Story Study Guide
Class President
Prepare and due on ____________________ _
After reading the story over, please prepare yourself for the written test by answering the
following questions. Underline the correct response to the multiple-choice questions. Begin
and end your sentences correctly, besides making sure that you restate the question as part of
your answer for the short response questions.
1. What caused Julio to begin to think about running for president?
a. while he made a sign for Lucas
b. after he met with the principal
c. when he heard soccer would be canceled
2. Why was soccer in the schoolyard canceled?
a. There wasn’t enough room to play there.
b. Mr. Herbertson was worried about accidents.
c. The girls wanted to jump rope instead.
3. How did Mr. Flores respond when Cricket said, “I don’t care if we can’t
play soccer”?
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4. How does Arthur describe Julio to the rest of the class?
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5. Why does Lucas want to take his own name off the board?
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6. What proves to Lucas that Julio will make a good president?
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7. What does Julio tell the class about how they should spend the bake sale
money?
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8. What makes Julio feel more relaxed around the principal?
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9. Mr. Flores’s class needed to decide who to elect for class president and
a. how to spend the bake sale money.
b. who to send to the principal’s office.
c. where to go on their yearly field trip.
10. Why did Cricket have a problem with Julio being nominated?
a. Julio was nominated incorrectly.
b. Cricket thought Julio was not an American citizen.
c. Julio did not want to be president.
VOCABULARY this week!
Fill in the blanks with the words from the word bank.
election
campaign
represent
candidate confidence
1. Going to the meeting with Mr. Herbertson was a good opportunity for
Cricket to ________________________the class.
2. Julio felt it was his job to help Lucas have enough ________________ to
run for president.
3. Cricket must have spent her whole allowance on the __________________
running for president.
4. Mr. Flores said the students could nominate anyone they choose, even if the
_____________________ does not have a poster on the wall.
5. The class was getting ready to hold a class _________________ for the
office of president.