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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the narrator's dream to fly represent?
her desire to show how powerful she is
her desire to seek a better life
her desire to become an actress and play a superhero in a movie
her desire to go home to Puerto Rico
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich detail shows that the narrator loves comic books?She dresses up as Supergirl every night.She spends all her money on comic books.She has a subscription to comic books.She has watched Supergirl on TV.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat key aspect of the narrator's personality is revealed by the fact that she dreams of having long straight blond hair?She knows how to pick good role models.She isn't comfortable with her personal appearance.She tends to forget to do her schoolwork.She is unrealistic about her expectations for life.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat aspect of the mother's and daughter's personalities is represented by the idea of flying (volar)?a love of romantic heroesthe desire for wealth and powerthe thirst for adventurean expression of unfulfilled longing
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of her interests is most typical of "the beginning of adolescence", according to the narrator?messing up the landlord's counted moneylooking into the lives of neighborslooking into the rooms of the boys she likedspying on her teachers
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the narrator convey by putting "wake me" in quotes in the following sentence: She would "wake me" exactly forty-five minutes after they had gotten up.She tries to stay asleep after her mom tries to wake her.Her mother never remembers to come in and wake her up.She is already awake when her mother goes to wake her.Her mother wakes her up too harshly.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of the narrator's personality is revealed by her refusal to intrude on her parents in the morning?She is jealous.She is annoying.She is considerate.She is mean.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow does the narrator spend her time in the morning?daydreaming about the boy she likestrying to think up an excuse to miss schoolthinking about what outfit to wearlistening to her parents talk
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat do we learn about the father's personality from the parents' conversation in the kitchen?His wife easily intimidates him.He doesn't listen to his wife.He is more practical than his wife.He is more of a dreamer than his wife.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat personality trait can we tell the narrator and mother share based on the parents' conversation in the kitchen?Both are dreamers.Both of them are scared of the father.Both are happy with their lives.Both are proud of their Puerto Rican heritage.
- 11. Multiple Choice
As a child, Judith Ortiz Cofer dreams of flying. What habit does she have that may encourage her dreams?
She reads comic books.
She lies in bed awake.
She listens to her parents talking in the kitchen.
She watches birds from her window.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Where does this story take place?
in Puerto Rico
In Mexico
in a large American city
in the country
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does the writer's mother wish to do?
visit her family
join the circus
be patient and full of grace
sleep later in the morning
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does the writer wish to fly?
to see into the private lives of people who interested her
to fight crime
to tease her landlord
to strengthen her skinny arms and legs
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the title of this essay is in both Spanish and English?
to appeal to Spanish teachers
because the writer is both Puerto Rican and American
to please the writer's mother
to show off
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of these quotations from "Volar: To Fly" expresses Judith Ortiz Cofer's feelings about flying?
"I spent my allowance of a quarter a day on two twelve-cent comic books"
"my arms would harden into steel"
"From up there, over the rooftops, I could see everything, even beyond the few blocks of our barrio"
"my tight curls still clinging to my head, skinny arms and legs"
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following quotations supports the idea that Judith Ortiz Coer wasn't seeing reality in her dreams?
"Once I saw our landlord...sitting in a treasure-room dressed in an ermine coat and a large gold crown."
"My parents safely asleep in their beds"
"I'd wake up in my tiny bedroom"
"We could rent a car, go to the beach"
- 18. Multiple Choice
What might you say about a room that is dismal?
It is too bright.
It is just bright enough.
It is gloomy.
It is gray.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Where is a good place to put refuse?
In the ocean
In the garbage can
In your hair
In space
- 20. Multiple Choice
How would you describe something that has been interrupted?
disturbed
soothed
remarked
sad
- 21. Multiple Choice
How much interest do people pay to an obsession?
a great deal
a little
none
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- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best captures the narrator's feeling about finding herself back in her bedroom after a night of dreaming about being Supergirl?
security
warmth
disappointment
anger
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which detail from "Volar: To Fly" most clearly supports the main idea that the narrator grew up in a family of modest means?
"I could see everything"
"tiny apartment"
"white 'princess' furniture"
"cafe con leche"
- 24. Multiple Choice
Choose the synonym for "avid"
apathetic
eager
lukewarm
unhappy
- 25. Multiple Choice
Choose the synonym for "dismal"
Gloomy
Cheerful
Angry
Anxious
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