Lawnboy Chapter 1

Multiple Choice

Point of View: From which point of view is this story written?

• First Person

• Third Person

• His Grandmother

• The Lawnmower

Multiple Choice

Infer: Which best describes how the narrator felt when his grandmother gave him an old lawn mower for his birthday?

• enthusiastic

• puzzled

• furious

• saddened

Multiple Choice

Analyze: What did the narrator mean when he said his grandmother "seems to be about nine bricks shy of a full load"?

• his grandmother will probably go play with her bridge club

• his grandfather is not always the smartest

• his grandmother is very smart and always has a plan

• his grandmother is not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity

Multiple Choice

Figurative Language: Which type of figurative language is used in the following Chapter 1 excerpt. "It had a yard the size of a postage stamp and the grass never seemed to grow enough to need mowing."

• personification - giving unhuman items human traits

• onomatopoeia - sound words

• hyperbole - extreme exaggeration

• simile - comparison using like or as

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Setting: What is the new setting introduced in Chapter 1?

• Riding a lawnmower he had been gifted by his grandmother

• Lawnboy got a new lawnmower from his grandmother and is confused

• Eden Prairie, Minnesota; an upper-middle class neighborhood

• At his grandmother's bridge club

Multiple Choice

Predict: "'You mow lawns?' he asked. 'How much?' And that was how it started." What is the implication (inference) behind the last sentence?

• The narrator will decline the offer to mow his neighbor's lawn.

• The narrator found a way to earn money and began mowing lawns

• The narrator will ask his neighbors to mow his lawn.

• The narrator will sell his lawnmower to make money.

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Vocabulary - Context Clues: Define the vocabulary word using context clues. "...my grandfather had been a tinkerer."

• someone who fiddles with something in an attempt to repair it

• Someone who buys new items when old ones break

• 
  Someone who doesn't like to own older items because they always break

• Someone who likes to mow lawns

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Literal (Put my finger on it question) - What were the pictures on the mower and what did they represent?

• The rabbit meant fast speed; the sloth meant slow speed

• The rabbit meant slow speed; the turtle meant fast speed

• The rabbit meant fast speed; the turtle meant slow speed

• The cheetah meant fast speed; the turtle meant slow speed

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Literal - How did he get his first mowing job?

• His neighbor saw him mowing his lawn and asked if he would not mow his.

• He took an advertisement out in the newspaper.

• He got a lawnmower from his grandmother.

• His neighbor saw him mowing his lawn and asked if he would mow his.

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Literal - Who gave the narrator the riding lawn mower? A. His parents B. His grandmother C. His neighbor Arnold D. His teacher

• His Parents

• His grandfather

• His grandmother

• Mrs. Burkhart