Vivian's Move

What is theme in literature?

• the main idea of a text

• the main message of a text

• the central idea of a text

• the author's main idea in a paragraph

What is the central idea in a story?

• who the story is mostly about
• the purpose of the text
• what the story is mostly about
• the message of the text

What is the main conflict of the story?

• It is a gray, rainy morning.

• Vivian has to move away but doesn't want to.

• San Francisco has too many hills.

• Vivian no longer likes Boston.

What is the central idea of paragraph 3?

• Vivian's dad thinks San Francisco is better than Boston.
• San Francisco doesn't get snow like Boston does.
• Vivian doesn't want to leave Boston for San Francisco.
• Only Vivian loves the fall and the winter seasons.

What is the central idea in paragraph 5?

• Vivian thinks Boston is better than San Francisco.

• The book Vivian read before moving to San Francisco was right about how the hills in the city were just like roller coasters.

• Boston is better for riding a double-seated bike.

• Vivian begins to think of the activities she used to do in Boston that would be fun on the hills of San Francisco.

What is the central idea of paragraph 7?

• There were restaurants around Vivian's home that were similar to the Boston.

• Vivian and her dad found themselves in a part of town called North Beach.

• Mama Mia and Mangia Bene were restaurants in North Beach.

• Vivian and her dad ate dinner in an Italian restaurant.

Which sentence helps convey the central idea that Vivian is changing her mind about the move?

• "On a gray, rainy morning, Vivian waved goodbye to the red door she had walked through for the last time."

• "San Francisco was starting to feel more like home every minute."

• "For the past couple of months, Vivian and her dad had been reading about San Francisco and California."

• "Boston was beautiful and had wonderful restaurants, and she adored the fall leaves and the snowy winters."

Choose the quote from the story that could be used to support this statement: Vivian starts to like San Francisco better when she sees the ways in which it is like Boston.

• "She thought it was too bad that San Francisco didn't get snow like Boston does."

• "On the other hand, she thought about how much more fun the double-seated bike that she and her dad rode around Boston would be on these hills -- at least going down!"

• "Vivian smiled when she saw restaurants with names like Mama Mia and Mangia Bene, and red, white, and green flags hanging in the windows."

• "She wondered if it were possible for San Francisco to be as wonderful as Boston."

Which statement BEST describes the author's message in this story, "Vivian's Move?"

• Change can be both sad and exciting.
• Friendship is the most important thing in life.
• Big cities are the best places to live.
• It's no use wishing for  things you can't have.

Which piece of evidence from the story does NOT support the theme that "Change can be both sad and exciting."?

• "It had blue walls, a slanted ceiling, and a circle window that looked out on the street."

• "She recognized that this was the Italian section of town and couldn't believe how similar it was to the North End in Boston."

• " She thought about how her friends in Boston were probably asleep, and she wondered what new friends she would meet in San Francisco."

• " ... a tear fell down her face as she watched Boston vanish in the rear view mirror of the truck.."