Bike Trouble

Q.1 What does the word glum in paragraph 5 mean?

• A. Dressed well

• B. Hungry

• C. Sad

• D. Angry

Q2. Where was Rashida's mom while Rashida practiced riding her bike during the afternoon?

• F. Edge of a bed

• G. Middle of the street

• H. Bench in a park

• J. Under a tree

Q3. What is an important theme in the story?

• A. With some help and a lot of hard work, it is possible to achieve a difficult goal.

• B. Riding a bicycle is more difficult than making a sculpture.

• C. Adults should learn to ride bicycles if they want to avoid being embarrassed.

• D. Children should learn to ride bicycles in parks because it is safer than learning to ride them in the street.

Q4. Read the following line from the selection.

The group hummed and buzzed with energy and ideas.

This line appeals to the reader's sense of-

• F. taste

• G. hearing

• H. touch

• J. smell

Q5. Why does Rashida try try to look excited at the beginning of the story?

• A. She wants Joey and Efrain to let her pull a sculpture in the parade, too.

• B. She thinks her mom might get her a new bike for the parade.

• C. She thinks her friends will laugh at her portrait of her mother.

• D. She wants to hide her real feelings from her friends.

Q6. Which sentence best describes Rashida's relationship with her mother?

• F. Rashida is often angry at her mother.

• G. Even though they are busy, Rashida and her mom work hard to take care of each other.

• H. Rashida often has to remind her mother about bicycle safety.

• J. Rashida and her mother embarrass each other.

Q7. Why is the Spring Break parade an important part of this story?

• A. Many members of the community will be at the parade to see the Art Club's artwork.

• B. Learning how to ride a bicycle for the parade teaches Rashida about working to achieve a goal.

• C. Rashida is embarrassed to be seen with all of the Art Club friends.

• D. The Spring Break parade is held every year.

Q8. What can the reader conclude about Rashida?

• F. Rashida admired her mom

• G. Rashida is a shy girl with few friends

• H. Rashida has trouble talking honesty with her mother.

• J. Rashida does not know how to make a sculpture.

Q9. Which sentence from the story best helps the reader understand why Rashida had not learned to ride a bike?

• A. When Rashida fell, her mom was right there, lifting the bike up and patting the seat.

• B. Later that night, at the dinner table, Rashida still felt upset .

• C. Keeping the house clean, doing laundry, and helping with homework took a lot of time.

• D. " You can never be too careful," her mom said.

Q10. Which of the following lines from the story shows that Rashida's dedication was worthwhile?

• F. Her mom used words like whiz and gum

• G. Rashida's heart was beating fast, and her muscles felt tense.

• H. By the end of the afternoon she was able to ride down the street.

• J. Rashida continued, "I am not looking forward to having everyone make fun of me."