My Dairy from Here to There
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  • Question 1
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    Q.

    Why do Amada's parents decide to move to Los Angeles?

    answer choices

    Amada wants to see her grandmother more often.

    Amada's mother thinks the weather will be better there.

    Amada wants to write in her journal in Los Angeles.

    Amada's father plans to find work there.

  • Question 2
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    Where does the family stay while Amada's father is in Los Angeles?

    answer choices

    They stay with friends

    In Juarez, Mexicio

    In a rented house in California

    with relatives in Mexicali, Mexico

  • Question 3
    300 seconds
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    When Amada first learns about her family's plan to move, she feels...

    answer choices

    worried

    excited

    relieved

    furious

  • Question 4
    300 seconds
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    Amada's grandmother gives her a journal to...

    answer choices

    finish her homework in.

    write letters to her family in Mexico.

    help her remember her language and her culture.

    practice English for school in California.

  • Question 5
    300 seconds
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    Why does the family stay behind when Papa goes ahead to California?

    answer choices

    The family needs more time to pack and move.

    The family has to wait until Papa sends them their green cards.

    They have to stay and take care of their Nana.

    Amada and her brothers have to finish school in Mexcio.

  • Question 6
    300 seconds
    Q.

    From the details in the story, you can tell that Amada's brothers are...

    answer choices

    serious and hardworking

    gentle and friendly

    naughty and lively

    sad and shy

  • Question 7
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    Mama and Papa keep talking about all the opportunities we'll have in California.

    The word opportunities mean...

    answer choices

    good chances

    interesting jobs

    new friends

    entertaining hobbies

  • Question 8
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    There is a man here in the fields named Cesar Chavez, who speaks of unions, strikes, and boycotts.

    The word union refers to a group of people who...

    answer choices

    come from many places

    join together as one

    enjoy each other's company

    cannot find work

  • Question 9
    300 seconds
    Q.

    Mexicali is right across the border from Calexico, California.

    What does the word border mean?

    answer choices

    a line that divides two countries

    the capital of a country

    a dry, desert area

    a long road that connects many states

  • Question 10
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    Q.

    How are Paul from "Mexico:My New Home" and Amada from "My Diary From Here to There" similar?

    answer choices

    They both moved to Mexico

    They both were worried about moving

    They both wrote in a diary

    They both were close to their grandpa

  • Question 11
    300 seconds
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    How are Paul from "Mexico:My New Home" and Amada from "My Diary from Here to There" different?

    answer choices

    Amada missed her family, but Paul didn't

    Amada wrote in her diary, while Paul wrote to his grandpa

    Amada and Paul heard their parents talk about moving

    Amada moved to Mexico, and Paul moved to Cailfornia

  • Question 12
    300 seconds
    Q.

    What can you infer about Michi and Amada's relationship?

    answer choices

    They are in each other's heart

    They don't miss each other

    Both write to each other

  • Question 13
    300 seconds
    Q.

    What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?

    answer choices

    To inform the reader about facts from Mexico.

    To persuade us to move to California.

    To tell us of her adventures and journey to a new country.

    To show us what her family was like

  • Question 14
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    What is the author meaning when she writes... (page 29)


    They're inside my little rock; they're here in the pages and in the language that I speak;

    answer choices

    Amada and Michi both like rocks

    They are in each other's heart

    Amada writes about a rock in her diary

    Michi is inside her rock

  • Question 15
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    What is the message the author gives us in the story "My Diary from Here to There"?

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    To go on adventures

    No matter what life brings you, act crazy

    Moving can be a new journey and start in life

    Write letters to loved ones

  • Question 16
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    Why does speaking with her father help Amada's feelings about moving?

    answer choices

    He tells her to write in her diary more

    He talks to her about her brothers acting up

    He has moved to a new country before like Amada will do shortly

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