Patriot’s Wide Receiver’s Proudest Achievement Isn’t Making the Super Bowl

What is the author’s purpose for writing the article?

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

• Athletic

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In paragraph 1, the author describes _______.

• Reporters and athletes gather to talk about things before the Super Bowl

• Reporters gather to talk about the football season

• Stimulating conversation about football

• Presentations on the Super Bowl games

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How is the bolded word, novel, used in the sentence below?

“Fortunately, this year there was a rookie for New England with something novel to talk about: novels, like “Gone, Girl.”

• New, original

• Impressive, fast

• Boring, quiet

• Fictional Book

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In paragraph 5, how does the author use the word voracious?

• Avid

• Ferocious

• Vocal

• Disppointing

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Which sentence from the article provides the best evidence that reading was not easy for Malcolm?

• “That came natural. That’s a gift. I had to work to read,” he said.

• Generally speaking, Super Bowl pregame interviews aren’t a great source of stimulating conversation.

• He was the only man and the youngest by a generation.

• Malcolm confessed that when he started college he could only read at about a junior high level.

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In paragraph 11, Malcolm says football will never be his proudest accomplishment. Why does he say this?

• Playing football was easy for Malcolm, while reading took devoted time and work.

• Reading was easy for Malcolm, while playing football took devoted time and work.

• Malcolm’s proudest moment was when he wrote a book about reading, The Magician’s Hat.

• Malcolm started a kid’s literacy foundation.

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Which word best describes Malcolm at the book club?

• Engaged

• Discouraged

• Indifferent

• Confused

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Which word would Malcolm be most proud to hear describing him?

• Literate

• Illiterate

• Athletic

• Determined

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Choose the best summary of the selection from the choices below:

• A reporter catches up with Malcolm Mitchell about his accomplishments since the last time they spoke. Malcolm struggled to read until he was in college. He worked on his reading as hard as his football game. While at Barnes and Noble, he met a lady who invited him to a book club. Despite being the youngest and only man, he joined the monthly book club. He then dedicated every idle moment to reading. Football is an accomplishment, but becoming a better reader is what he is most proud of. His love for reading developed into becoming a children’s book author and starting a children’s literacy program.

• A football player gave a speech about his accomplishments. Malcolm struggled at reading until he was in college. He worked on is reading as hard as his football game. He met a lady who invited him to a book club and he joined the monthly book club. He read a lot. Football is an accomplishment, but becoming a better reader is what he is most proud of. Also, he developed a literacy program and wrote a book.

• Pre-game Super Bowl Party- A reporter finds Malcolm Mitchell and they talk about his accomplishments. Malcolm has always struggled at reading until he was in college and made straight A’s. He worked at reading as hard as his football game. While at Barnes and Noble, he met a lady that invited him to have a cup of coffee. Despite being the youngest and the only man, he joined the monthly book club. He then dedicated every idle moment to football because he was better at football than reading. His love for coffee developed into reading more, becoming a children’s book author and starting a children’s literacy program.

• Malcolm couldn’t read. He got into college, while playing football.He struggled reading and met a lady who invited him to a book club. He read a great deal after joining the book club. Malcolm wrote a book and started a literacy foundation for children.

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