Listening Assignment: Abdul's Story

​Grab your headphones & listen to this awesome story. Answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Choice

Who is the main character of the story?

• Abdul

• Mr. Muhammad

• Jayda

• Kwame

Multiple Choice

What did Abdul love doing?

• Drawing pictures

• Riding his bike

• Writing stories

• Sitting with friends

Multiple Choice

What did Abdul love to do?

• Draw pictures

• Tell stories

• Collect donations

• Dance

Multiple Choice

Who was Mr. Muhammad?

• A writer

• A musician

• A Teacher

• A Doctor

Multiple Choice

What was difficult for Abdul when writing?

• Remembering stories

• Making lowercase b face the right way

• Drawing straight lines

• Finding a pencil

Multiple Choice

What did Abdul want to be?

• Security Guard

• Firefighter

• Football Player

• Author

Multiple Choice

Who visited Abdul's class?

• A dancer

• A painter

• A musician

• A writer

Multiple Choice

Why was Abdul sad, when Mr. Muhammad asked for his story?

• He ripped his page

• He had no work done

• He did not want to do anything

• He wanted to go home

Multiple Choice

What did Mr. Muhammad encourage the class to write about?

• New superheroes

• Their families

• Their favorite foods

• Animals

Multiple Choice

What did Jayda call Abdul's story?

• Ugly

• Sloppy

• Yucky

• Gross

Multiple Choice

What did Abdul do differently after speaking with Mr. Muhammad?

• He wrote in capital letters only

• He wrote without erasing mistakes

• He stopped writing stories

• He only drew pictures

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What did Mr. Muhammad say when Abdul said "What about my mistakes?"

• It is okay!

• That is horrible!! Work harder!

• Writers make mistakes, we will work on that.

• People make mistakes, you need to do it again.

Multiple Choice

How did Abdul feel when it was time to hand in his story?

• Confident

• Excited

• Angry

• Nervous

Multiple Choice

What were the girls doing outside in Mr. Muhammad's story?

• Girls ate icecream.

• Girls jumped rope.

• Girls danced.

• Girls were fighting.

Multiple Choice

What did Mr. Muhammad say about writers?

• Writers should always write alone

• Writers make mistakes and work on them

• Writers must have neat handwriting

• Writers never make mistakes

Multiple Choice

What was Abdul's reaction when his story was read aloud?

• He ran out of the room

• He looked up slowly

• He started to cry

• He hid under the table

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What did Abdul realize by the end of the story?

• He preferred drawing to writing

• He was one of the writers

• He wanted to be a teacher

• He didn't like stories anymore