WorksheetsOn My Honor - Chapter 2
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Tony wants to trade bikes with Joel for the ride to the bluffs.
True
False
Why is Tony's bike so "beat up"?
He found it in a junk yard
He bought it at a garage sale
It was a hand-me-down from his three older brothers
Tony had crashed it a lot
The book said, "Tony's exuberance knew no bounds." What does the word exuberance mean?
Full of energy and excitement
Full of sarcastic remarks
Full of ideas for things to do
Full of wrecklessness
Although it doesn't directly say, we can conclude that Tony wants to ride Joel's Schwinn because . . .
it was Tony's favorite color.
he knew Joel wanted to ride his BMX.
it was the newer and "better" bike.
Although Tony's bike was old and beat up, what was it really good for?
It could be ridden really fast or really slowly.
It had a basket to carry his lunch or other things in.
It was perfect for using on a paper route.
It was perfect for doing wheelies and going off ramps.
As the boys rode past their school, what did they do?
They waved at everybody.
They stuck out their tongues.
They threw rocks at the playground equipment.
The didn't do anything.
At the bottom of the first big hill was what River?
The Vanilla River
The Vermillion River
The Alligator River
The Red Dirt River
Joel is going so fast over the bridge that he doesn't even look at the river. But he already knew it would look . . .
cool and sparkling clear
perfect for a swim
shallow and snake infested
muddy red with lazy, oily-looking swirls
Halfway up the next hill, Joel glances over his shoulder. What does it mean to "glance"?
to look at something very quickly
to look at something more than one time
to look something over slowly and carefully
to look around in confusion
Joel saw that Tony wasn't following him anymore. Why?
He had stopped to pick some flowers for his mom.
He had wrecked Joel's bike on the bridge.
He was playing with a dog that had ran onto the bridge.
He was leaning over the railing of the bridge looking at the river.
Tony was leaning out so far over the railing on the bridge that the author describes him as looking like what?
a clown in the circus
an acrobat on a trapeze
a gymnast defying the laws of gravity
a boy about to plunge to his death
How does Joel feel about Tony leaning out over the railing of the bridge the way that he's doing?
It makes him feel sick to his stomach.
It makes him jealous because Tony is so carefree and brave.
It makes him worry because Tony is being so careless.
It makes him want to just turn around and go home.
Even though Tony frustrates Joel so much, he still wishes that . . .
they were actually brothers.
they'd never met.
they'd stayed home and just played basketball.
he could be more outgoing and adventurous like Tony.
Tony tells Joel that he's got a better idea than going all the way out to Starved Rock Bluffs? What is his idea?
To build some bike ramps out of driftwood from the river
To go back home and go to a movie
To go swimming in the Vermillion River
To go back home and work on their treehouse
Joel thinks Tony is nuts and says he might as well go swimming in . . .
a swamp.
a toilet.
a sewer.
a farm pond.
Frustrated, Joel reminds Tony why they can't swim in the river. Which answer below was NOT one of the reasons?
too dangerous
sink holes
alligators
currents
whirlpools
Tony teases Joel and says the red color in the river probably comes from . . .
the paint factory over in the next county.
the blood of the swimmers that the alligators ate.
the old, rusty pipes that had been dumped in it years ago.
the red rocks that are all over the Vermillion Valley.
Tony yanks off his shirt, runs for the river, and yells back at Joel that the "last one in's a . . .
rotten egg."
spoiled-sport."
scaredy-pants."
two-toed sloth."
