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Growing up
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  • 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 didn't want to miss her school trip to Disneyland.
D) She had a gymnastics meet.
  • 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) Their parents gave them more money to buy balloons, toys and other things at Disneyland.
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 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) Furious and demanding
C) He was fine with her decision
D) Happy and sad
  • 5. Maria's father feels that Maria is
A) a poor sport
B) Not respectful and spoiled
C) rich
D) a hard worker
  • 6. Maria's grandfather was a
A) unemployed
B) a doctor
C) a barber
D) miner
  • 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) demands that she goes on the trip
B) says it is okay if she stays with her godmother (nina)
C) punishes her for not going on the trip
D) pleads with her to go on the trip
  • 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) to have another life
C) a new pet
D) school to start
  • 11. Maria sees her father as
A) a great athlete
B) a rich man
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) uncomfortable about how she looks
B) pretty
C) awake
D) loving yourself
  • 13. Why was Maria feeling guilty on her way to the mall?
A) Because she told her friend Becky she would meet her at the mall, but she met a boy instead.
B) Because she lied to her godmother.
C) Because she stole make-up from her mother.
D) Because she heard about an accident and started to think she had caused her father to crash the car.
  • 14. Why had their trip to the mall been a "good day"
A) Because two boys had followed them and flirted with them.
B) Because they found $20 on the ground.
C) Because they bought a lot of nice clothes.
D) Because they won a new DVD player in a contest.
  • 15. Maria planned on changing in all the following way except
A) watering the lawn
B) not to talk to boys
C) doing the dishes without being asked
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 she felt guilty about not being with them on their vacation.
D) Because a fortune teller at the mall told her that her family was doomed.
  • 17. On the bottom fo page 106 it says "Feeling resentful as Johnny described a ride...", what does this mean?
A) Maria was hungry and wanted a hamburger from Great America.
B) Maria was scared.
C) Maria is mad that her family did so many cool things on their trip.
D) Maria was thrilled they made it back alive.
  • 18. How had Maria changed by the end of the story.
A) She was more respectful.
B) She appreciated her family more.
C) She was older and prettier than she was at the start.
D) She hated her family even more.
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