The Cricket in Times Square - Chapter 15

To _____ some of the noise, placemats will be placed on the gym floor.

• smidgen

• rummage

• muffle

The amount of sand I can hold in my hand is a _____ compared to all the sand on the beach.

• smidgen

• rummage

• muffle

In search of valuable jewels, the thief started to _____ through the homeowner’s closet.

• smidgen

• rummage

• muffle

How do Mario and Chester spend their last night together?

• eating liverwurst, playing Chess

• eating dinner and dessert, playing leapfrog and hide and seek

• eating dinner and dessert, playing Monopoly

• eating pancakes, playing Fortnite

What object does Chester take with him?

• his cricket cage

• leftover liverwurst

• a fortune cookie

• his silver bell

Why did Chester take the bell with him?

• to remember everything by

• to play with

• to give to his friends in Connecticut

• to decorate his house with

What clue led Mario to believe that Chester had already left to go back home?

• the bell was gone, but the money was still in the register

• the cage was gone, and all the money was missing

• the bell was gone, and all the money was missing

• the cage was gone, but the money was still in the register

What plans did Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat have at the end of the chapter?

• they wanted to possibly go to Connecticut next summer

• they threw a party with liverwurst and soda

• they wanted to learn to sing as well as Chester

• they visited Sai Fong in Chinatown

A "psst" sound came up from the floor--just as it had on his first night in the newsstand.

What type of figurative language is used?

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

The neon lights shed their endless blue-green glow.

What type of sensory detail is used?

• sound

• taste

• sight

• touch

• smell