Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. What is the name of Merci’s new school?

2. Whom does Merci call “the manager of the Catastrophic Concerns Department in our family”?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How do Edna’s comments about Merci’s photo target two of Merci’s deepest insecurities

2. When Merci comes home from school in Chapter 2, why is Lolo sitting in the back of a police car?

Chapters 3-5

Reading Check

1. What is the club called that Merci has to join as part of her school’s community service?

2. What is Tía Inés’s Cuban cafe called?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why does Merci want to switch community service assignments even more after she finds out who her club partner will be?

2. What disagreement do Merci and Edna have about the materials for their topographical map?

Paired Resource

“Helping Children Understand Alzheimer’s Disease”

• This National Institutes of Health resource offers suggestions about how to help children understand Alzheimer’s.