WorksheetsThe Summer My Father Was Ten
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What were the kids doing before they began throwing tomatoes and other vegetables from Mr. Bellavista's garden?
Playing tag
Playing hide and seek
Playing video games
Playing baseball
How do you think Mr. Bellavista felt when he saw the boys destroying his garden?
Hopeful
Excited
Embarrassed
Disappointed
What is the one word Mr. Bellavista said when he saw the boys had destroyed his garden?
Go!
Why?
How?
Wow!
Mr. Bellavista didn't plant a garden the next spring. Why do you think that?
He ran out of seeds
He was worried the boys might ruin it again
He was too tired
He was feeling lazy
"My father wanted to go over and tell his neighbor he was sorry, but his feet were like heavy stones holding him there." What type of figurative language is "like heavy stones holding him there?"
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
rocks
"My father wanted to go over and tell his neighbor he was sorry, but his feet were like heavy stones holding him there." How does the father feel about destroying Mr. Bellavista's garden?
Guilty
Satisfied
Determined
Hopeless
How does the father make it up to Mr. Bellavista?
He fixed all the ruined plants
He paid Mr. Bellavista for the damage he caused
He helped Mr. Bellavista replant and take care of his garden
He told Mr. Bellavista he will move away
What type of music did Mr. Bellavista listen to on the radio?
Rap
Country
Hip Hop
Opera
Which of these could be a possible theme of The Summer My Father Was Ten?
If you make a mistake, just let it go.
If you make a mistake, blame it on someone else.
If you make a mistake, own it and say you are sorry!
If you make a mistake, you will never be forgiven!
"Plants grew all winter on his windowsill, and in the spring he trudged with rake, garden fork, and trowel to the vacant lot next door to plant a garden." What does the word trudged mean as it's used in this sentence?
ran quickly
walked slowly and heavily
strolled lightly
skipped excitedly
"Plants grew all winter on his windowsill, and in the spring he trudged with rake, garden fork, and trowel to the vacant lot next door to plant a garden." What does the word vacant mean as it's used in this sentence?
empty
messy
full
organized
What type of figurative language is in this sentence?
The tomatoes were round and red and ripe--just about the size of a baseball.
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
What did the father and his friends call Mr. Bellavista?
Mr. Bella
The Old Spaghetti Man
Old Man
Mr. B
Who was the narrator of The Summer My Father Was Ten?
Mr. Bellavista
the father
the grandson
the daughter
What point of view is The Summer My Father Was Ten written from?
first person
second person
third person
fourth person
