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