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Evelyn Cisneros-Prima Ballerina
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  • 1. Stretching exercises help increase the __ of your body
A) flexibility
B) thrived
C) migrant
D) timid
  • 2. Glenn stopped playing basketball after school so that he could ___ more time to training his dog.
A) devote
B) thrived
C) timid
D) migrant
  • 3. Johnny worked as an ___ to a silversmith so that he could learn to work with silver.
A) apprentice
B) mercenary
C) adornment
D) education
  • 4. Our crops ____ in the warm sun and rich soil, so we soon had plenty to eat
A) died
B) adaptable
C) thrived
D) wilted
  • 5. My sister is hoping her grades will help her get a ___ to attend college.
A) award
B) scholarship
C) trainee
D) migrant
  • 6. When the other children teased Mattie about her clothes, she grew more and more ____
A) timid
B) thrived
C) flourished
D) flexibility
  • 7. The ___ farm workers move from place to place to work as the various crops become ripe.
A) devote
B) piercing
C) thrived
D) migrant
  • 8. Who is Evelyn Cisneros?
A) prima ballerina
B) sleeping beauty
C) musician
D) princess
  • 9. Why was Evelyn shy as a child?
A) Children teased her about her looks.
B) Her family moved to a new town.
C) Her parents were often angry with her.
D) Her younger brother was constantly teasing her.
  • 10. What made Evelyn's first ballet classes unpleasant for her?
A) She had to work hard.
B) She had to practice with other people watching.
C) She was awkward.
D) She had to sing.
  • 11. Evelyn's left food turned inward slightly. What did she work to change that?
A) so she could run faster at track.
B) so her teacher wouldn't complain about it
C) so she would stand out from her friends
D) so she would become a better dancer
  • 12. What did Evelyn do to straighten her rounded shoulders?
A) exercised to increase her flexibility
B) wore a back brace
C) stopped tap dancing
D) slept only on her back
  • 13. "Evelyn taught tap dancing and demonstrated ballet positions for younger students," In this selection, positions refers to _____
A) particular stances in ballet
B) opinions about something
C) the space occupied by someone.
D) dances for ballet
  • 14. Why did San Francisco Ballet School offer Evelyn a summer scholarship?
A) Her teachers thought since she lived close it would work.
B) She would teach tap dance there
C) Teachers at the ballet school thought she had talent
D) She danced at the Pacific Ballet Theater
  • 15. Which word best describes how Evelyn felt about her dancing after her experience at the San Francisco Ballet School?
A) discouraged
B) confident
C) unsure
D) displeased
  • 16. Why did Evelyn accept a scholarship to the summer session of the American Ballet School in NYC?
A) to dance at another top school
B) to be with her favorite teacher
C) to become an apprentice
D) to get away from dancing
  • 17. Which event made Evelyn famous?
A) replacing an injured ballerina in NYC
B) dancing in A Song for Dead Warriors
C) being on TV
D) appearing at the White House
  • 18. This selection is a biography because it
A) lists other works by the same author
B) tells the true story of a person's life
C) expresses a newspaper editor's opinion
D) gives instruction for making something
  • 19. What obstacles or difficulties did Evelyn have to overcome in her life? Go back into the text to give specific, detailed examples. Explain.
  • 20. Evelyn Cisneros has received many awards from Hispanic organizations because
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