal’s words?

• She dislikes the principal.

• She wants to leave the office quickly.

• She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.

• She thinks the principal is making too big a deal about the fight.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Maya’s internal conflict when she interprets for the principal?

• She feels proud of her language skills.

• She is torn between loyalty to her family and the school's expectations.

• She is confident and clear in her interpretation.

• She is indifferent to the situation.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which phrase from the surrounding sentences helps readers understand the meaning of the word whimpering as used in paragraph 139?

• dropped me

• trembling inside

• caught stealing

• silence filled

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 140 of the selection. I lay my head back against the seat and closed my eyes, squeezing them shut, and took myself far away until I was safe on the bars at a beautiful gymnastics meet in the sky. What does this sentence suggest about Maya?

• Maya misses her friends from the gymnastics team.

• Maya regrets missing her gymnastics meet.

• Maya needs an escape from reality.

• Maya needs to get more sleep.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which phrase from the selection conveys Maya’s father’s anger when he sees her with Daniel?

• I ran to the cab (paragraph 139)

• I swung back and forth (paragraph 140)

• splintered into a million pieces (paragraph 141)

• roared in front of me (paragraph 141)

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Nurzhan most likely help Maya get permission to go to the Spring Fling?

• He wants to help her since she helped him get out of trouble.

• He needs to go to the dance and have fun after all his troubles.

• He hopes Maya will get to go so she will keep taking care of him.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which statement describes the climax of “My Favorite Chaperone”?

• Nurzhan is suspended after he fights with another boy.

• Maya fills in for her mother at work after her mother is injured.

• Nurzhan convinces their parents to let Maya go to the dance.

• Maya notices that Nurzhan is missing when she dances with Daniel.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which statement best describes the relationship between Maya and Nurzhan?

• They like to joke around with each other.

• They try to help each other solve their problems.

• Maya is annoyed by Nurzhan because he frequently complains.

• Nurzhan is afraid of Maya because she frequently threatens him.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which words from paragraph 266 help the reader understand what "kak horosho" most likely means?

• And I thought

• How wonderful

• smile inside

• closed my eyes

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4