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