Home Alone - (Pages 19-28)

Read each question carefully and answer in complete sentences.  Paraphrase your answer but use key words from the text. (Print this and handwrite your answers OR open a Word document and, switching between windows, type your answers.)

1. Explain the author's feelings implied by "I woke up to the rattling sound of the alarm clock." (p. 19)

2. On page 20, how does Francisco feel when he is seen by his neighbors emptying his Folgers coffee can. Why does he feel this way?

3. How did he stop Don Pancho from teasing him about this? What was Papa's reaction when Don Pancho told him what Francisco had said to him?

3. Why did Francisco feel excited and nervous when he returned to school? (p. 21)

4. Why did Roberto look troubled when he picked Francisco up his first day back at school? What did the news mean for the two of them? On page 22, underline the two short sentences that show the disappointment and the burden Francisco feels.

5. Who was Mary O'Neill? Describe her physical appearance and her manners.

6. Where does Mary O'Neill take Roberto and Francisco to dinner?  Explain in detail why Francisco says, "Roberto and I did not enjoy our meal but we had a good time being with Mary"?   

7. What good news did Roberto have when he picked Francisco up from school? Why was Roberto so happy about this? (p. 26-27)

8. Describe their weekly schedule at this time. What idiom on page 28 shows a pattern of regular work?

9. What did Roberto do with money leftover after buying groceries and necessities?  What happened to it?

10. Why did this make him feel especially sad?