"President Cleveland, Where Are You"

What happens to hurt the family's income in the second half of the story?

• Jerry's father loses his job and the twins get sick.

• Armand joins the army.

• Rollie Tremain sells Jerry's card.

• Mrs. Belander moved in with her daughter.

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How is Jerry able to obtain one of the highly desirable Grover Cleveland cards?

• He trades someone who lives on the Northside for one.

• He trades Rollie Tremaine for one.

• He earns enough money from Mrs. Bellander.

• Mr. Lemire finds one on the floor.

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Why does Jerry sell Grover Cleveland to Rollie Tremaine?

• Jerry sells Rollie the card so that he can give the money to Armand to take his girlfriend to the fancy dance.

• Jerry want to use the money to buy more cards.

• Jerry wants to have more money for his father's birthday gift.

• Jerry has a new girlfriend to impress.

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Complete the following sentence.

Armand asks Jerry for money in order to

• buy their father a birthday present

• get a few cowboy cards for himself.

• to go to the dance

• to buy new black shoes

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Complete the following sentence.

When Jerry learns that there are no more cowboy cards to buy, he is

• mad at Rollie Tremaine.

• ashamed that he didn't give more to buy his father's gift.

• excited to start collecting president cards.

• excited to give Roger all of his cards.

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This story is told from _____________________ perspective.

• Rollie Tremaine's

• Armand's

• Jerry's

• the father's

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When the narrator states that Rollie Tremain does not live in " a tenement, but in a big white birthday cake of a house on Laurel Street." He is using which form of figurative language?

• metaphor

• similie

• hyperbole

• personification

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When the narrator states, "I owned five Ken Maynards and considered myself a millionaire, of sorts." you can conclude that

• Ken Maynard is very famous.

• Ken Maynard is a millionaire.

• Ken Maynard cards are valuable to the boys collecting them.

• the narrator is very wealthy.

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When the narrator talks about submitting his history essay to Sister Angela (on p. 672). He means

• he gave his essay to his sister.

• he gave his essay to his mother's sister.

• he gave his essay to his teacher who is a nun.

• he is making fun of how young his teacher is!

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What did Rollie get for collecting all 32 President Cards?

• The Grover Cleveland Card

• A bicycle

• New black shoes and a corsage

• a baseball glove embossed with Lefty Grove's autograph

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