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- Q1
What main message does the author convey in “An Hour With Abuelo”?
If you work hard, you can control what happens in your life.
If you do not exercise, you will regret it in your old age.
Getting good grades is a key to success as an adult.
People can be happy even if life does not turn out as planned.
30sRL.7.1 - Q2
Which quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo” best supports the central idea of the selection.?
And I think that he could’ve been a teacher if he had wanted to bad enough. Nobody is going to stop me from doing what I want with my life.
I don’t have much time left of my summer vacation, and there’s a stack of books next to my bed I’ve got to read if I’m going to get into the AP English class I want.
Then with her pushing the wheelchair—maybe a little too fast—they roll down the hall. He is already reading from his notebook, and she’s making bird noises.
[H]is body is shrinking like a crumpled-up brown paper sack with some bones in it.
30sRL.7.2 - Q3
In “An Hour With Abuelo,” how do young Arturo’s descriptions portray the feeling created by the appearance of the old-age home?
cheerful
mysterious
frightening
depressing
30sRL.7.3 - Q4
Which quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo” best supports the impact of the situation presented?
“Yoo-hoo, Arturo, remember what day this is? It’s poetry-reading day in the rec room!”
We all make it quick and spend the rest of the time in the recreation area, where they play checkers and stuff with some of the old people’s games, and I catch up on back issues of Modern Maturity.
They line up the old people in wheelchairs in the hallway as if they were about to be raced to the finish line by orderlies who don’t even look at them when they push them here and there.
Anyway, Abuelo is looking at me like he was trying to see into my head, but he doesn’t say anything.
30sRL.7.1 - Q5
What is the most important way the sprinkling of Spanish words contributes to “An Hour With Abuelo”?
The Spanish words make the story more understandable to readers who do not speak English.
The Spanish words help teach the Spanish language to readers who do not know it.
The Spanish words help readers distinguish between Arturo’s family and other characters.
The Spanish words make the mother’s and grandfather’s speech seem more realistic.
30sRL.7.4 - Q6
In the following quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo,” what is the most likely meaning of recreation? Choose based on context clues in the passage.
"[The grandchildren] all make it quick and spend the rest of the time in the recreationarea, where they play checkers and stuff with some of the old people’s games…."
requiring a lot of space
having to do with entertaining activities
designed especially for young people
having to do with good health
30sL.7.4