Happy Campers Questions

“When a kid becomes a cancer patient, it can be difficult to feel like anything but a cancer patient.”

Based on the text above, which statement explains why the Sunrise Day camp is so important?

• Kids with cancer are not treated fairly at school.

• Kids with cancer are often jealous of kids without cancer.

• The treatments for cancer are hard and families are sad about them having cancer.

• The constant treatments and hospitalizations leave kids with cancer not feeling like kids.

A reader can make the following inference about kids with cancer based on the textual evidence below:

"Cancer causes many kids to miss weeks of school. Some kids are out for months."

• Kids with cancer have lots of fun during the camp.

• Learning is often impacted due to lots of treatments and hospitalization

• Kids with cancer often miss out on quality time with their parents, that is why the camp is important.

• Kids with cancer have lots of doctor appointments.

What can you infer from the statement below:

“Most cancers require a treatment known as chemotherapy, which can leave kids weak and tired—and often temporarily bald.”

• People often donate hair to kids with cancer to make them feel like other kids.

• Most people with cancer like to shave their heads to raise money.

• Various chemicals in the treatments have positive effects on the hair growth and retention.

• Various chemicals in the treatment have negative effects on hair growth and retention.

. Which sentence below best summarizes the article “Happy Campers”?

• Chemotherapy can cause hair loss

• Sunrise Day Camp helps kids with cancer and their families.

• Most kids who get cancer survive.

• Competition between siblings is normal.

Which line from the article supports the summary of the article?

• “Cancer is rare among children.”

• "There are surgeries.”

• "Sunrise is a special and amazing place for the children and the parents.’”

• "I love looking at the kids and seeing how happy they are.’”

Which of the following statements is supported by both “Happy Campers” and “Bald Heads Raise Big Bucks”?

• St. Baldrick’s has raised millions of dollars for childhood cancer research.

• Cancer treatment can be very expensive.

• Cancer treatment can cause hair loss.

• Sunrise Day Camp is located in New York.

4. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in “Happy Campers”?

• the cost of treatment

• agonizing worry

• the fear that siblings will get cancer too

• siblings feeling ignored

Sunrise Day Camp welcomes siblings of kids who have cancer, even when the siblings are healthy. What is the author's purpose of including this supporting detail?

• to prove that the bond between siblings is important and to build the stronger relationships in families

• to prove to the reader that sibling rivalries are healthy for all sibling relationships

• to prove that something needs to be done about families splitting up when someone is diagnosed with cancer

• to show how Sunrise Day Camp supports child care so kids with cancer can have treatments

Sunrise counselors wear hats or bandanas to look like campers who are covering their bald heads. This act could best be described as showing ______ towards kids with cancer.

• humor

• sympathy

• compassion

• empathy

.Sunrise is the ______ full-summer day camp for kids with cancer and their siblings.

• largest

• only

• most expensive

• best