WorksheetsNew School and New Friends
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do you suppose is the important lesson that Olga's new friends learned that afternoon?
Be careful when you are swimming in the lake.
Friendship is more important than gifts.
Birthday parties are easy to plan for.
Students from Sweden are more difficult to please than American students.
Where was the surprise birthday party held for Olga?
Laura Shipp's house
Sherman Fincher's house
Laura's lake house
Jonathan Allen's lake house
Why can't Olga eat her birthday cake?
She has been having some stomach problems lately.
Her doctor insists that Olga is allergic to eggs and flour in cakes.
She ate a big slice of chocolate cake before she attended the party.
She has diabetes and is not supposed to eat the cake.
"Olga didn't know how to swim, and she immediately felt a little uneasy. However, she decided to put that aside and try to have fun anyway." What context clues help you figure out the meaning of the word uneasy?
didn't know how to swim
she decided to put that
immediately felt
try to have fun
Why didn't Olga want to swim in the lake?
She forgot her swimsuit.
Her parents wouldn't allow her to swim with other teenagers.
She didn't know how to swim.
Because she was a diabetic, she wasn't supposed to get into the water.
Olga would be celebrating her _____ birthday.
twelfth
thirteenth
tenth
eleventh
Where was Olga from originally?
Singapore
Smithville
Sweden
South Africa
Olga decided to begin school on ______.
Saturday
Tuesday
Monday
Wednesday
One of the other students at the party had also been new at their school before Olga's arrival. Who was it?
Laura
Jonathan
Sherman
Chris
Olga seemed to be a shy person, according to Laura. What is one clue that suggests this?
She did not accept the invitation.
She would hardly take her eyes off the floor.
She decided to go to school on Wednesday.
She did not want to change into her swimsuit.
What would a character who's friendly say?
"I'll find the biggest cake I can."
"We were wondering if you would like to come to the lake with us."
"I know from my own experience."
"It was really hard on me when I moved here three years ago."
Write what you think Olga would have written in her journal that evening, after getting home from the lake.
