Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	What did the mud look like the first time Amparo noticed it?
	A.	a pond
	B.	a harmless bubble
	C.	a shadowy cloud
	D.	a skinny hamburger

2.	According to the narrator, about whom does Amparo never talk?
	A.	her parents
	B.	her brothers
	C.	her workers
	D.	her son and her former husband

3.	Where did Amparo go to satisfy her craving for greasy food?
	A.	a gas station near a housing development
	B.	Fresno
	C.	a store in Pixley
	D.	her relative's home

4.	Why did Amparo make little paper boats from old Christmas wrapping paper?
	A.	to measure the mud's movement
	B.	to entertain herself
	C.	to give the birds a small landing spot
	D.	to remind her of her childhood

5.	What happens at the end of the story?
	A.	The mud parts, forming two thick rivers that flow around the house.
	B.	The mud knocks the house off its foundation and carries it away.
	C.	Amparo jumps into the mud and is swept away.
	D.	The mud swallows the house with Amparo inside it.

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