Growing up - Quiz
  • 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 didn't want to miss her school trip to Disneyland.
C) She had a gymnastics meet.
D) She thought she was too old.
  • 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) They were taller than she was.
C) Unlike Maria, they didn't get sick when going on the rides.
D) She believed that they had better clothes and nicer homes than she and her family had.
  • 3. On page 98, in the third paragraph, what does "She felt sticken by poverty" mean?
A) That she felt rich because her parents gave her $5.
B) That she felt sick.
C) That she felt poor.
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) Furious and demanding
B) He was fine with her decision
C) Sad and angry
D) Happy and sad
  • 5. Maria's father feels that Maria is
A) a poor sport
B) Not respectful and spoiled
C) a hard worker
D) rich
  • 6. Maria's grandfather was a
A) a barber
B) unemployed
C) miner
D) a doctor
  • 7. When Maria's father gets angry he deals with his anger by
A) yelling
B) drinking beer
C) jogging around the block
D) punching walls
  • 8. Maria's mother
A) punishes her for not going on the trip
B) pleads with her to go on the trip
C) demands that she goes 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) thrilled to be left at home
B) guilty and sad
C) angrgy
D) shocked her family was leaving her
  • 10. Maria wants
A) a new pet
B) to go to Great America
C) to have another life
D) school to start
  • 11. Maria sees her father as
A) a rich man
B) the most wonderful father in the world
C) a great athlete
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) loving yourself
B) pretty
C) awake
D) uncomfortable about how she looks
  • 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 they bought a lot of nice clothes.
B) Because two boys had followed them and flirted with them.
C) Because they won a new DVD player in a contest.
D) Because they found $20 on the ground.
  • 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) not to talk to boys
D) doing the dishes without being asked
  • 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 she felt guilty about not being with them on their vacation.
C) Because a fortune teller at the mall told her that her family was doomed.
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 was thrilled they made it back alive.
B) Maria is mad that her family did so many cool things on their trip.
C) Maria was hungry and wanted a hamburger from Great America.
D) Maria was scared.
  • 18. How had Maria changed by the end of the story.
A) She was more respectful.
B) She appreciated her family more.
C) She hated her family even more.
D) She was older and prettier than she was at the start.
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