Making the Team (or Not)

What is the central conflict of the story?

• Joshua wants to join the basketball team, but he is not a very good player.

• Joshua wants to join the varsity team. but the other players are bigger and stronger.

• Joshua dreams of joining the basketball team, but he does not practice enough.

• Joshua wants his friends to try out for the team, but they prefer to play in the driveway.

The climax of the story occurs when Joshua --

• realizes how much bigger the older players are

• tries to shoot at the tryouts but has his shots blocked

• tells his dad not to ask how he did at the tryouts

• gets excited when he sees the sign for the basketball tryouts

During the rising action of the story, what does Joshua do?

• He practices basketball at the gymnasium.

• He attends a summer basketball camp.

• He sees the basketball team tryout sign.

• He believes he failed to make the team.

One subplot in the story is that Joshua___

• hears a robin call each day

• keeps a set of lucky practice clothes

• wants for his mother to pick him up

• tries out for the varsity basketball team

Joshua does his best, but the older players at the tryouts block his shots and trap him. This scene is part of the___

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

How is the conflict of the story resolved?

• Joshua realizes his dreams are over.

• Joshua decides to try out again next year.

• Joshua learns that he made the team.

• Joshua performs poorly at the tryouts.