Growing up
  • 1. Why didn't Maria want to go on her family's vacation?
A) She had a gymnastics meet.
B) She thought she was too old.
C) She didn't want to miss her school trip to Disneyland.
D) She was fighting with her mother and didn't want to be in the same car with her.
  • 2. Why did maria feel jealous of the the other teenage girls at Disneyland?
A) She believed that they had better clothes and nicer homes than she and her family had.
B) They were taller than she was.
C) Unlike Maria, they didn't get sick when going on the rides.
D) Their parents gave them more money to buy balloons, toys and other things at Disneyland.
  • 3. On page 98, in the third paragraph, what does "She felt sticken by poverty" mean?
A) That she felt poor.
B) That she felt like she was going to fall off a ride.
C) That she felt sick.
D) That she felt rich because her parents gave her $5.
  • 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) Happy and sad
C) He was fine with her decision
D) Furious and demanding
  • 5. Maria's father feels that Maria is
A) a poor sport
B) rich
C) a hard worker
D) Not respectful and spoiled
  • 6. Maria's grandfather was a
A) a barber
B) miner
C) a doctor
D) unemployed
  • 7. When Maria's father gets angry he deals with his anger by
A) punching walls
B) jogging around the block
C) yelling
D) drinking beer
  • 8. Maria's mother
A) punishes her for not going on the trip
B) says it is okay if she stays with her godmother (nina)
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) shocked her family was leaving her
B) thrilled to be left at home
C) angrgy
D) guilty and sad
  • 10. Maria wants
A) to have another life
B) to go to Great America
C) school to start
D) a new pet
  • 11. Maria sees her father as
A) a rich man
B) a great athlete
C) an angry man
D) the most wonderful father in the world
  • 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) loving yourself
C) uncomfortable about how she looks
D) pretty
  • 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 stole make-up from her mother.
C) Because she lied to her godmother.
D) Because she told her friend Becky she would meet her at the mall, but she met a boy instead.
  • 14. Why had their trip to the mall been a "good day"
A) Because they bought a lot of nice clothes.
B) Because they won a new DVD player in a contest.
C) Because they found $20 on the ground.
D) Because two boys had followed them and flirted with them.
  • 15. Maria planned on changing in all the following way except
A) hugging her father when he got home from work.
B) watering the lawn
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 her nina was upset and wouldn't tell her why.
B) Because a fortune teller at the mall told her that her family was doomed.
C) Because she felt guilty about not being with them on their vacation.
D) Because her family was cursed with bad luck.
  • 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 scared.
C) Maria was hungry and wanted a hamburger from Great America.
D) Maria was thrilled they made it back alive.
  • 18. How had Maria changed by the end of the story.
A) She hated her family even more.
B) She was more respectful.
C) She was older and prettier than she was at the start.
D) She appreciated her family more.
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