WorksheetsThe Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the nickname given to Mr. Toomey by the town children?
a)
Loony
b)
Gloomy
c)
Old Man Winter
d)
Grouchy
2.
What character trait describes Johnathan Toomey at the beginning of the story?
a)
Grumpy
b)
Mysterious
c)
Joyful
d)
Helpful
3.
What was Johnathan Toomey's job?
a)
Carpenter
b)
Woodcarver
c)
Artist
d)
Cobbler
4.
What caused Johnathan Toomey's sadness?
a)
Village children called him names.
b)
His dog ran away.
c)
His wife and baby passed away.
d)
His wife left him on Christmas.
5.
What did Mrs. Dowell want made?
a)
A small village.
b)
A train.
c)
A toy soldier.
d)
A nativity scene.
6.
Why did Mrs. Dowell get hollered at by Johnathan Toomey during the first week of work?
a)
She poked him with her knitting needles.
b)
The wood shavings got stuck in the yarn she was using.
c)
She sat in his wife's chair.
d)
She made too much noise.
7.
What did Thomas say was wrong with the sheep Johnathan was carving?
a)
It had too much curly wool.
b)
It was not happy.
c)
The face was lopsided.
d)
It was plain.
8.
Why did the animal carvings look the way they did?
a)
They reflected Johnathan's mood.
b)
Animals don't have expressions
c)
Nativity scenes are suppose to be serious.
d)
The carvings were incomplete.
9.
What reason did Thomas give for how his original animals looked?
a)
Someone more talented had made them.
b)
Better wood had been used on the originals.
c)
The person who made them before cared more than Johnathan.
d)
They were with Baby Jesus.
10.
What does Mr. Toomey teach Thomas to make?
a)
An Angel
b)
A robin
c)
A sheep
d)
Baby Jesus
11.
Why does Mr. Toomey holler at Thomas' mother the day they work on Joseph and the wise men?
a)
She interrupted them.
b)
She took a flowered cloth out of a drawer.
c)
She broke the arm off one of the figures.
d)
She brought bad tasting food.
12.
What did Mr. Toomey base his idea on for how Mary and Jesus should look?
a)
A drawing of his wife and baby.
b)
Mrs. McDowell and Thomas
c)
People at the midnight church service.
d)
His mother and himself.
13.
What were the presents that Mrs. McDowell and Thomas gave Mr. Toomey?
a)
Potatoes and corn cakes
b)
Molasses cookies and raisin buns
c)
Pine boughs and holy with berries
d)
A knitted scarf and carved robin
14.
What was Johnathan Toomey's miracle?
a)
He finished the nativity scene by Christmas.
b)
The village children stopped calling him Gloomy.
c)
He overcame sadness and found happiness
d)
Mrs. McDowell fell in love with him.
15.
"She touched the woodcarver gently and placed tea and a bun next to him" doesn't demonstrates...?
a)
hope
b)
kindness
c)
friendship
d)
thoughtfulness
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