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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why do Amada's parents decide to move to Los Angeles?
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.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where does the family stay while Amada's father is in Los Angeles?
They stay with friends
In Juarez, Mexicio
In a rented house in California
with relatives in Mexicali, Mexico
- 3. Multiple Choice
When Amada first learns about her family's plan to move, she feels...
worried
excited
relieved
furious
- 4. Multiple Choice
Amada's grandmother gives her a journal to...
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.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why does the family stay behind when Papa goes ahead to California?
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.
- 6. Multiple Choice
From the details in the story, you can tell that Amada's brothers are...
serious and hardworking
gentle and friendly
naughty and lively
sad and shy
- 7. Multiple Choice
Mama and Papa keep talking about all the opportunities we'll have in California.
The word opportunities mean...
good chances
interesting jobs
new friends
entertaining hobbies
- 8. Multiple Choice
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...
come from many places
join together as one
enjoy each other's company
cannot find work
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mexicali is right across the border from Calexico, California.
What does the word border mean?
a line that divides two countries
the capital of a country
a dry, desert area
a long road that connects many states
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are Paul from "Mexico:My New Home" and Amada from "My Diary From Here to There" similar?
They both moved to Mexico
They both were worried about moving
They both wrote in a diary
They both were close to their grandpa
- 11. Multiple Choice
How are Paul from "Mexico:My New Home" and Amada from "My Diary from Here to There" different?
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
- 12. Multiple Choice
What can you infer about Michi and Amada's relationship?
They are in each other's heart
They don't miss each other
Both write to each other
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?
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
- 14. Multiple Choice
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;
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
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the message the author gives us in the story "My Diary from Here to There"?
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
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why does speaking with her father help Amada's feelings about moving?
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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