THEME & CENTRAL IDEA 2
How does the author develop the
central idea that her family is
different?
Excerpt from A Mango-Shaped Space By Wendy Mass
1 takes longer than it should to get home because we have to walk
all the way around the Davises fields, Jennd's father actually farms
is lond; he grows soybeans and the sweetest corn for miles around,
My father plowed under our fields to make the landing space for his
helicopter, Jennd's father thinks my father is lozy since he only flies
three times a week and is back by dinnertime. My father thinks
Jennd's father should mind his own business. "Is your dad ever going
to stop working on your house?" Jenna asks as we come into view of
4. Everyone in town, including the rest of my family, wants to know
the answer to that question. The helicopter is now parked out back,
and my father is already halfway up the ladder on his way to the
roof, 'I don't think so," I reply honestly. My sprowing house is famous
in these parts and never fails to get a reaction. First, people stare,
They look up, they look down. Sometimes they even do that twice,
The house is almost like a living creature that keeps expanding and
contracting and remaking itself. Every inch of it was built by my
Father and grandfather from all different kinds of wood-whatever
they could borrow, barter, or beg for. They could never agree on
how the house should be laid out, so they each did their own thing
and eventually met up in the middle. This technique resulted in a
mumber of doors that lead nowhere and stairs that go inside walls
ike secret passageways. That is how Jenna and I managed to wind
in in the back of Path's closet, sol quess the spider web filled tunnels
Aby describing her father
B by describing their house
C by emphasizing the helicopter
D by emphasizing Beth's closet
What inference can be made about the
narrator?
A The narrator thinks her dad is smart.
B The narrator feels her dad is lazy.
C The narrator is embarrassed by her dad.
n the narrator cares about her dad