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