The Gold Cadillac

What makes the sisters so excited through the passage?

• They think the car is made of gold

• They want to go for a ride immediately

• They are thrilled to have an expensive car

• They can't wait to see their mother's reaction to the Cadillac

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

The author describes the neighbors gathering around the car to show that -

• buying the Cadillac was a special thing to do

• the car was not as good as it looks

• the mother was unhappy with the her husband

• the purchase made the father a neighborhood joke

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does the story suggest is the real reason the mother walks back into the house?

• Everyone has fallen silent

• She is eager to prepare a meal

• She has no interest in cars

• She is upset with her husband's purchase

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What technique does the author use to inform the reader that the father has purchased the car?

• Dialogue

• Description

• Supporting Details

• Characterization

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

How does the story change as the setting changes from Ohio to Mississippi?

• The car was accepted and admired more as they traveled to Mississippi.

• The girls became more and more popular as they traveled to Mississippi.

• The conflict that was once between the Dad and the Mom changed to one that was between the Dad the police officers.

• As they traveled to Mississippi the conflict became that the car broke down on them.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is ironic about the car in the story?

• It made the dad feel accomplished in the text.

• The girls were able to one day inherit the car.

• It was both a huge source of pride and trouble in the story.

• It caused lots of problems in the story.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is one possible theme or lesson that the Dad may have learned in the text?

• The color of your skin doesn't matter.

• People should love each other no matter what they drive.

• Cars don't matter.

• It isn't what we have that makes us but who we are as a person.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

All of the following provide textual evidence that the Mom didn't approve of the car EXCEPT:

• She refused to ride to church in the car.

• She didn't allow the girls to ride in it to certain places.

• She argued with the Dad about it when the girls finally went to bed one night.

• She ultimately told Dad to keep the Cadillac.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

By the end of the section, the reader can best predict that--

• The mother and father will soon reconcile over the Cadillac.

• The Cadillac will remain a source of contention and conflict.

• The father no longer wants to buy a house in a better neighborhood.

• The brothers will soon take the side of the mother. 

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Everyone was excited about the new gold Cadillac except for...

• Mother

• Daddy

• Wilma

• Mr. Pondexter

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2