"The Word Collector" by Peter H. Reynolds

Why does Jerome collect words?

• He enjoys reading a variety of books.

• He see other people with collections and he doesn't have one.

• He wants to earn money to buy video games.

• He wants his parents to be proud of him.

According to the text, where does the book say Jerome finds his words?

• Jerome found his words when he played video games.

• Jerome found his words at school.

• Jerome found his at camp.

• Jerome found his words by listening, reading, & seeing them.

In what type of book did Jerome fill up with words?

• Yearbook

• Scrapbook

• Coloring Book

• Cooking Book

For Jerome, which type of words were the most powerful?

• Interesting

• Complicated

• Simple

• Pretty

What did Jerome do with his words at the end of the story?

• Empty them into the wind

• Send them to his friends in an email

• Keep them a secret from everyone else

• Sell them in a shop

Jerome didn't organize his words.

• true

• false

According to the text, what did multi-syllable words remind Jerome of?

• They sounded like little songs.

• They reminded him of movies he'd watched.

• They sounded like cars and trucks whizzing by.

• They reminded him of his favorite video games.

According to the book, did Jerome always know the meaning of the words he collected?

• yes

• no

According to the book, Jerome only collected big words.

• true

• false

How does Jerome lose his prized word collection?

• Jerome gave them away to his family and friends.

• His mother accidentally threw them out when cleaning.

• He slips and they go flying everywhere.

• He lost them in a contest for the best collection.