WorksheetsThe Crossover
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Which is not a reason Josh has dreadlocks?
Lil Wayne has them.
His father had them.
It helps people distinguish him from JB.
His coach has them.
Why is JB so distracted when Josh is talking to him?
He is injured and hurting.
He is chatting online with Miss Sweet Tea.
He is working on his homework.
He is annoyed and trying not to listen.
What happened when the boys' mom was unable to go to their game?
Dad yells at the refs.
Dad didn't show up either.
The boys couldn't play because they were upset.
The boys were angry and played extra hard.
When asked if he wants to go to Pollards, why does Josh tell his father he isn't hungry even though he is?
He is trying to become a better liar.
He is embarrassed to be seen with his father.
His mother told him the family needs to eat healthier.
He is sick of spending time with his dad.
What happens that frightens the boys?
Their mother has a stroke.
Their father has an incident with some chest pain.
Their neighbor was found dead.
Their grandmother broke her hip.
Why is Josh having to do things alone these days?
He and his brother are in a big fight.
Jordan is always with his girlfriend.
Jordan is ill.
Jordan no longer wants people to know he's a twin.
When he goes to the library to get a copy of The Giver, what does Josh find?
His brother and Miss Sweet Tea kissing.
Vondie beating up his brother.
Vondie kissing his brother's girlfriend.
His brother and Miss Sweet Tea talking.
Why does Josh's coach bench him even though he always starts?
He was rude to the coach.
He was show boating.
He was late to the game.
He punched a teammate.
Though everyone is screaming for Josh to pass the ball to JB at the end of the game, Josh ____.
dribbles through everyone and dunks it for the win.
tries to dribble out of the double team but has the ball stolen.
pegs JB in the face with the ball.
walks off the court with the ball.
What is Josh's punishment for the incident?
He is kicked out of school.
He has to run extra every day at practice.
He has to serve detention every day for the rest of the season.
He is suspended from the team.
What does "churlish" mean?
being overly friendly and fake
having a good attitude and being a team player
having a bad temper and being difficult to work with
being overly confident and rude
"All Mom does is pop up like an umbrella" is an example of a
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
rhyme scheme
The words "kaboom" and "kerplunk" are examples of
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
Why does Josh's mom make Dad call the doctor the morning after the game?
His nose started bleeding while yelling at the ref.
He collapsed on the court and hit his head.
He has seemed depressed.
He fell running down the bleachers and twisted his ankle.
Why is Josh's father rubbing a towel on the rug when Josh enters his parents' bedroom?
He has just thrown up.
He spilled a drink.
The dog had an accident.
He is just cleaning.
What is Josh's second nickname for JB's girlfriend?
Miss Stinky Tea
Miss Duke
The Girl Who Stole My Brother
The Girl Who Loves Duke
Which fact about JB's girlfriend seems to especially interest/impress Josh?
She is really good at math.
She loves vocabulary too.
Her sister goes to Duke.
Her dad went to college with Shaq.
What causes the boys to look at one another as if they've seen a ghost before their game?
Their coach made a half-court shot.
Their parents are not in the bleachers.
JB's girlfriend ran out onto the court.
Their mother made a huge sign.
Why does Josh's coach approach him during lunch?
He tells him he needs to fix the issue with his brother.
He tells him he is permanently off the team.
He tells him he will never play professionally.
He asks him to shoot more free throws in his free time.
What happens while Josh is playing one-on-one against his dad?
Miss Sweet Tea interrupts and asks if she can play.
JB was attacked by one of the junior college players.
His father grabs his chest and collapses.
JB says he forgives him.
What happened as a result of JB playing around when he tried to cut off one dreadlock?
He cut Josh's ear.
He cut off five locks.
He fell on the scissors and needed stitches.
He developed patellar tendinitis.
Though JB likes to trash talk while playing, why does Josh prefer silence during the game?
He thinks trash talk is disrespectful.
He has been punched in retaliation for it before.
He likes to watch, react, and surprise his opponents.
His father thinks it is unacceptable.
Aside from their father's championship ring, what do the boys find in their dad's silver lockbox?
two letters
a check from the European basketball league
a wedding ring
a dreadlock of the father's hair
What does "pulchritudinous" mean?
lacking all common sense
the blockage of blood flow in an area of the heart
having great physical beauty and appeal
pouring forth in great quantity
JB tells Josh that they will win the championship if he
quits missing free throws
eats pasts before the game
quits daydreaming
quits shooting free throws
What happens when the Bell family sees three college players at the rec?
The family loses $20 to the college players.
They tell Josh that their college coach has been watching him.
They ask Josh's father for an autograph then play them in a game.
They tell JB that the new girl really likes him.
What did Dad make the boys do each night after dinner?
shoot free throws
cardio exercises to build endurance
practice ball handling skills
read
What does Mom make the boys do each night?
the dishes
clean their rooms
read
make dinner
Why does Josh believe his mother is so intent on having his father get checked for hypertension?
It ruined Chuck's basketball career.
It killed Chuck's mother.
It is causing mental healthy issues.
It killed Chuck's father.
What happens when Josh tries to help JB pass a note to the new girl?
Josh gives it to Alexis, but she thinks the note is from him.
His teacher thinks JB is cheating.
JB snatches it back before the teacher sees it.
The teacher thinks Josh is cheating.
Kwame Alexander considers The Crossover to be
a book of poetry
a short story
a novella
a novel written in verse
"I am sneaky as a snake" is an example of all of the following except
alliteration
figurative language
simile
symbol
What is Josh's tipping point?
Finding out Alexis's sister goes to Duke.
Getting suspended from the team for cheating.
Seeing his father struggle with chest pains.
Finding JB and Alexis kissing in the libary.
Why was Josh's father pulled over by the police?
He has a broken taillight.
He was speeding.
He ran a red light.
He wasn't wearing his seat belt.
Josh's mom tells him that boys with no discipline
end up in prison.
don't have parents who love them.
never find girlfriends.
are thrown out of school.
In the poem "Storm," Josh and JB's father yells at the ref. The line "Now he's hail and blizzard" is an example of a
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
The lines "He's a/ Backcourt Baller/ On the b r e a k" contains an example of
a simile
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopeia
How does Josh know his dad could hear him talking while he was in a coma?
The first thing he said was, "Hello, Josh."
The first thing he sad was, "I didn't jump ship."
He asked him for a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
He asked Josh who had won the game.
What holiday do the Bells celebrate in the hospital?
Thanksgiving
New Year's Eve
Christmas
Easter
Which brother plays in the championship game?
Josh
JB
neither of the brothers
both of the brothers
Which of these is a true statement about the championship game?
Josh shoots the winning basket.
Game Over refers to both basketball and Chuck's life.
The Wildcats win the championship game.
All of these.
What does Josh likely mean when he thinks, "Sometimes it's the things that aren't said that kill you"?
He was very hurt when his brother didn't congratulate him for being MVP.
He was hurt when JB did not defend him when Alexis snapped at him.
His brother won't speak to him but has been writing him mean notes.
His parents started ignoring him.
Which of these is NOT a name Josh uses for Alexis?
Miss Sweet Tea
The Girl Who Hates Me
The Girl Who Stole My Brother
The New Girl
What object does JB pass along to Josh after their dad's funeral?
the championship ring
the game ball
a Krispy Kreme doughnut
the championship trophy
The line, "I watch the ball leave his hands like a bird up high, skating the sky, crossing over us" is an example of
a simile
a metaphor
a hyperbole
onomatopeia
Also known as "vowel rhyme," is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
Consonance
Hyperbole
Assonance
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Tone
A literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a reader's senses to create an image or idea in their head.
Imagery
Mood
Tone
Verse
A series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem. They look like little paragraphs.
Tone
Verse
Stanza
Simile
Characters, settings, images, or other things that stand in for bigger ideas beyond their literal meaning.
Diction
Symbol
Hyperbole
Alliteration
The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, poem, or other literary work. It's the lesson or moral of the story.
Meter
Diction
Assonance
Theme
Repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.
Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance
Hyperbole
An obvious and deliberate exaggeration (to emphasize something or for humorous purposes).
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Enjambment
Assigning human qualities to something that is not human.
Metaphor
Simile
Free Verse
Personification
Words that sound like their meaning.
Consonance
Meter
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Type of poetry that does NOT rhyme.
free verse
narrative
lyrical
humorous
Compares two things using LIKE or AS.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.
Simile
Idiom
Personification
Metaphor
What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?
It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
Idiom
1. It is the repetition of vowel sounds within words.
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Consonance
d. Internal Rhyme
3. It is a pattern in which the last words at the end of lines of poetry sound alike.
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Internal Rhyme
d. End Rhyme
6. It is the rhyming of words within one line of writing.
a. Assonance
b. Consonance
c. Internal Rhyme
d. End Rhyme
10. What sound device is used in the following sentence:
The green grass waves like a shimmering sea.
As I lie in the sahde of a towering tree.
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Alliteration
c. Assonance
d. End Rhyme
an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
Dubious
Phenomenal
Opulent
Calamity
wealthy
Phenomenal
Opulent
Assist
Flaunt
Extra credit: Pulchritudinous
ugly
beautiful
strong
puppies
Josh Bell, AKA Filthy McNasty, is the only one on the team that can
Crossover
Free Throw
Dunk
Dribble
Which statement below features a rhyme?
In the driveway, I'm shaking and baking.
Keep your eye on the ball.
I'm about to go undercover.
Then bring it, he says.
What type of figurative language?
"He's a shooting star flying fast."
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
The Crossover is a novel written in verse. Are the poems free verse or formal?
Free verse; there is no formal rhyme scheme.
Formal; the poems follow a specific rhyme scheme.
