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