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WorksheetsHMH Ballhawk
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What change in Mitchell leads to the story’s resolution?
He realizes baseball is important to him because it helps him make friends.
He realizes he wants to quit the baseball team because he does not enjoy playing.
He realizes baseball is important to him because it helps him connect to his father.
Based on paragraphs 19 and 20, what can the reader infer about Uncle Tommy?
He is dedicated to watching and helping Mitchell.
He is trying to learn more about Mitchell and his mom.
He went to the game because Mitchell asked him to.
The reader can tell this story is realistic fiction because it —
is written in chronological order
is told from an omniscient point of view
is about events that could happen in real life
Select two characteristics that best identify this selection as realistic fiction.
The characters behave in believable ways.
The dialogue uses everyday language.
The setting could not exist in the real world.
Animals are important characters in the story.
HIDE ANSWER
The author has Mitchell tell about Uncle Tommy’s care for injured birds of prey in order to ____________.
emphasize Uncle Tommy’s compassionate nature.
compare Uncle Tommy to a fierce predator.
suggest that Uncle Tommy has a hidden past.
praise Uncle Tommy’s knowledge of Indian folklore.
According to Mitchell, why was the hit that the hawk intercepted his best hit ever?
The fact that a hawk had taken his hit earned him the respect of his teammates.
It was the first hit he made because he truly cared and was no longer angry.
He knew that the hit was powerful enough to produce a home run.
It was a great hit, which he followed with other good hits in the same game.
Which word goes with clique?
individual
crowd
person
Which word goes with consecutive?
uneven
limited
continous
Which word goes with talon?
claw
beak
feather
Which sentence from the selection is an example of foreshadowing?
Instead of the usual heavy feeling of hopeless despair, I was feeling sick to my stomach.
Whenever I threw up in the locker room before I went out on the mat to wrestle, I usually ended up doing good.
Robbie almost cracked my ribs when he came running out from shortstop to hug me.
I swear I could even see that there was smudge of green from the turf on the ball's lacing as it rotated toward me.
Which two sentences explain how the hawks contribute to the plot?
They help Mitchell practice baseball.
They represent the memories of Mitchell's home run.
They catch Mitchell's ball during the baseball game.
They interfere with Mitchell's training plans.
They show how Mitchell learns about his roots.
Which character is telling the story, "Ball Hawk"?
Uncle Tommy
Mitchell
The baseball coach
The German woman
What point of view is the story told from?
First-Person
Second-Person
Third-Person Limited
Third-Person Omniscient
What does Uncle Tommy always say?
"Mitchell, it vould be gut for you to meet anudder real Indianishe mann und he vas ein freund of you vater."
"Things that are supposed to come easy aren't always that easy to do."
"Why do you keep playing it so long?"
"Indians invented baseball."
In baseball, a "ball hawk" is a player who is great at catching fly balls. Why is this an appropriate title for this story?
Mitchell has always been great at catching fly balls.
Everyone always catches the fly balls that Mitchell hits.
Mitchell is good at hitting baseballs.
A hawk catches the fly ball that Mitchell hits.
Define federal
claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey
A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
A writer's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur in a story. Creates suspense and at the same time prepares the reader for what is to come.
following in order
a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure is called a ---------
(a)
a small group of friends that doesn't allow outsiders
immigrant
clique
stereotype
federal
Talon
to set right; to free from error
claw of a bird of prey
a person, animal, or object used as the symbol of an organization, such as a sports team.
following one after another without interruption
To pay close attention is to (a)
