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