1. Why can’t the narrator attend Seaton Elementary School? (1 point)
A She is the wrong age to attend Seaton.
B She does not have the uniform Seaton requires.
C She lives outside the area that Seaton serves.
D She is too poor to attend Seaton.*
2. At Walker-Jones, the narrator becomes suddenly afraid when she sees (1 point)
the people walking over the papers on the floor.
the girl with the brand-new notebook and pencils.*
the woman sitting at a table wearing paper money as curlers.
the women who look like advertisements out of Ebony.
3. Why does the narrator’s mother ask the woman at Walker-Jones to help her fill out a
registration form?
(1 point)
She cannot find the form.
She wants to be friendly.
She does not like paperwork.
She cannot read or write.*
4. On p. 25, the mother responds to her daughter by saying, “One monkey don’t stop no show.”
This shows that she is
(1 point)
triumphant.
amused.
defeated.
determined.*
5. When the narrator describes the women who are greeting the parents and children at Seaton
Elementary, the reader can tell that the narrator thinks the women look
(1 point)
unpleasant.
glamorous.*
silly.
shabby.
6. On p. 25, when the narrator says the woman at the first school acts “as if she had known me all
my life,” the narrator means that the woman is acting
(1 point)
shy and nervous.
cold and mean.
curious and charmed.
warm and familiar.*
7. On p. 23, sturdiness means (1 point)
frailty.
sloppiness.
strength.*
heaviness.
8. On p. 26, when the narrator says the papers are "strewn about the floor," she means they are (1 point)
arranged on the floor.*
scattered all over the floor.
shredded all over the floor.
stacked on the floor.
9. Which is closest to the meaning of possessively, on p. 26? (1 point)
carelessly
shyly
selfishly
thoughtfully*
10. The narrator’s mother first takes her to which school? (1 point)
Seaton Elementary*
Walker-Jones
Third Street
Mt. Carmel Baptist
11. What happens just after the teacher at Walker-Jones introduces herself to the narrator’s
mother?
(1 point)
The narrator’s mother gives the teacher 50 cents.
The narrator’s mother stares at the teacher.*
The teacher writes something on a white card.
The teacher speaks to the woman sitting at the table.
12. This story is mainly about a woman’s memory of (1 point)
her mother enrolling her in school.*
living with her mother.
learning that her mother was stubborn.
her mother slapping her
SOME ONE CHECK MY ANSWERS!!! PLEASE
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. b
6. d
7. c
8. b
9. c
10. a
11. b
12. a