Edge Level A - Division of Language Arts/Reading

Edge Level CUnit 1Cluster 3“Skins”1. Which character in the short story “Skins” could match the illustration on page 71?A. Mitchell SabattisB. Jimmy T BlackC. Uncle Tommy FoxD. Jacques Dennis2. In “Skins” the author introduces two new families to Long Pond—the Whites and the Blacks. Whatliterary device does the author use with these family names?F. imagery, to show how people’s names rarely relate to their physical appearancesG. mood, because the story illustrates opposites: happy/sad teens, nice/mean parents, winning/losingteamsH. tone, to show the writer’s confusion with the roles of his characters and their heritagesI. irony, because the Black family is Caucasian and the White family is African-American3. In what ways are Mitch, Jimmy T, and Randolph alike?A. They each have Native American ancestors.B. They each have a heritage that is not readily recognizable.C. They each have a mother and father who are in the stands at every football game.D. They each are good students at Long Pond Central High School.4. Which sentence(s) from the short story “Skins” most closely expresses its theme?F. “You can never tell what’s in someone’s heart by the way they look on the outside.”G. “I could tell that they both loved what they were doing so much that they’d forgotten, for themoment at least, whatever bad blood was between them in the past.”H. “It seemed to me that maybe he was doing what a lot of Indian kids do, not living up to hispotential because he didn’t want to play by their rules.”I. “Mitchell,” Uncle Tommy said to me, “white men taught us how to be Indians. Before that, wewere just people.”Copyright © 2010 The Hampton-Brown Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The National Geographic Society, publishing under the imprints NationalGeographic School Publishing and Hampton-Brown. Teachers are authorized to reproduce this material in limited quantities and solely for use in their ownclassrooms.

5. The title of the artwork on page 88 relates to the story in many ways EXCEPTA. It illustrates the same general multicultural theme as the illustrations found on page 76 and page79.B. It addresses the feelings of multiculturalism coupled with an appreciation of people’s talents anddifferences that is occurring in Long Pond Central High School.C. Long Pond is mostly white because 99% of the African American population in New York Stateis outside the northern Adirondack Mountain region.D. Members of a football team, or a family, or a class in school must learn to work togetherregardless of race, gender, or ethnicity.Hampton Brown Edge Level C, Unit 1, Cluster 3 2 of 4

8. People react differently toward their heritage; their birthright. Which statement is NOT true aboutone of the characters you met in “Skins” or “Nicole?”F. Randolph White is African-American with Native American ancestors, and he is proud of hisancestry.G. Nicole is white and African-American, and she resists being identified as belonging to eitherracial group or being called any term that means of mixed racial ancestry.H. Mitchell Sabattis is Native American and Swedish, and he tries to hide his Swedish ancestry andpretends to be solely an Indian.I. Jimmy T is Native American and Hungarian, and he dresses and wear his hair to emphasize hisIndian ancestry.9. Which statement from either “Skins” or “Nicole” best expresses the main idea of these twoselections?A. “…pain is part of the admission fee for being human.”B. “It’s just so much easier to hide your real self.”C. “I think when people act stupid they are holding themselves back and ultimately losing out.”D. “But if you’re talking to me, call me by my name.”10. Read these sentences from “Nicole.”I do still get angry. I have a real temper.Which character in “Skins” could also speak these words?F. Mr. BlackG. Mr. WhiteH. Mitchell SabattisI. Jacques DennisHampton Brown Edge Level C, Unit 1, Cluster 3 4 of 4