TGD SW

Which word best describes how Heather feels about reading to Miss Benson at the beginning of the story?

• nervous

• angry

• relax

• excited

Which line from the story supports that Heather felt nervous before meeting Miss Benson?

• “‘I’ll bet she’d just love it if you’d read to her.’”

• “Did a good deed count if you had help?”

• “So the next day I called Miss Benson, and then I set out to meet her.”

• “The thought of talking to Miss Benson scared me.”

On her first visit, where does Heather put Miss Benson’s book after she finishes reading it?

• back on the shelf

• in Risa's apartment

• in the wastebasket

• next to the table

In the sentence “I stalked across the hall and knocked on Risa’s door,” stalked is closest in meaning t

• planted

• stomped

• skipped

• stopped

Where does Risa go when she leaves two of her brothers alone in their apartment?

• to the library to check out a book

• to the drugstore for medicine

• to school to turn in an assignment

• to the doctor's because the baby is sick

Near the end of the story, Heather helps Risa by . . .

• reading to her

• asking to talk to Risa's mother

• inviting her to join Heather's girl scout group

• taking care of baby Andrew for a few minutes