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WorksheetsCrossover (3rd Quarter) Reading Quiz
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 50mins
What was Josh’s consequence for hurting his brother?
Suspended from team
Grounded for a year
Do all JB’s chores for 1 year
All of the above
Who showed displeasure that Josh won the Daily News’ Jr High MVP award?
Dad
Alexis
Mom
Mr. Lane
What is the author foreshadowing when Chuck tells Josh, "Filthy, you and JB are getting older, more mature. You'll manage."
That they are too immature
That they need to stop fighting
That they need to be nicer to their mom
That they will soon be without him
Who performs CPR on their dad.
(a)
"SWOOSH!"
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
What it the simile is used to describe JB in "The Nosebleed Section" ? Like a...
(a)
Storm (p. 122-123)
Mom brings Dad back to ________ ___ ________ by putting her arms around him.
(a)
What does Dad do to avoid telling Josh he threw up?
Tells him he is dying
Tells him he got a new job offer as a coach
Calls Mom
Explains another basketball rule
What happens in the poem "Even Vondie"
Josh and Vondie argue
Vondie passes out during practice
Josh finds out Vondie has a girlfriend
Vondie lies and gets suspended from the team
What does estranged mean?
Ecstatic about your circumstances
Lost and confused
No longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.
"Now he’s hail and blizzard." is an example of which type of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Pulchritudinous means
Having great physical beauty
In a sparse or scanty way
Smell badly and offensively
Manipulative and shady
What is different about the first playoff game in "Third Quarter"?
Josh is still benched.
Josh and JB's parents aren't in the stands.
JB gets to start the game.
Josh gets to start the game.
What word means having a bad temper, and being difficult to work with?
Estranged
Pulchritudinous
Profusely
Churlish
What does the metaphor on page 118 mean? Choose all that apply.
"Our seats are in the clouds, and every time dad thinks the ref makes a bad call, he rains. All mom does is pop up like an umbrella, then dad sits back down."
Clouds mean they are sitting at the top of the bleachers.
It's raining a lot which disrupts the game.
Rain means dad yells.
Mom is an umbrella because she stops dad from yellings.
What happens to Chuck during the next game in the chapter "Third Quarter"?
He gets a nosebleed.
Nothing happens to him at all.
He falls down some stairs.
He has a heart attack.
What word means to pour forth in great quantity?
Largely
Purposely
Profusely
Overwhelmingly
Where does Josh administer CPR to Chuck?
At the park
At the school
At home
At the rec center
12. Vondie is __________________.
Josh and Jordan’s best friend
Tall
On the basketball team
All of the above
10. Who is the originator of the basketball rules?
Mom
Dad
Josh
JB
9. What is Dad’s nickname?
Crossover
Untouchable
Da Man
Stella Fella
"...dubious distinction" is an example of
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
"Swoosh" is an example of
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
What type of figurative language?
"Criss ball CROSS ball Criss and takes the break, KABOOM"
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
The Crossover is a novel written in verse. Are the poems free verse or formal?
Free verse; there is no formal rhyme scheme.
Formal; the poems follow a specific rhyme scheme.
Which word is a synonym for "wealthy" ?
Phenomenal
Opulent
Assist
Flaunt
What does Josh's mother say about his chances of playing in another game?
He should quit basketball
It depends on his behavior
He will definitely play
He needs to focus on his grades
What does Josh learn about the "Girl who stole his brother"?
Her dad went to college with Shaquille O'Neal.
Her sister goes to Duke.
She can do a crossover.
All of these.
None of these.
What kind of head did Josh say Vondie had in the poem "I Don't Know"
A forehead
A five-head
A regular head
A peanut head
What's one thing Chuck Bell does to show his sense of humor?
Tells a silly joke about a papa turkey "turning over in his "gravy"
Tells a long funny story about "his Italian basketball life"
He raps about basketball and music.
Nothing, he doesn't have a sense of humor.
Tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative.
Opulent
Ironic
Confrontational
Calamity
an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
Dubious
Phenomenal
Opulent
Calamity
What simile is used in "Article #1 in the Daily News (December 14th) on page 126
(a)
What Basketball Rule states: "Sometimes you have to lean back a ltitle and fade away to get the best shot"
(a)
What is Josh doing at the end of "At Noon, in the Gym, with Dad" on page 160
(a)
What superhero does Josh compare his brother to in the poem "The Second Half" on page 147
(a)
