Reading Review 2: The Games: Hearing vs. Seeing
  • 1. Where do you think the main characters will go next?
A) to a polo match
B) to another ball game
C) on a cruise
D) to the circus
  • 2. At which stop did the characters get off the train?
A) Main Street
B) First Avenue
C) Ball Park Road
D) Crawford Street
  • 3. What type of weather was it on the day of the game?
A) snowy
B) windy
C) rainy
D) sunny
  • 4. Who took Charlie to see his first game?
A) his cousin
B) his brother
C) his father
D) his grandpa
  • 5. Which is not one of the sporting events mentioned that Charlie had gone to see before?
A) baseball
B) polo
C) tennis
D) football
  • 6. What made the "clank" sound?
A) a fly ball
B) the hoop's net
C) a home run
D) the polo mallet
  • 7. How did they get to the game?
A) train
B) taxi
C) airplane
D) bus
  • 8. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence? "The ball went whoosh through the net."
A) simile
B) hyperbole
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
  • 9. What lesson did Tammy learn?
A) how to take a train to the city
B) how to use other senses to enjoy the game
C) to always go to a game with a grownup
D) how to play baseball
  • 10. Who are the main characters in this selection?
A) Charlie and Tammy
B) Charlie and train conductor
C) Dad and Charlie
D) Tammy and Dad
  • 11. What type of genre is this week's reading selection?
A) historical fiction
B) biography
C) fairy tale
D) realistic fiction
  • 12. What sound did a fly ball make?
A) pop
B) crack
C) boom
D) whoosh
  • 13. What does the title of the selection mean?
A) The cheering crowd could be heard for miles.
B) Charlie used sound, not sight, to enjoy the games.
C) The games were between deaf and blind players.
D) They were sitting too far up in the stands to see the games well.
  • 14. If you wanted to find another word for "conductor", where would you look?
A) dictionary
B) thesaurus
C) atlas
D) index
  • 15. What was Tammy's last question to Charlie?
A) How can you hear an out?
B) Have you ever been to the circus?
C) Charlie, what else can I see with my ears?
D) How can I see with my ears, Charlie?
  • 16. How did Charlie know when a player scored two points in the basketball game?
A) He heard the cheering crowd.
B) He heard the ball pass through the net.
C) Tammy told him.
D) Tammy jumped out of her seat.
  • 17. Why did the author italicize the words "whoosh", "pop", and "crack"?
A) to make the page look nice
B) to show feeling
C) to show excitement
D) to emphasize those sounds
  • 18. Look in paragraph 7. How did each noise sound? pop: __________ crack: __________ cheers: __________
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