"Double Dutch..." Reading Review

At the beginning of the selection, five girls are...

• an award-winning Double Dutch team

• hoping to become a Double Dutch team

• learning to jump rope and practicing Double Dutch

• sad after losing their first Double Dutch competition

Which sentence indicates that the selection is moving back in history?

• Coach Rockett was thrilled but intimidated

• In the ropes, it seems that the Steppers defy gravity

• Life for the Snazzy Snappers wasn't always so sweet

• Coach Rockett even wrote a song to help teach his girls how to jump

The first thing Coach Rockett does is...

• learn to jump rope himself

• organize a Double Dutch team

• get an idea by looking out the window

• buy several hundred yards of clothesline

Between the team's first competition in Harlem and their win in New York, the girls...

• are angry

• quit the team

• stop practicing their styles

• do better at each competition

Which do the girls do last when starting to jump Double Dutch?

• start to sing songs

• practice their moves

• begin turning ropes

• jump to a new rhyme

Which shows the correct sequence of steps Coach Rockett took to form his team?

• He studied the Internet; he had an idea; he made a flyer

• He visited other schools; he studied books; he wrote a song

• He made a flyer; he learned how to jump rope himself; he bought clothesline

• He bought clothesline; he learned how to jump rope himself; he made a flyer

In the rhyme about Tiny Tim, what happens right after the puppy drinks the water?

• The doctor jumps in

• The nurse jumps out

• The puppy swallows a bar of soap

• The singer puts the puppy in the bathtub

When asked about their favorite part of competition, which girl answers last?

• Erika

• Peggy

• Debbie

• Katelyn

The Snazzy Steppers become best friends...

• before they join the team

• when Coach Rockett tells them to

• the first time they win a first-place trophy

• after they compete together for a long time

Of all the girls, Lanieequah learned Double Dutch...

• first

• second

• fourth

• fifth