WorksheetsA SUMMER'S READING High School
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
George is _____ years old.
20
23
19
Sophie is George's_________
friend
sister
neighbor
Sophie is _______ than George
younger
older
funnier
George left school _____
on an impulse
yesterday
when he was 16
because of a lot of homework
To avoid being bored, George_______
listened to the ball games
played soccer
mopped the floor
cleaned the house
read the World Almanac
In the evening George ______
read the New York Times
wandered in the neighborhood
hung out with friends
went to the park
The park gave George the feeling of _____
happiness
joy
privacy
Sitting in the park George dreamt of______
books
a private house with a porch
respect
living on a street with trees
a girl to go with
Mr. Cattanzara _____
worked as a change maker
was a shoemaker
was a stocky and bald-headed man
was George's father
Mr. Cattanzara read
magazines Sophie brought from the cafeteria
The New York Times
News and Mirror
whatever fell in his hands
George liked Mr. Cattanzara because ______
he gave him money to buy lemon ice when he was a child
he was a regular neighbor
read books to George
Mr. Cattanzara's wife ______
is sick
has a red face
gazed into the street
is fat
It ______ George to admit that he wasn't working.
hurried
excited
shamed
George lies to Mr. Cattanzara that he reads ____books
20
90
100
What did George do at the end of the story?
He went to the library and sat down to read.
He went home and did nothing.
He went back to school.
He got a good job.
George and Mr. Cattanzara were dissatisfied. Which picture describes them?
The human voice got on George's nerves.
In the evening George wandered alone in the neighborhood:
Tick the hot and stony neighborhood
George quit high school on an impulse. an impulse is:
Who is your favorite character?
George
Sophie
Mr. Cattanzara
George quit school. What is quit school?
Sophie resembled George. Click on all the resemble couples
His sister gave him extra allowance. Tick on allowance
One night George went back home and the street was deserted. What is deserted?
George was ashamed for quiting school. Tick on all the pictures that describe the word ashamed
Sometimes Mr. Cattanzara was drunk. Tick on the pictures with drunk characters
George was embarrassed to say that he didn;t have a job. What is embarrassed?
Sophie was proud of George when she heard that he is reading books. Tick on the picture that describes the word "proud"
George was in a good mood because people in the neighborhood regarded him highly. people in the neighborhood showed George
People smiled kindly at George. Tick on the pictures that describe the phrase "smile kindly"
Mr. Cattanzara's silence made George feel uneasy. What is uneasy?
George was crumbling apart on the inside. What is to crumble apart?
George was sick of the human voice on the radio. What is "to be sick of"?
Mr. Cattanzara spread a rumor that George is reading books. Tick on all the pictures with rumor
George thought that Mr. Cattanzara will tell on him that he lied about the books. What is to tell on someone?
who is the main (עיקרי) character (דמות)
George
Patrick
Sophie
Where does the story takes place (מתרחש)
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
How old was George when he quit (עזב/פרש) highschool
23
20
16
What does George's father do?
He works in the cafeteria
He works in a fish market
He doesn't work
George's father died
Where does Sophie work?
In a cafeteria in the Bronx
In a fish market
She stay home to take care of George
Why did George quit (עזב/פרש) high school ?
He didn't like to study
The teachers didn't respect him
He had to help his father
What does George do during the day?
He listens to ball games, cleans and reads magazines
He plays computer games with his friends
He watches T.V
Why doesn't George go out with girls?
Because his father doesn't let him
Because he doesn't have money
Because he works all day
What do we know about George?
He has motivation to study
He is lazy
The season that the story takes place is...
This picture looks like George's neighborhood
What does George think about in the park?
About his poor life
About his dead mother
About a house, job and a nice girl
When did George quit high school
11
16
19
18
What did Mr. Cattanzara's wife do to him every night?
nothing
yeled at him
watched him from the window
read a newspaper with him
What can you tell about George's father?
he was nice to him
he worked at a coffe shop
he was poor, and weak.
he had coffe every morning.
What did George do every day?
sat in his room or cleaned the house
read intersting books
worked as a delivery boy
helped his father
How did the park lokk like?
large and beautiful
with a small zoo inside
with broken benches and sidewalks
small with an iron railing, benches and trees
What did George do in the park
walked around
dreamed about having the American dream
looked for friends
sat with his girlfriend
What is the American Dream?
a house with a porch, good job, wife
a lot of money, many friends
a nice apartment, a job
anything he could accomplish
How did George neighborhood looked like?
broken sidewalks, shopkeepers sat outside
nice a neat
large with many skyscrapers
crowded with many tin shacks
George's neighborhood (–).
(i) has private houses
(ii) has many parks
(iii) is hot and stony
(iv) has a lot of trees
George likes Mr. Cattanzara because (–).
(i) he reads to George from The New York Times
(ii) he tells George stories from his youth
(iii) he asks George different questions
(iv) he goes to the park with him
George isn't working in the summer because (–).
(i) he is studying at night school
(ii) he doesn't need the money
iii) he can't find a suitable job
(iv) he wants to hang out with his friends
The setting of "A Summer's Reading" could be ...
Chicago in the 1920s
New England in the 1940s
New York City in the 1940s
Tel Aviv in 1948
Symbolism is when
a concrete object represents an abstract idea
something is a symbol of itself
a character represents an idea
an lemon ice costs 5 cents
In our story the street was deserted means that it was
neglected
stony and hot
empty of people
crowded
In ASR, George tried to cross the street "unobtrusively" meaning
he didn't want Mr C. to see him
he made it obvious that he was avoiding Mr. C.
he didn't want Mr. C. to notice anything unusual
he felt ashamed
George was not ...
impulsive
a dreamer
full of self confidence
lazy
George's neighbors sat outside because
they liked to gossip
they were waiting for the mailman
they were enjoying the weather
it was cooler than inside their houses
Mr. Cattanzara is not ........
a skilled laborer
an intelligent person
a caring person
a drunk
You can tell that George's neighborhood is a working class neighborhood because .....
it's hot and stony
it doesn't have trees
people live above stores
all of the above
To "regard someone highly" is to
give him a reference for a job
think well of the person
look up to a person because they are taller than you
be critical of a person
In the bridging exercise which thinking skill do you use?
Compare and Contrast
Distinguishing different Perspectives
Making Connections
Explaining Patterns
The author of "A Summer's Reading" is.....
Bernard Malamud
Ray Bradbury
Shai Agnon
Robert Frost
What does Mr. Cattanzara usually do at night?
He talks with his wife.
He has dinner outside on the stoop.
He reads the New York Times from cover to cover.
He talks with the shoemaker.
What does Mr. Cattanzara do for a living?
He fixes shoes.
He is a change maker.
He edits the New York Times.
He helps the teens in the neighborhook.
When does Mr. Cattanzara understand that George had lied.
When they meet on Mr. Cattanzara'a street and he's drunk
When they meet at the park
When George buys lemon ices.
when George doesn't walk around the neighborhood.
Where does George go at the end of the story?
To night school.
to the park.
to his room.
to the library.
The man on the street corner asked George
if he was going back to school.
if he had really read so many books.
if he had a job.
where he was going.
