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 a polo match
D) to another ball game
  • 2. At which stop did the characters get off the train?
A) First Avenue
B) Ball Park Road
C) Main Street
D) Crawford Street
  • 3. What type of weather was it on the day of the game?
A) rainy
B) windy
C) sunny
D) snowy
  • 4. Who took Charlie to see his first game?
A) his grandpa
B) his brother
C) his cousin
D) his father
  • 5. Which is not one of the sporting events mentioned that Charlie had gone to see before?
A) baseball
B) polo
C) tennis
D) football
  • 6. What made the "clank" sound?
A) the polo mallet
B) the hoop's net
C) a fly ball
D) a home run
  • 7. How did they get to the game?
A) bus
B) taxi
C) airplane
D) train
  • 8. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence? "The ball went whoosh through the net."
A) hyperbole
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
  • 9. What lesson did Tammy learn?
A) how to play baseball
B) how to take a train to the city
C) how to use other senses to enjoy the game
D) to always go to a game with a grownup
  • 10. Who are the main characters in this selection?
A) Dad and Charlie
B) Charlie and Tammy
C) Charlie and train conductor
D) Tammy and Dad
  • 11. What type of genre is this week's reading selection?
A) historical fiction
B) fairy tale
C) biography
D) realistic fiction
  • 12. What sound did a fly ball make?
A) crack
B) whoosh
C) pop
D) boom
  • 13. What does the title of the selection mean?
A) They were sitting too far up in the stands to see the games well.
B) The games were between deaf and blind players.
C) Charlie used sound, not sight, to enjoy the games.
D) The cheering crowd could be heard for miles.
  • 14. If you wanted to find another word for "conductor", where would you look?
A) index
B) atlas
C) dictionary
D) thesaurus
  • 15. What was Tammy's last question to Charlie?
A) Have you ever been to the circus?
B) Charlie, what else can I see with my ears?
C) How can you hear an out?
D) How can I see with my ears, Charlie?
  • 16. How did Charlie know when a player scored two points in the basketball game?
A) Tammy jumped out of her seat.
B) He heard the ball pass through the net.
C) He heard the cheering crowd.
D) Tammy told him.
  • 17. Why did the author italicize the words "whoosh", "pop", and "crack"?
A) to show excitement
B) to emphasize those sounds
C) to make the page look nice
D) to show feeling
  • 18. Look in paragraph 7. How did each noise sound? pop: __________ crack: __________ cheers: __________
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