L5 - Roberto Clemente Practice Test

What does STANDS mean?

When we go to the football game, we sit in the stands with other fans?

• benches

• cars

• ladders

• tables

What does SLAMMED mean?

Yuki slammed the truck door because he was mad.

• stared at

• shouted at

• banged shut

• closed gently

What word replaces the words SPELLED WRONG?

The newspaper was full of words that were spelled wrong.

• misliked

• misplayed

• misspelled

• misty

Which word replaced the words LABELED WRONG below?

The box is labeled wrong, so I do not know what is in it.

• miscalled

• miscolored

• mislabeled

• missing

What word replaces the words DID NOT UNDERSTAND below?

I did not understand what you said. Can you say it again?

• miser

• misguided

• mistreated

• misunderstood

Why did Roberto use empty soup cans for batting practice?

• They turned into softballs

• He had no money to buy baseballs

• He could hit them father than real balls

• There were many soup cans in the field

What does this sentence tell about what Roberto's fans think of him?

To his new fans in Pittsburgh, Roberto was like a jolt of electricity.

• He was angry

• He was exciting

• He was talented

• He was different

Why were kids twisting their necks this way and that?

• to ease their pain

• to be like Roberto

• to see the game better

• to try as hard as they could

Why was Roberto going to Central America after his last World Series?

• to teach baseball to children

• to visit his family and friends

• to help people after an earthquake

• to practice for the next baseball season

But it gives me the blues To score ninety-four And still manage to lose.

Which event in the story Robert Clemente probably made Roberto feel like the speaker in the poem?

• when Roberto ran into the outfield wall after catching the ball

• when Roberto had a high batting average but still did not get respect

• when Roberto let Pittsburgh for Puerto Rico when the season ended

• when Roberto play baseball with cans because he did not have a ball