Rechenka's Eggs and Gloria who Might be my Best Friend

1)  Which of these traits does NOT apply to Babushka:

• caring
• careful
• perservering
• grumpy

The grand prize at the festival was:

• a piano
• a quilt
• a goose 
• a blue ribbon

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

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 What did Babushka say to Rechenka as she was leaving for the festival?

•  I will miss you
• it is time to join your flock
• you are a wild thing
• all of these

In "Gloria who Might be my best friend."  Julian knew Gloria would make a good friend when....

• She did a cartwheel
• she laughed at him
• she was a girl
• She didn't laugh when he fell

Why is Julian lonely at the beginning of the story?

• Huey doesn’t like to play with him.
• The moving men won’t talk to him.
• His friend is moving to a new house. 
• There are no kids his age on his street.

The reader can tell that Julian does not like to be embarrassed because he — t

• tries to copy what Gloria does
• plans to go home if Gloria laughs
• has never done a cartwheel before
• falls over when he tries to do a cartwheel

Gloria can best be described as — 

• loud and silly
• shy and scared
• serious and kind
• proud and unfriendly

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Read these sentences from the story. “I’m Gloria,” she said. “I come from Newport. Do you know where Newport is?” I wasn’t sure, but I didn’t tell Gloria. “It’s a town on the ocean,” I said. From these sentences, the reader can tell that Julian —

• never tells the truth
• has been to Newport before 
• thinks Gloria is smarter than he is
• does not want to seem foolish

What happens after the kite stays up in the sky for a long time? 

• The wind blows the tail off the kite.
• The kite falls and gets stuck in a tree.
• Julian lets go of the string so the kite fl oats far away.
• Julian and Gloria pull the kite down to look at the tail.

How do Julian’s feelings change by the end of the story? 

• He feels sure that he and Gloria will be friends.
• He believes that making wishes brings bad luck.
• He understands that Gloria is too shy to make friends.
• He realizes that he needs to fi nd a boy to be his friend.