Making the Team Questions

What is the one thing that Andreas likes more than science?

• his friend Tyrell

• basketball

• baseball

• video games

Every night after dinner, Andreas goes outside and practices shooting baskets. What motivates this action?

• Andreas wants to beat Tyrell at basketball.

• Andreas wants to show off for his parents.

• Andreas wants to avoid doing his homework.

• Andreas wants to make the basketball team.

In the passage, Andreas says to Tyrell, "Playing on the basketball team wouldn't be any fun without you." When Tyrell finds out that both he and Andreas made the team, he tells Andreas, "We made it!" with a happy voice.

What conclusion does this information best support?

• It is important to both Andreas and Tyrell that they make the team together.

• Andreas and Tyrell secretly don't care whether the other one makes the team.

• Andreas and Tyrell's friendship is based on competition.

• Andreas and Tyrell will play better basketball together since they made the team

  together.

"He loved the feeling of the basketball in his hands and the sound the ball made when it sailed through the net. Swish! Andreas thought it was the best sound in the

world."

Why might Andreas think this is the best sound?

• because it means he missed the net

• because it is simply a pleasant sound

• because it means she scored a basket

• because it means the other team scored

What is this story mostly about?

• how to play the game of basketball

• practicing in preparation for tryouts

• two friends making a basketball team together

• the friendship between two boys