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Cricket in Times Square -- Ch. 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author writes that the mystery sound "was like a quick stroke across strings of a violin" ...

What kind of literary device was he using?

a)

metaphor

b)

simili

c)

synonym

d)

antonym

2.

When Mario followed the sound, he found a

a)

grasshopper

b)

locust

c)

cricket

d)

beetle

3.

After Mario picked up the cricket, it began to chirp happily.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is the first thing Mario did after taking the cricket to the newsstand?

a)

He fed him.

b)

He named him.

c)

He made a bed for him.

d)

He cleaned him up.

5.

What did Mario find to make a bed for the cricket?

a)

Shoe box

b)

Match box

c)

Styrofoam cup

d)

Kleenex box

6.

Realizing that the cricket might be hungry, Mario fed him

a)

a piece of cracker

b)

a piece of his chocolate bar

c)

some bread from his sandwich

d)

part of a potato chip

7.

What did Mama Bellini tell Mario to do with the cricket?

a)

Take it home

b)

Put it back where he'd found it

c)

Feed it to the cat

d)

Throw it away

8.

Mario tried to talk his mom into letting him keep the cricket by telling her that

a)

crickets are supposed to bring good luck

b)

crickets don't eat much

c)

crickets make good pets

d)

crickets can make you happy

9.

Mario said crickets could also

a)

predict what the weather was going to do

b)

tell the temperature by the number of their chirps

c)

mimic any song that it heard with its chirps

10.

Who suggested Mario could keep the cricket at the newsstand?

a)

Mario

b)

Mama Bellini

c)

Papa Bellini