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