A Summer's Reading Questions

Where does the story take place?

• Tel Aviv
• New York
• Los Angeles
• Tefen

What does George dream about at night?

• ice cream, pizza
• making a lot of money
• a nice house, a job, a girlfriend, money
• becoming a doctor

How does George feel about the people in his neighborhood?

• He doesn't like or dislike  them.
• He loves them.
• He dislikes them.
• He doesn't know them well enough

What does George do to avoid meeting Mr. Cattanzara in the street?

• He pretends not to see him.
• He doesn't walk past his house anymore.
• He doesn't avoid him.
• He doesn't go out at all.

How does Sophie's attitude toward George change after she hears that he is reading 100 books?

• She gives him a dollar allowance.
• She takes him out for dinner.
• She tells their father about the change.
• She doesn't do anything.

When Mr. Cattanzara asks George how he is spending his time, what does George say? 

• George says that he is going back to school.
• George says that he has a new job.
• George ignores Mr. Cattanzara and doesn't answer him.
• George says that he is reading about a hundred books in the summer.

Why did George quit school?

• George didn't like his teachers telling him what to do.
• George didn't like people. telling him what to do
• The other students were younger than George.
• George had to work to support his family.

What does Mr. Cattanzara say to George?

• Go back to school.
• Get a job.
• Don't do what I did.
• You are a bum.

Who does George live with?

• his mother and sister
• his sister
• his father and sister
• his sister and brother

What lie does George tell Mr. Cattanzara?

• He has a good job.
• He is getting married.
• He got 100 on his history test.
• He is reading 100 books.