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Allie's Basketball Dream Comprehension
Contributed by: Goers
(Original author: Moore)
  • 1. Rick __ at the target
A) pretended
B) familiar
C) monitor
D) aimed
  • 2. The _____ of our team is also a good player.
A) familiar
B) professional
C) captain
D) pretended
  • 3. The lunchroom_________ said we were well behaved at lunch today.
A) aimed
B) professional
C) familiar
D) monitor
  • 4. He _____ to be weak so he wouldn't have to help carry the heavy box.
A) aimed
B) captain
C) monitor
D) pretended
  • 5. Rose sings well enough to be a _________ singer.
A) professional
B) monitor
C) pretended
D) captain
  • 6. Since I had been there before, the road looked _________.
A) monitor
B) familiar
C) professional
D) aimed
  • 7. When my teacher applauded loudly, she __________.
A) cornered the principal
B) screamed at the students
C) clapped her hands
D) pretended to fall asleep.
  • 8. What happens first that starts the events that follow in this selection?
A) Allie plays basketball at the playground with the boys.
B) Allie waits for her father to com home from work.
C) Allie trades her basketball for a new volleyball.
D) Allie's father brings her a gift.
  • 9. "At the playground, Allie "scanned" the basketball courts" means she ________.
A) jumped rope on the courts
B) looked around the courts
C) ran around the courts
D) practiced shooting baskets
  • 10. How does Allie's dad feel about her playing basketball?
A) ashamed
B) proud
C) scared
D) angry
  • 11. Allie practices shooting baskets because she wants to _______.
A) become a good basketball player
B) see her friends at the playground
C) play with Domino
D) play basketball with her father
  • 12. Julio refuses to play basketball with Allie because______.
A) he is on his way to play with some other boys
B) he is too proud to play with a girl
C) she doesn't play well
D) he doesn't like basketball
  • 13. Why did Allie decide to become a professional basketball player?
A) She watched the boys at the playground play basketball
B) She loved the game she saw at Madison Square Garden.
C) She got a basketball of her very own
D) She listened to her father talk about basketball
  • 14. In what sport are the words "dribble", "slam-dunk", "backboard", and "rim" used?
A) volleyball
B) soccer
C) baseball
D) basketball
  • 15. Allie tells Buddy about her cousin's trophies because she _______.
A) likes bragging about her cousin
B) wants to prove that girls can play basketball
C) feels like telling a story
D) doesn't want to talk about trading her basketball
  • 16. How are Allie and Buddy alike?
A) Both play games that others say they shouldn't play.
B) Both are good at jumping rope.
C) Both like to play volleyball
D) Both want to be professional ballplayers
  • 17. Any of these words could describe Allie in the selection. Choose the word you think "best" describes Allie. "nice" "athletic" "determined" Support your choice with "two" details from the selection.
A) tease her
B) make her nervous
C) encourage her
D) make fun of her
  • 18. According to the selection, describe how Allie feels about basketball. Support your answer with "one" detail from the selection.
A) her father helps her
B) she keeps on trying
C) she is lucky
D) she uses a smaller ball
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