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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 was fighting with her mother and didn't want to be in the same car with her.
B) She had a gymnastics meet.
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) Unlike Maria, they didn't get sick when going on the rides.
B) Their parents gave them more money to buy balloons, toys and other things at Disneyland.
C) She believed that they had better clothes and nicer homes than she and her family had.
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) He was fine with her decision
C) Furious and demanding
D) Sad and angry
  • 5. Maria's father feels that Maria is
A) a hard worker
B) rich
C) Not respectful and spoiled
D) a poor sport
  • 6. Maria's grandfather was a
A) a barber
B) a doctor
C) miner
D) unemployed
  • 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) demands that she goes on the trip
B) punishes her for not going on the trip
C) says it is okay if she stays with her godmother (nina)
D) pleads with her to go on the trip
  • 9. When Maria's family was leaving on their trip, Maria felt
A) guilty and sad
B) angrgy
C) thrilled to be left at home
D) shocked her family was leaving her
  • 10. Maria wants
A) to go to Great America
B) school to start
C) a new pet
D) to have another life
  • 11. Maria sees her father as
A) a great athlete
B) a rich man
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) uncomfortable about how she looks
B) awake
C) loving yourself
D) pretty
  • 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 stole make-up from her mother.
C) Because she lied to her godmother.
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 they bought a lot of nice clothes.
B) Because they found $20 on the ground.
C) Because they won a new DVD player in a contest.
D) Because two boys had followed them and flirted with them.
  • 15. Maria planned on changing in all the following way except
A) not to talk to boys
B) hugging her father when he got home from work.
C) doing the dishes without being asked
D) watering the lawn
  • 16. Why did Maria think something terrible was going to happen to her family?
A) Because her family was cursed with bad luck.
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 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 hungry and wanted a hamburger from Great America.
B) Maria was scared.
C) Maria was thrilled they made it back alive.
D) Maria is mad that her family did so many cool things on their trip.
  • 18. How had Maria changed by the end of the story.
A) She was older and prettier than she was at the start.
B) She appreciated her family more.
C) She hated her family even more.
D) She was more respectful.
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