Allie's Basketball Dream

The ________ of our team is also one of the best players.

• captain

• pretended

• professional

• familiar

Since I had been there before, the road looked _________.

• familiar

• monitor

• professional

• aimed

What happens first that starts the events that follow in this selection?

• Allie plays basketball at the playground with the boys.

• Allie waits for her father to come home from work.

• Allie's father brings her a gift.

• Allie trades her basketball for a new vollyball.

Why did Allie decide to become a professional basketball player?

• She loved the game she saw at Madison Square Garden.

• She listened to her father talk about basketball.

• She watched the boys at the playground play basketball.

• She got a basketball of her very own.

At the end of the story, Allie finally makes a perfect basketball because ______________.

• She keeps on trying

• she is lucky

• she uses a smaller ball

• her father helps her