Pork Chops, Please Mastery Check Quiz 4th Grade

What is one main theme of this story? 1 pt.

• Learning about someone's life, including their struggles, can give you hope for your own challenges.

• Knowing how to speak more than one language will help you in ways you do not expect.

• When you are feeling down, your friends can often find a way to help you feel better.

• When you move to a new country, the first thing you should do is try a food you haven’t had before.

Part A.: Read the following sentences from the text.

“Then, one day, he went to a diner. As Aurelio waited for a table, he puzzled over the menu that he could not read. How could he order?

‘Then I heard a man at the counter step up and order…Pork chop, please!’

Aurelio continued in Spanish. ‘Well, I sat right down at the counter, too. Can you guess what I said?…Pork chop, please!’…The next day, Aurelio told her, he went back to the diner. And the day after that. Each time, he ordered with the only English words he knew.

‘Pork chops. Every day. For THREE WEEKS!’ her uncle said, snorting with laughter. ‘Oh, I grew so tired of them.’

‘Still, all those weeks, I was studying,’ her uncle added, when they both stopped giggling. ‘One day, I was able to order something new, and not long after that, I could order any dish I wanted.’”

What conclusion can you draw from this evidence? 1pt.

• Tío Aurelio learned about pork chops when he moved to the U.S. and he wants to make sure Esperanza tries them too.

• Tío Aurelio wanted to explain to Esperanza that he was serving pork chops at his party because they were special to him.

• One way that Tío Aurelio learned English was by listening and copying what other people were saying.

• Tío Aurelio wants Esperanza to go to a restaurant and order something another person orders so she can have a similar experience.

Part B: 

Read the following sentences from the text.

“Then, one day, he went to a diner. As Aurelio waited for a table, he puzzled over the menu that he could not read. How could he order?

‘Then I heard a man at the counter step up and order…Pork chop, please!’

Aurelio continued in Spanish. ‘Well, I sat right down at the counter, too. Can you guess what I said?…Pork chop, please!’…The next day, Aurelio told her, he went back to the diner. And the day after that. Each time, he ordered with the only English words he knew.

‘Pork chops. Every day. For THREE WEEKS!’ her uncle said, snorting with laughter. ‘Oh, I grew so tired of them.’

‘Still, all those weeks, I was studying,’ her uncle added, when they both stopped giggling. ‘One day, I was able to order something new, and not long after that, I could order any dish I wanted.’”

Which of the choices below supports your answer to 2 Part A? 1 pt.

• "As Aurelio waited for a table, he puzzled over the menu that he could not read. How could he order? "

• "Then I heard a man at the counter step up and order…Pork chop, please!"

• "Well, I sat right down at the counter, too."

• "Pork chops. Every day. For THREE WEEKS!"

Why did Tío Aurelio probably choose to tell Esperanza his story? 1 pt.

• Tío Aurelio wants to explain to Esperanza that it is normal to be surprised by the food you get at a restaurant in the U.S.

• Esperanza is in the same situation that Tío Aurelio was in at first and he wanted to show her that her situation will change over time too.

• Tío Aurelio wants Esperanza to remember how to speak Spanish even though she will learn to speak English soon.

• Esperanza has just tried pork chops for the first time and Tío Aurelio has remembered his first experience eating pork chops.

What is one main theme of this story? 1 pt.

• Learning about someone's life, including their struggles, can give you hope for your own challenges.

• Knowing how to speak more than one language will help you in ways you do not expect.

• When you are feeling down, your friends can often find a way to help you feel better.

• When you move to a new country, the first thing you should do is try a food you haven’t had before.