wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Jake Drake Novel Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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"

a)

Kevin

b)

Jake's Dad

c)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

d)

Willie

2.

Match the character with the following description.


"Jake’s best friend and science fair partner. His real name is Phil."

a)

Kevin

b)

Jake's Dad

c)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

d)

Willie

3.

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."

a)

Jake Drake

b)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

c)

Willie

d)

Kevin

4.

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.”

a)

Jake Drake

b)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

c)

Kevin

d)

Willie

5.

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.”

a)

Jake Drake

b)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

c)

Jake's Dad

d)

Willie

6.

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.”

a)

Jake's Dad

b)

Mr. Lenny Cordo

c)

Kevin

d)

Mrs. Snavin

7.

What was Jake’s favorite thing to do more than anything?

a)

building LEGO sets

b)

superfast computers and computer games

c)

playing Nintendo DSi

d)

playing in his backyard

8.

What was the grand prize for winning the science fair?

a)

a video game system

b)

a trip to Disney World

c)

a Bluntium Twelve computer

d)

an iPad

9.

What is the name for “the kind of magnets you make with wire and iron and electricity”?

a)

Electromagnets

b)

Electric magnets

c)

Electricity magnets

d)

Magnetic electricity

10.

Jake compares Kevin to a _________________ and Marsha to a _______________.

a)

Dolphin, worm

b)

Hawk, gorilla

c)

Shark, snake

d)

Pig, mouse

11.

Jake tricks Kevin and Marsha by letting them see things he is researching.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What does Jake do during his Christmas vacation?

a)

Worked on his project

b)

Played computer games

c)

Used the scientific method

d)

Work on his project AND use the scientific method

13.

Why does Jake decide NOT to quit the science fair?

a)

His dad told him not to quit

b)

Willie asks him to be his partner

c)

He finds a new project on the internet

d)

He wouldn’t let Kevin and Marsha push everyone out

14.

What big question did Jake ask Mrs. Snavin?

a)

If he could be partners with Willie for the science fair

b)

If it was OK to work alone on the project

c)

If Kevin and Marsha could be taken out of the science fair

d)

If the judges could make him the winner

15.

Why did Jake want to work with Willie?

a)

Jake knew Willie got all A’s in school.

b)

Jake and Willie were best friends, have fun, and work well together.

c)

Willie’s idea was better than Jake’s.

d)

Willie was given more time to work on the project.

16.

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.”

a)

Willie

b)

Pete

c)

Jake

d)

None of the above

17.

After Willie and Jake talked at the library, they decided to work on ______________.

a)

balls

b)

weasels

c)

basketball

d)

magnets

18.

What does “we stick together like magnets” mean as it is used in the novel?

a)

Kevin and Marsha team up against Jake

b)

Jake and Willie put tape around their bodies to stick together

c)

Kevin and Marsha are always watching Jake

d)

Jake and Willie are always together

19.

“Two heads are better than one” is an example of the author using a/an _____________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

None of the above

20.

“More electricity makes an electromagnet stronger than more wire” is the ______________________ in their science project.

a)

Idea

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Method

d)

Conclusion

21.

Willie has lots of ideas and is a helpful partner.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

How does Jake feel when his dad offers to help them in his workshop?

a)

Mad at his dad

b)

Sorry for his dad

c)

Confused about the workshop

d)

Happy to get the help

23.

What do Jake and Willie find in the pantry to test their hypothesis?

a)

Tuna can

b)

Can of soup

c)

Can of corn

d)

Both Tuna and Soup cans

24.

Jake says that “science is supposed to be __________________”

a)

Difficult

b)

A process

c)

Fun

d)

About winning

25.

“The gym was like a pot of water on a stove” is an example of the author using a/an _____________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

personification

d)

None of the above

26.

Why were Kevin’s project and posters so perfect?

a)

Kevin copied all of the information from the internet.

b)

Mrs. Snavin did the project for him.

c)

Kevin gave his friends his allowance to work on it for him.

d)

Kevin’s dad helped him and he used the computer.

27.

Jake and Willie’s hypothesis was correct!

a)

True

b)

False

28.

After the science fair results, Kevin is mad and is rude to Jake and Willie.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

How did Jake feel at the end of the book?

a)

he was upset that he didn’t win the grand prize

b)

he was upset and went into his room to cry

c)

he went out and bought himself a new computer

d)

Jake was happy Pete won because his project was the best. He was happy to work with his best friend.

30.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"Do your testing and write down what you find out"

a)

Assembly

b)

Trials

c)

Rustling

d)

Sponsors

31.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"To provide money for"

a)

rustling

b)

sponsor

c)

approved

d)

terminal

32.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"Group of people gathered together"

a)

assembly

b)

trials

c)

approved

d)

terminal

33.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"A connection to close an electric circuit"

a)

rustling

b)

sponsor

c)

approved

d)

terminal

34.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"Accept or agree to"

a)

rustling

b)

sponsor

c)

approved

d)

terminal

35.

Match the definition with the vocabulary word.


"Make a soft, crackling sound"

a)

assembly

b)

trials

c)

rustling

d)

sponsor

36.

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."

a)

reminded

b)

bobbed

c)

acid

d)

advertised

37.

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 ____________________."

a)

bobbed

b)

reminded

c)

acid

d)

experiment

38.

Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.


"Kevin _________________________ me of a cross between a shark and a rat."

a)

reminded

b)

bobbed

c)

experiment

d)

advertised

39.

Fill in the sentence from the novel with the missing vocabulary word.


"She nodded her head so her ponytail ____________________ up and down."

a)

reminded

b)

bobbed

c)

acid

d)

advertised

40.

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."

a)

reminded

b)

experiment

c)

acid

d)

advertised