Elisa's Diary Comprehension

It can be fun to learn new things.

It is important to be loyal to friends.

It can be helpful to work with other people.

It is difficult to adjust to living in a new place.

Elisa's teacher mispronounces her name.

Elisa moves to the United States permanently.

Elisa meets Jose at the beginning of the school year.

Elisa enjoys watching squirrels with her grandmother.

She is staying by herself with the grandmother.

She is helping her grandmother move to a new home.

She is living with her grandmother rather than visiting her.

She is learning how to take care of the squirrels from her grandmother.

The students clap.

The students mock him.

Elisa feels embarrassed.

Elisa volunteers to go next.

It takes a special talent to be an artist.

Cultural traditions do not really matter.

People should speak only one language.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.

appears at the very end of the story.

shows that Elisa is upset about speaking English.

signals the beginning of Elisa and Jose's friendship.

is Elisa's way of competing with Jose in their native language.

Grandma is embarrassed about getting Elisa's name wrong.

The author wants the characters in the story to be a mystery.

It is clear from the context that Elisa and Grandma are speaking.

Elisa decides to change her name after moving to the United States.

a tourist

a teacher

a grandmother

a high school student

The are both about moving to a new country.

They both involve appreciating language and culture.

They are both about the pain of giving up one's past.

They both involve learning new words from teachers.

The poem does not use similes.

The passage uses both English and Spanish words.

The poem contains dialogue and the passage does not.

The passage deals with the challenges of adjusting to a new culture and language.