WorksheetsLawn Boy Chapters 7-9
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
"Taken in the whole scheme of things, eight thousand dollars, though significant, is not all that large." Page 40 Using context clues, significant means...
great or noteworthy
not much, a little
money or dollars
a shade of red
At the end of Chapter 8 the narrator faints because...
He hasn't sleep or eaten much, he's too busy mowing lawns.
Arnold's tea makes him sick.
He just learned he had $50,000.
The pressure of keeping up his business is too much.
The narrator learns that Arnold has not only invested his money but he is now the sponsor of...
A baseball team
A race car driver
A sports stadium
A heavyweight boxer
On page 45 it says, "...if he does well, you split the purse." When you continue reading you find that purse means...
A small leather or fabric bag meant to hold things
The winnings
A pucker kind of face you make when something is sour
Something your Grandma uses
How does the narrator feel about Arnold investing his money. Choose ALL correct answers.
If they lose it's not Arnold's fault
If they lost, all they would have really lost was $40
Arnold ruined everything because the narrator never asked for $50,000.
Arnold needs to pay for any amount they lose
The heavyweight boxer the narrator now sponsors is named...
Pasqual Ernesto
Jason Yeti the First
Arnold the Investor
Joseph Powdermilk, Jr.
After discussing the finances, Arnold says it'll be time to get the Narrator's (a) involved soon.
At the end of chapter 9 the following things happen (check ALL the correct answers)...
Arnold loses the Narrator's money
Pasqual shows up with an emergency
Joseph Powdermilk decides to help his sponsor with the emergency
Rock wants to meet the boss or he'll cause a lot of trouble.
When it says that the narrator is sponsoring the heavyweight, it means...
Picking up
Taking him for meals
Supporting financially (with money)
Buying him to do lawn work
Make a prediction. What will happen next with the emergency Pasqual brings to Arnold and the Narrator?
