Balloons Over Broadway (GMAS PREP 3-1)

Based on the passage, why was Tony interested marionettes?

• He like to watch big parades.

• He wanted to take care of animals.

• He was curious about how things moved.

• He was interested in writing puppet shows.

Based on paragraphs 2-4, what does the diagram mainly show?

• how the invention was like puppet

• why feeling chickens was a hard chore

• how the invention was supposed to work

• why feeding chickens was done in the morning

Based on the passage, why was Tony interested in marionettes?

• He like to watch big parades.

• He wanted to take care of animals.

• He was curious about how things moved.

• He was interested in writing puppet shows.

Read the sentence from paragraph 5 below:

Word soon spread about Tony's amazing marionettes.

What does the sentence suggest about Tony's marionettes?

• They became very popular.

• They became very expensive.

• They were changed over the years.

• They were copied by other people.

Based on the passage, why did Macy's decide to use puppets instead of live animals in the parade?

• Live animals bored some people.

• Live animals scared some people.

• Live animals cost too much to use.

• Live animals became too tired to walk.

Based on paragraph 21, why did Tony think the puppets needed to be bigger and fly higher?

• so that the puppets would look more real

• so that people could see the puppets better

• so that people could stand under the puppets

• so that the puppets would look more beautiful

What does the question in paragraph 23 mainly show?

• what Tony wrote

• that Tony was upset

• what Tony wondered

• that Tony was confused

In paragraphs 28, how did Tony most likely feel?

• lonely

• nervous

• grumpy

• disappointed

Read the sentence from paragraph 30 below:

Then, one by one, Tony cut the lines to the sandbags...

Based on the passage, what did Tony's action show?

• The parade was late.

• Tony was going home.

• The parade was beginning.

• Tony was popping the balloons.

In paragraph 7, what does "danced across the stage as if by magic" suggest about the marionettes?

• They seemed tired.

• They seemed alive.

• They moved loudly.

• They moved quickly.