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Figurative Language in Barrio Boy Answers

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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.People talked to one another on the street in low tones; only drunks and muchachitos mal educados raised their voices, or the arrieros when they shouted to their donkeys.Which words best signal that "muchachitos mal educados" has a negative connotation?

A
People talked
B
on the street
C
raised their voices
D
their donkeys
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Read the sentences from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.I was left alone in the room for M-E-N. I examined it with great care—the smooth enamel bowl with water in the bottom, the wooden lid with a large hole that looked like a horse collar, the small brown box up near the ceiling, the chain hanging from it. Pressed for time, I finally decided it was safe enough to try.How does Ernesto feel?

A
worried that he is in the wrong room
B
unsure about the new experience
C
confused about the use of the chain
D
troubled by the size of the hole
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Which phrase from Barrio Boy contains a simile?

A
explore the remarkable inventions of the Americans
B
wait there until another pass and money could be obtained
C
disappearing down the drain with a deep, sonorous gargle
D
the wooden lid with a large hole that looked like a horse collar
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.José bought us two cardboard suitcases and one for himself, and an alarm clock like the one we used to try to win in the lottery tent in Mazatlan.Which word has a connotative meaning in the sentence?

A
cardboard
B
suitcases
C
alarm
D
tent
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Based on the events in Barrio Boy what is the best inference about Ernesto's mother?

A
She mostly lives in the United States.
B
She is in poor health.
C
She is afraid to try new things.
D
She is a no-nonsense kind of person.
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could.The author uses figurative language to

A
form a picture of flashing light.
B
compare himself to his mother.
C
give human qualities to the light.
D
imagine what the chair looks like.
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Which sentence from Barrio Boy states the most reasonable inference and provides a valid clue to support it?

A
Green is Ernesto's favorite color.The red and the white were the same as on ours but why they liked blue better than green was just one of those peculiar things about Americans.
B
Ernesto does not know how long he will stay in Tucson.My mother and I were to go to another city called Tucson and wait there until another pass and money could be obtained.
C
José has a good-paying job.José bought us two cardboard suitcases and one for himself, and an alarm clock like the one we used to try to win in the lottery tent in Mazatlan.
D
The hotel clerk does not know the Spanish word for men.Not knowing what they meant we asked the clerk, who explained that when the sign said M-E-N it was for me.
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.When my water party was interrupted, both the bathroom and I got a scrubbing.Who most likely interrupted Ernesto's water party?

A
José
B
Gustavo
C
his mother
D
the hotel clerk
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.Any neighborhood courtesy—an exchange of a banana for a red pepper, or the return of a borrowed utensil—was sure to pass through our messenger system.Which words have a connotative meaning in the sentence?

A
Any neighborhood
B
red pepper
C
borrowed utensil
D
messenger system
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Ernesto gets in trouble for his messy splashingErnesto has sore muscles and needs to soak in cold waterthe hotel is very expensive because it has a modern bathroomthe bathroom is dangerous for a young and inexperienced child

A
Ernesto gets in trouble for his messy splashing
B
Ernesto has sore muscles and needs to soak in cold water
C
the hotel is very expensive because it has a modern bathroom
D
the bathroom is dangerous for a young and inexperienced child
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.You never knew when a compadre or comadre of your aunt, or your uncle, or your father, or your mother was watching. For that matter, even people who were not compadres to your family thought they had some sort of rights over you. If you did or said something slightly irregular at the farthest end of the street from your cottage, where your legitimate bosses lived, somebody would be watching and ready to call out: "Mira, que muchachito tan malcriado." And if the offense was considered serious, the voice would say, "You will see, I am going to tell your mother.”What does the author mean by "legitimate bosses"?

A
friends
B
parents
C
police officers
D
work managers
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Read the sentence."His photography teacher at school had loaned him the camera to use over the summer, telling Anthony he had a good eye and an admirable passion for the craft.”Which part of the sentence uses figurative language?

A
use over the summer
B
loaned him the camera
C
passion for the craft
D
he had a good eye
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Read the sentences from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.I grabbed the chain with both hands and pulled. A small torrent of water gushed into the bowl, swirling and disappearing down the drain with a deep, sonorous gargle. I waited a few minutes and pulled the chain again.That night I got up several times to go to the toilet, until I was ordered to go to sleep.Why does Ernesto go to the toilet several times?

A
He has an upset stomach.
B
He is fascinated by the invention.
C
He drank a lot of water with his dinner.
D
He is trying to get his mother's attention.
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Which sentence contains both a simile and personification?

A
The hungry chainsaws cut through the forest of trees in no time at all.
B
Our family picnic ended when the heavy rain decided to pay us a visit.
C
We knew the place would become a dancehall as soon as my uncle arrived.
D
My baseball glove wrapped itself around the ball like a mother holding her child.
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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.José then explained a remarkable thing about our money. Which sentence supports a negative connotation for the word remarkable?

A
For one tostón you get one quarter.
B
He had already exchanged some of our Mexican currency for dollars.
C
Mexican centavos and tostones and pesos were good for nothing in the United States.
D
On the table he laid out the coins, in rows of two for one.
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Read the sentences from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.Suspecting something, he added: "When you are finished, don't forget to pull the chain. See. That's what the sign says." And, to be sure, there was a paper with writing tacked to the wall, next to an aluminum up-and-down pipe.The hotel clerk most likely suspects that Ernesto and his mother

A
do not notice the sign on the wall.
B
have to go to the bathroom right away.
C
do not understand what the sign says.
D
think flushing a toilet is a waste of water.
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Which sentence from Barrio Boy gives the word mother a negative connotation?

A
You never knew when a compadre or comadre, of your aunt, or your uncle, or your father, or your mother was watching.
B
And if the offense was considered serious, the voice would say, "You will see, I am going to tell your mother."
C
"My mother sends greetings and says may God give you a good day, and here is an egg."
D
That evening at the meson, José and my mother and I reread Gustavo's letter, the last we had received in Mazatlan.
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Which sentence uses the denotation of the word heart?

A
Her heart was in the right place.
B
The heart pumps blood in the body.
C
He knows the song's words by heart.
D
The main character had a heart of stone.

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