Jacob the Great

According to the passage, why does Jacob stop play the guitar?

• It hurt his fingers

• He'd rather play drums

• It was too easy

• He failed math

To whom did Jacob want to play Black Eyed Peas song?

• Alex
• Angie
• Mom
• Dad

How does Jacob get the items he wants in the story?

• He asks his mom

• He asks his dad.

• He shovels driveways and mows lawns

• He does all of these thing to get what he wants

According to the passage, why does Jacob decide that he wants a metal detector?

• He sees a man in the park with one
• His father had one as a child
• He read an ad for one in a comic book
• He saw a TV commercial for one.

When did Jacob buy the metal detector?

• In the fall

• In the summer

• In the spring

• In the winter

What distracts Jacob from the magician's kit?

• His father
• A TV Commericial
• The kitchen table
• A comic book

The metal detector was a good investment for Jacob.

• True
• False

Which word is closes in meaning to the italicized work in the following sentence from paragraph four:"it wasw no surprise that Jaco's father was "relutant" to buy him a magician 's kit for his birthday?

• Happy
• Willing
• Proud
• Hesitant

Based on the end of the story, Jacob is most likely to go on and do which of the following?

• Become a great magician
• Detect an incredible hidden treasure
• Learn to play guitar well
• Raise money and go to space camp

Why does Jacob's father buy the magician's kit?

• Jacob mowed the lawn
• Jacob bought ice cream for his brother
• Jacob reminded his father of himself
• Jacob found his father's key ring