Read the line from Scene 1. GRANDPA: Crickshaw is a tiny town. . . . Blink and you miss it. What kind of figurative language is the phrase "Blink and you miss it"?

• a simile

• an idiom

• repetition

• personification

Which of these statements best describes why Crow slinks offstage at the end of Scene 1?

• His mood is anxious.

• His feelings are hurt.

• He wants to find other birds.

• He wants to finish more tasks.

Read these stage directions from Scene 2. (CROW comes back onstage, sadder than before. His wings are dragging. He pulls out his to-do list.) How do the stage directions help show Crow's feelings? Support your answer with details and examples from the play.

Read the lines from the beginning of Scene 2. GRANDMA: It's not that we don't like Crow. In fact, it's nice to see a bit of nature in Crickshaw. GRANDPA: It's just that we're much too busy to play with him. (They sit silently, twirling their thumbs.) What do the stage directions in these lines suggest about the grandparents?

• Their actions do not match their words.

• They enjoy spending quiet time together.

• They do not have time to spend with Crow.

• Their opinions about Crow have improved.

Read the dialogue from the end of Scene 3. SALLY: By the way, do you have any imaginary friends? CROW: Lots. Their names are Creek and Cloud and Tree ... SALLY: Mine are Sarah and Stephen and Suzy and Sorrel. . . What does this dialogue help the reader to understand about Sally and Crow?

• They both miss their imaginary friends.

• They like to give real names to their imaginary friends.

• They understand the difference between real and imaginary friends.

• They are now friends with each other but once had only imaginary friends.

Read the lines from Scene 4. GRANDPA: Grandma, I was wondering something. GRANDMA: Not another one of your silly schemes, is it? Which word means the same as schemes as it is used above?

• plans

• hopes

• opinions

• thoughts

Put the events from the play in the correct order.

• Grandpa and Grandma talk about how busy they are.

• Sally teaches Crow to play hopscotch.

• Crow asks Grandpa and Grandma to be his friends, but they say no.

• The grandparents decide to bake a pie and join the fun.

a. Crow felt ​ ​ (a)   when Grandpa and Grandma told him to shoo.
b. Grandma and Grandpa felt ​​ (b)   when Crow wanted to play with them.
c. Sally felt ​​ (c)   when she and Crow played hopscotch.
d. Crow felt​ ​ (d)   after he found a real friend in Sally.

• left out
• excited
• bored
• angry
• busy
• glad

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change five to one.

• Change summers to summer.

• Change Galveston to galveston.

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change loafs to loavs.

• Change loafs to loafes.

• Change loafs to loaves.

• No change is needed.