Cricket in Times Square
  • 1. Our plan was approved because it was clear and _______.
A) logical
B) scrounging
C) excitable
D) eavesdropping
  • 2. Grandma looked __________ at her photos of Grandpa on their wedding day.
A) logically
B) excitable
C) wistfully
D) sympathetically
  • 3. Jamie patted Ricky's back ________ when he didn't make the baseball team.
A) logically
B) acquaintance
C) excitable
D) sympathetically
  • 4. The puppies got very _________ when the doorbell or telephone rang.
A) acquaintance
B) excitable
C) logical
D) sympathetically
  • 5. When we were camping, we say two bears ____________ for food in the other campsites.
A) eavesdropping
B) scrounging
C) bickering
D) acquaintance
  • 6. I wouldn't say he's my friend, he's more of an ______________.
A) excitable
B) acquaintance
C) sympathetically
D) eavesdropping
  • 7. My sister caught me ____________ on her conversation with her friend.
A) wistfully
B) sympathetically
C) scrounging
D) eavesdropping
  • 8. What are two of Tucker Mouse's favorite activities?
A) listening to stories and eavesdropping
B) playing with Harry and watching people in Times Square
C) scrounging garbage and swimming
D) eating and sleeping
  • 9. What does the author mean when he says that neatness is not one of the things Tucker aimed at in life?
A) Tucker collects all kinds of things
B) Tucker's nest is very messy
C) Tucker wants to be neat, but is too lazy to pick up
D) Neatness is very important to Tucker
  • 10. Chester Cricket is touched that Tucker Mouse brings him liverwurst because ______________.
A) He hasn't for weeks and he's starving
B) Tucker has only known him a few minutes and is sharing
C) Tucker buys it for him
D) he has never eaten liverwurst before
  • 11. What does he mean when Tucker tells Chester that there are worse fates than being trapped under roast beef sandwiches?
A) It must be scary to be trapped under anything.
B) He hopes that Chester is very hungry.
C) It isn't so bad, because Chester can eat the sandwiches.
D) Chester is lucky that he didn't get crushed.
  • 12. Which statement from the selection shows how frightened Chester was?
A) "I could tell from the noise it must be New York."
B) "I was getting awfully cramped too, under those roast beef sandwiches."
C) "For all I knew, they could have been heading for Texas."
D) "They'll have to unpack the basket sooner or later."
  • 13. Where does most of this selection take place?
A) at Grand Central Station in Jew Jersey
B) in a subway station in New York City
C) on a tree stump in Connecticut
D) in a New York City drain pipe
  • 14. Which best describes how Chester feels before he meets Tucker and Harry?
A) nervous and afraid
B) scared and sympathetic
C) purple
D) hungry and sleepy
E) furious and full of energy
  • 15. Why is the friendship between Harry and Tucker unusual?
A) Chester doesn't like cats
B) Tucker is shy.
C) Harry is way taller than Tucker
D) Mice and cats are usually enemies.
  • 16. Chester makes the chirping sound by __________.
A) playing a violin
B) drawing his top wing over his bottom one
C) singing loudly
D) saying "crik, crik, crik"
  • 17. Why does Mario's mother think Chester is not a good pet for Mario?
A) purple
B) She thinks Chester carries germs
C) Chester eats too much
D) She wants Mario to have a dog
E) She does not like Chester's friends
  • 18. Why did George Selden write "The Cricket in Times Square"?
A) to show off how much he knows about New York City
B) to prove that cats and mice can get along
C) To convince readers to get pet crickets
D) To entertain readers with a fictional story
  • 19. How does Chester Cricket end up in Times Square?
A) He jumps
B) He takes a taxi from Connecticut
C) He is carried there in a picnic basket.
D) Harry the cat picked him up in a submarine
  • 20. What makes Chester feel better about staying in New York?
A) Tucker shares his liverwurst
B) Mario's mom give him a big hug
C) seeing a familiar star
D) Harry doesn't eat him
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