WorksheetsJake Drake Novel Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins
Match the character with the following description.
"A man who wanted to help Jake to win the science fair by giving him ideas and helping him with his project"
Kevin
Jake's Dad
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Willie
Match the character with the following description.
"Jake’s best friend and science fair partner. His real name is Phil."
Kevin
Jake's Dad
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Willie
Match the character with the following description.
"A fourth grade boy who loves computers and technology. He enters a science fair to stand up against two “know-it-alls."
Jake Drake
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Willie
Kevin
Match the character with the following description.
"A boy who wants to show everyone that he and his friend Marsha can win the science fair by being “know-it-alls.”
Jake Drake
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Kevin
Willie
Match the character with the following description.
"A man who comes to a school assembly and gives away a Bluntium Twelve Computer to the winner of the science fair.”
Jake Drake
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Jake's Dad
Willie
Match the character with the following description.
"Jake’s understanding teacher who lets him work with a partner during the science fair, even though he asks her at the last minute.”
Jake's Dad
Mr. Lenny Cordo
Kevin
Mrs. Snavin
What was Jake’s favorite thing to do more than anything?
building LEGO sets
superfast computers and computer games
playing Nintendo DSi
playing in his backyard
What was the grand prize for winning the science fair?
a video game system
a trip to Disney World
a Bluntium Twelve computer
an iPad
What is the name for “the kind of magnets you make with wire and iron and electricity”?
Electromagnets
Electric magnets
Electricity magnets
Magnetic electricity
Jake compares Kevin to a _________________ and Marsha to a _______________.
Dolphin, worm
Hawk, gorilla
Shark, snake
Pig, mouse
Jake tricks Kevin and Marsha by letting them see things he is researching.
True
False
What does Jake do during his Christmas vacation?
Worked on his project
Played computer games
Used the scientific method
Work on his project AND use the scientific method
Why does Jake decide NOT to quit the science fair?
His dad told him not to quit
Willie asks him to be his partner
He finds a new project on the internet
He wouldn’t let Kevin and Marsha push everyone out
What big question did Jake ask Mrs. Snavin?
If he could be partners with Willie for the science fair
If it was OK to work alone on the project
If Kevin and Marsha could be taken out of the science fair
If the judges could make him the winner
Why did Jake want to work with Willie?
Jake knew Willie got all A’s in school.
Jake and Willie were best friends, have fun, and work well together.
Willie’s idea was better than Jake’s.
Willie was given more time to work on the project.
Who says the following quote from the novel? “When you have a partner to work with, and it’s a good partner, everything is more fun.”
Willie
Pete
Jake
None of the above
After Willie and Jake talked at the library, they decided to work on ______________.
balls
weasels
basketball
magnets
What does “we stick together like magnets” mean as it is used in the novel?
Kevin and Marsha team up against Jake
Jake and Willie put tape around their bodies to stick together
Kevin and Marsha are always watching Jake
Jake and Willie are always together
“Two heads are better than one” is an example of the author using a/an _____________.
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
None of the above
“More electricity makes an electromagnet stronger than more wire” is the ______________________ in their science project.
Idea
Hypothesis
Method
Conclusion
Willie has lots of ideas and is a helpful partner.
True
False
How does Jake feel when his dad offers to help them in his workshop?
Mad at his dad
Sorry for his dad
Confused about the workshop
Happy to get the help
What do Jake and Willie find in the pantry to test their hypothesis?
Tuna can
Can of soup
Can of corn
Both Tuna and Soup cans
Jake says that “science is supposed to be __________________”
Difficult
A process
Fun
About winning
“The gym was like a pot of water on a stove” is an example of the author using a/an _____________.
Metaphor
Simile
personification
None of the above
Why were Kevin’s project and posters so perfect?
Kevin copied all of the information from the internet.
Mrs. Snavin did the project for him.
Kevin gave his friends his allowance to work on it for him.
Kevin’s dad helped him and he used the computer.
Jake and Willie’s hypothesis was correct!
True
False
After the science fair results, Kevin is mad and is rude to Jake and Willie.
True
False
How did Jake feel at the end of the book?
he was upset that he didn’t win the grand prize
he was upset and went into his room to cry
he went out and bought himself a new computer
Jake was happy Pete won because his project was the best. He was happy to work with his best friend.
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"Do your testing and write down what you find out"
Assembly
Trials
Rustling
Sponsors
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"To provide money for"
rustling
sponsor
approved
terminal
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"Group of people gathered together"
assembly
trials
approved
terminal
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"A connection to close an electric circuit"
rustling
sponsor
approved
terminal
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"Accept or agree to"
rustling
sponsor
approved
terminal
Match the definition with the vocabulary word.
"Make a soft, crackling sound"
assembly
trials
rustling
sponsor
Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.
"The computer had been ____________________ on every TV channel and in every magazine and newspaper."
reminded
bobbed
acid
advertised
Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.
"There was a part that said you couldn’t make a project that used fire or ____________________."
bobbed
reminded
acid
experiment
Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.
"Kevin _________________________ me of a cross between a shark and a rat."
reminded
bobbed
experiment
advertised
Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.
"She nodded her head so her ponytail ____________________ up and down."
reminded
bobbed
acid
advertised
Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.
"If I told you every step of our _________________________, it would make you crazy."
reminded
experiment
acid
advertised
