The Gymnast AR Review

What did Isaac have that Gary envied?

• a bright yellow T-shirt

• a big duffel bag for clothes

• a pair of cloth gymnast shoes

• a balance beam in his yard

How did Gary keep his hands dry?

• He rubbed them in sand.

• He dipped them in flour.

• He wore rubber gloves.

• He tied towels around his wrists.

Gary went out and rolled around the backyard after his mother . . .

• said she was proud of his cousin who was taking gymnastics.

• bought him a cool gymnastics outfit.

• took him to a gymnastics meet at the local college.

• showed him pictures of herself on the high-school gymnastics team.

As the dust settled, Gary thought his cousin was probably . . .

• posing on the balance beam.

• cartwheeling in front of a sleeping dog.

• drawing pictures of an Olympic gold medal.

• shaking powder into his gymnastics shoes.

What happened when Gary tried a backflip?

• People driving past in a car stopped and laughed.

• He fell on the cat, which then tried to scratch him.

• He landed on his head and hurt his neck and shoulder.

• He flew into the neighbor's flower bed and ruined her tulips.