Cinderello by Evan Russell

What problem does Mateo face in the story?

• He is not allowed to participate in baseball tryouts.
• He is too sad to participate in baseball tryouts.
• The twins trick him into missing baseball tryouts.
• He wakes up late and misses baseball tryouts.

What happens first in the story?

• The coach of the Little League team comes to town.
• Mateo pitches and gets every boy out.
• Mateo meets his fairy godmother.
• The twins say they will never play baseball with Mateo.

How does Mateo feel about the baseball tryouts?

• nervous
• shy
• worried
• angry

In what way is Mateo different at the end of the story?

• He is the star pitcher on the baseball team.
• He gets along with the twins and play baseball with them.
• He is mean to the twins because of the way they treated him.
• He is the new coach of the baseball team.

Guffawed means

• teased often
• laughed suddenly
• coughed uncontrollably
• whispered mean things about someone

What effect does Mateo's fairy godmother have on the tryouts?

• She makes him a better baseball play than he really is.
• She gives him a uniform so no one will recognize him.
• She gives him a magic baseball that helps him pitch.
• She makes the twins terrible at baseball so they can't make the team.

Who is the main character in the story?

• the coach
• Primo
• the fairy godmother
• Mateo

How is the story Cinderello similar to the story Cinderella?

• In both stories there are mean stepbrothers.
• In both stories there are baseball tryouts.
• In both stories there is a fairy godmother.
• In both stories there is a little boy who is not treated well.

What happens last in the story?

• Mateo pitches and gets every boy out.
• Mateo's mother marries a rich man.
• Mateo tries to leave tryouts, but the boys and fans crowd around him.
• Mateo meets his fairy godmother.

When something is changed in appearance, it is...

• final
• compared
• allowed
• transformed