Balloons Over Broadway

What department store did Tony work for?

• Wal-Mart

• Macy's

• Nordstrom's

• Target

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The store first asked Tony to use his puppets to decorate...

• the front entrance and escalators to the main store in Times Square.

• The children's clothing department.

• the store's holiday window displays.

• the shoe department.

Why was the parade first started?

• Store employees missed holiday traditions of street dancing and music from their native countries.

• New Yorkers wanted a fun way to start off the holidays.

• The store had extra money to spend.

• It was a pandemic and everyone was bored.

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Why were the live animals replaced in the parade?

• A lion escaped and hurt a child.

• The roaring and growling animals frightened the children.

• The parade was too long to make them walk so far.

• The zoo workers didn't want them to leave the zoo.

Tony hoped to replace the live animals with...

• clowns.

• large posters of animals carried on sticks.

• puppets.

• motorcycles.

One early problem with Tony's puppets was that...

• they were ugly and the crowd didn't like them.

• when it rained, the puppets fell down.

• they were so big and heavy that no one could carry them.

• there were so many people that the puppets couldn't be seen.

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How did Tony change the puppets so that they would rise above the crowd?

• He filled them with helium, like balloons.

• He used planes to carry the balloons.

• He used birds to hold the puppet strings from above.

• He used people with jetpacks on to carry the balloons.

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Tony chose ropes to control the balloons instead of wooden sticks because...

• sticks were too sticky and splintery.

• ropes let the balloons bounce around and sway more naturally.

• ropes were cheaper.

• wood was too expensive.

The parade is always held on...

• Christmas.

• Easter.

• Thanksgiving.

• Halloween.

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The result of Tony's work was that...

• puppet balloons were and are still being used to this day.

• his balloons were used for 25 years, then placed in a museum.

• Macy's fired Tony because he could never make them right.

• the balloons were replaced with marionette puppets.

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