Balloons Over Broadway Quiz

1. Tony Sarg loved to figure out how to make things _____________.

• move
• out of paper
• fly

• disappear

2. What department store did Tony work for?

• Dillards
• Macy's
• JC Penney

• Sears

3. The store first asked Tony to use puppets to decorate.....

• The childrens' clothing department.

• The store holiday window displays.

• The story holiday party.

• The outside of the store.

4. The parade was started because....

• The store had extra money to spend.
• Store employees who were immigrants missed holiday traditions such as street dancing.
• People love to see wild animals.

• Macy's wanted people to shop at their store.

5. The live animals in the parade were replaced because-

• The roaring and growling animals frightened the children.
• A lion escaped and hurt a child.

6. Tony hoped to replace the live animals with-

• clowns
• puppets
• actors

• fish

7. One early problem with Tony's puppets was that-

• They were scary and the crowd didn't like them.
• There were so many people that the crowd couldn't see them.
• No one liked balloons.

• The balloons floated away.

8. How did Tony change the puppets so that they could rise above the crowd?

• He filled them with helium, like balloons.
• He used birds to hold the puppet strings from above.
• He attached the balloons to planes.

• He told people to toss the balloons high in the air.

9. Tony chose ropes to control the balloons instead of wooden sticks because-

• Sticks were too heavy for people to carry.
• Ropes were cheaper.
• The wooden sticks broke.

• Someone got hurt by a wooden stick.

10. The Macy's Day Parade is always held on-

• Christmas
• Thanksgiving
• New Year's Day

• 4th of July