Fanhood

 With whom does Sam go to baseball games?

• his dad
• his mom
• his little sister
• his uncle

 How does Jessica's attitude toward baseball change in the story?

• Jessica is interested in baseball at first but loses her interest later on.
• Jessica is not interested in baseball at first but then becomes interested.
• Jessica slightly dislikes baseball at the beginning of the story and hates it by the end.
• Jessica likes baseball a little bit at the beginning of the story and loves it by the end.

 Read these sentences from the text. 
“Sam had turned his bedroom into a Dodgers shrine, complete with pennants, framed newspaper articles, glass-encased fly balls, and a few autographed headshots. He didn’t like other people to come into his room, though—sometimes he was worried it was a bit too much. He had once made the mistake of bringing a friend to a Dodgers game when Uncle Gabriel couldn’t go, and it had been a disaster. Jordan had wanted to talk the entire time and barely paid attention to the game. He had then gotten annoyed at Sam for not wanting to talk: it was awful. Sam had felt too embarrassed to take notes and jot down the stats for the game, which had really messed up the seasonal scorecard he and Uncle Gabriel usually kept.” 
Based on this evidence, why might Sam not have wanted to talk during the game? 

• He missed his uncle.
• He did not like Jordan.
• He wanted to give his full attention to the game.
• He was upset that the Dodgers were losing.

Read these sentences from the text. 
“It was the first time Sam barely paid attention to a baseball game without being overly upset. He liked talking to Jessica: despite her initial negativity, she actually seemed to get into the game and had even heckled a player or two by the top of the seventh. She didn’t laugh at Uncle Gabriel, who was watching with extreme concentration, a small pencil pressed to a pad of notebook paper filled with numbers and notes about the individual players. During the seventh-inning stretch, she sang the baseball fan’s pledge of allegiance with gusto, and let her dad hug her when the Dodgers won. Sam couldn’t help wondering if maybe, at some game in the future, he himself would hug her if the Dodgers won.”
   
What can you infer about Sam's feelings toward Jessica from these sentences?

• Sam is developing a crush on Jessica.
• Sam is getting sick of being around Jessica.
• Sam is starting to feel uncomfortable around Jessica.
• Sam is becoming suspicious of Jessica

 What is the main idea of this story?

• A man has been taking his nephew to Los Angeles Dodgers games for years.
• A girl goes to a baseball game without understanding how baseball works.
• A boy is torn between his interest in baseball and his interest in a girl.
• A boy gets annoyed at a friend of his for wanting to talk throughout a baseball game.

 Read these sentences from the text. 
“Sam Martinez knew baseball. He couldn’t count the number of Los Angeles Dodgers games he had been to: his Uncle Gabriel had season tickets and had been taking Sam to games ever since he was three years old. When spring turned into baseball season, he got so excited that his parents practically had to bolt him to his desk after school so that he would do his homework before the night games. His little sisters knew that if they bothered him when he was either watching or listening to the game, they would get yelled at. Even Sam’s friends tended to steer clear and tread softly when baseball season began.” 
Why might the author have italicized the word "knew" in the first sentence? 

• to emphasize how well Sam knows baseball
• to question how well Sam knows baseball
• to imply that Sam knows too much about baseball
•  to provide an example of something Sam knows about baseball

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. 
Sam liked talking with Jessica during the baseball game. _______, he did not like missing out on a lot of the game. 

• In conclusion
• For instance
• Most importantly
• On the other hand