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WorksheetsPop's Boy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Pop asked Jeff Turner to
lend him $200.
fight Billy Terry
leave school to become a boxer
buy him a new pair of shoes
What happened first in the plot of the story?
Billy Terry poked Jeff in the ear.
Pop gave Jeff $300.
Jeff met Pop at an all night diner.
Billy Terry and Jeff had a heated argument.
The day after Jeff won the fight, Pop
went back to Gainesville
offered Jeff a fight in Tampa.
died in his bed.
started training Billy Terry again.
The fighter who Jeff knocked out was
one of Jeff's friends.
J.D.'s brother.
Pop's nephew.
Pop's son.
According to Pop, Billy Terry
was once a heavy weight champion
was a good fighter who was out of shape
was a successful football player
could not box very well.
Which word best describes the mood of the story?
serious
mysterious
Joyful
frightening
The main action in the story is set in a
car.
boxing ring.
large building.
a diner.
Which sentence best characterizes Pop?
He was an elderly fight manager who was disappointed in his son.
He was rich because he managed so many famous fighters.
He was always content and full of joy.
He always seemed happy and filled with happiness and life.
Why did the fighter scheduled to fight Billy Terry back out of the fight?
He got the flu.
He broke his hand.
He was intimidated by Billy Terry's reputation.
He broke his shoulder.
Who is J.D.?
Pop's trainer.
Pop's best friend.
Pop's mentor.
Pop's son.
Pop says to Jeff Turner, "Putting a green kid like you in the ring with guys like those. Did you last ten rounds with any of them?" After reading the newspaper clippings, Pop realizes that Jeff Turner
only beat two fighters of all the men he fought in the ring,
beat every boxer he fought last year.
was knocked out in the first round of the first fight he was in.
lost every fight he was in last year.
Why did Jeff Turner need $300.? Choose two answers.
He needed it to pay off debts.
He needed it to start school.
He wanted to buy a new car.
He owed a lot of money to Pop and wanted to pay him back.
When Pop said, "He's a disgrace to his name," he was referring to
Jeff Turner
Billy Terry
J.D.
Willie
Pop said, "He's my boy." To whom is he referring?
Billy Terry
J.D.
Jeff Turner
Willie
Pop says, "He might have been heavyweight champion, if he'd listened to me." To whom is he referring?
Jeff Taylor
J.D.
Billy Terry
Willie
Pop says, "This boy you're fightin' is good. He can hit and he can box with skill. But, he's out of shape. He won't last ten rounds." To whom is Pop referring?
Willie
J.D.
Jeff Taylor
Billie Terry
"He had thrust his thumb into my eye." Who thrust his thumb into his opponent's eye?
Willie
Billy Terry
Jeff Turner
Pop
Who said, "I made believe I was confused. I pretended to throw a punch, letting my glove go weakly past Terry's head."
Pop
J.D.
Jeff Turner
Billy Terry
What surprised Jeff Turner the most after the fight?
Pop, when he lifted Terry into his arms and dragged him back to the corner.
Willie, when he showed up with the $300. he owed Jeff.
J.D., when he ran up to Pop and Jeff and told them it was time to go if Jeff wanted to catch the bus to Gainesville.
The amount of energy Terry had left in him, and he wanted to continue to fight.
In the end of the story, the reader realizes that Billy Terry
has challenged Jeff Turner to another fight.
Jeff Turner was accepted to a prestigious college.
Billy Terry is Pop's son.
Billy Terry goes on to be the heavyweight champion of the world.
