A Castle on Viola Street

1. Where is Andy when he sees the
flier about the meeting to own
a home?

A) At school
B) In the library
C) In the park
D) At the Soap & Go

2. Why does Andy’s dad tell him that
sometimes new things are hard to
get used to and people are slow
to change?

A) The family waiting for their house decides to move somewhere else.
B) Andy’s sisters refuse to help in building the houses.
C) Some people in the neighborhood do not want to accept the new houses.
D) The organization building the houses decides to build a mall instead.

3. Why does Andy’s family sign up to
help fix houses for other people?

A) The neighborhood houses need repair.
B) Andy wants to become a builder.
C) Their dad gets a new job.
D) They hope to get a house one day.

4. Just after the Tran family moves
into their new house, they _____

A) have a potluck supper
B) repaint their walls
C) adopt a dog as a pet
D) build a swimming pool

5. Which sentence expresses the main
theme of this story?

A) Animals can be helpful, too.
B) People can reach their dreams by working hard.
C) People should be more open to new experiences.
D) It is important to think about the past.

6. The reader can tell from this story
that Andy is _____

A) lonely
B) disappointed
C) frustrated
D) hardworking

7. What is the result of Andy’s
family’s hard work?

A) The family gets a house.
B) Andy finishes the family’s laundry.
C) The family gets a lot of money.
D) Andy builds a birdhouse.

8. Read this sentence.

Mr. and Mrs. Rivera look forward
to living in a place that does not
have leaky pipes.

What does the word leaky mean?

A) Completely empty
B) Very cold
C) Changing in size
D) Allowing liquid to escape

9. Read this sentence from the story.

The kitchen had shiny linoleum
floors and brand-new appliances.

The word appliances means _____

A) plates for the kitchen
B) hammers and nails
C) ways of doing things
D) pieces of equipment

10. New _____ are usually quieter than older washers and
dishwashers.

A) equipment
B) leaky
C) construction
D) owners
E) appliances

11. The _____ pipe dripped all over the bathroom floor.

A) leaky
B) project
C) owners
D) appliances
E) equipment

12. My cousins are the new _____ of the house across the street.

A) construction
B) equipment
C) appliances
D) project
E) owners

13. It will take a year of _____ to complete the new buildings.

A) equipment
B) construction
C) appliances
D) owners
E) project

14. We needed large _____ to finish building the house.

A) owners
B) construction
C) appliances
D) project
E) equipment

15. It was a very big _____ , and we all worked hard on it.

A) project
B) equipment
C) owners
D) construction
E) leaky

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