Growing up
  • 1. Why didn't Maria want to go on her family's vacation?
A) She had a gymnastics meet.
B) She was fighting with her mother and didn't want to be in the same car with her.
C) She thought she was too old.
D) She didn't want to miss her school trip to Disneyland.
  • 2. Why did maria feel jealous of the the other teenage girls at Disneyland?
A) Their parents gave them more money to buy balloons, toys and other things at Disneyland.
B) She believed that they had better clothes and nicer homes than she and her family had.
C) Unlike Maria, they didn't get sick when going on the rides.
D) They were taller than she was.
  • 3. On page 98, in the third paragraph, what does "She felt sticken by poverty" mean?
A) That she felt sick.
B) That she felt poor.
C) That she felt rich because her parents gave her $5.
D) That she felt like she was going to fall off a ride.
  • 4. How did Maria's father feel when she told him that she didn't want to go on the vacation?
A) Happy and sad
B) Furious and demanding
C) Sad and angry
D) He was fine with her decision
  • 5. Maria's father feels that Maria is
A) a hard worker
B) Not respectful and spoiled
C) a poor sport
D) rich
  • 6. Maria's grandfather was a
A) a barber
B) unemployed
C) miner
D) a doctor
  • 7. When Maria's father gets angry he deals with his anger by
A) yelling
B) drinking beer
C) punching walls
D) jogging around the block
  • 8. Maria's mother
A) says it is okay if she stays with her godmother (nina)
B) punishes her for not going on the trip
C) pleads with her to go on the trip
D) demands that she goes on the trip
  • 9. When Maria's family was leaving on their trip, Maria felt
A) thrilled to be left at home
B) angrgy
C) guilty and sad
D) shocked her family was leaving her
  • 10. Maria wants
A) to go to Great America
B) a new pet
C) school to start
D) to have another life
  • 11. Maria sees her father as
A) a rich man
B) a great athlete
C) the most wonderful father in the world
D) an angry man
  • 12. On page 102, at the bottom, it says "She felt beautiful, although a little self-conscious." What does "self-conscious" mean?
A) loving yourself
B) uncomfortable about how she looks
C) pretty
D) awake
  • 13. Why was Maria feeling guilty on her way to the mall?
A) Because she lied to her godmother.
B) Because she heard about an accident and started to think she had caused her father to crash the car.
C) Because she told her friend Becky she would meet her at the mall, but she met a boy instead.
D) Because she stole make-up from her mother.
  • 14. Why had their trip to the mall been a "good day"
A) Because they won a new DVD player in a contest.
B) Because they bought a lot of nice clothes.
C) Because two boys had followed them and flirted with them.
D) Because they found $20 on the ground.
  • 15. Maria planned on changing in all the following way except
A) doing the dishes without being asked
B) not to talk to boys
C) watering the lawn
D) hugging her father when he got home from work.
  • 16. Why did Maria think something terrible was going to happen to her family?
A) Because her nina was upset and wouldn't tell her why.
B) Because her family was cursed with bad luck.
C) Because a fortune teller at the mall told her that her family was doomed.
D) Because she felt guilty about not being with them on their vacation.
  • 17. On the bottom fo page 106 it says "Feeling resentful as Johnny described a ride...", what does this mean?
A) Maria is mad that her family did so many cool things on their trip.
B) Maria was thrilled they made it back alive.
C) Maria was scared.
D) Maria was hungry and wanted a hamburger from Great America.
  • 18. How had Maria changed by the end of the story.
A) She was more respectful.
B) She appreciated her family more.
C) She hated her family even more.
D) She was older and prettier than she was at the start.
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