WorksheetsBalloons Over Broadway
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 50mins
What word best describes Tony?
old
puppet
creative
chaotic
What is the genre of this book?
biography
fantasy
realistic fiction
poetry
dessert
Why did Macy's first put on a parade?
They wanted to make money.
Make a new tradition for their employees.
They were advertising new toys.
They love Thanksgiving.
What is the best meaning for the word articulate as used in the following sentence:
”Tony wanted his balloons to articulate – to move and gesture – more like puppets.”
fly
stand
talk
move
What character trait best describes Tony?
prideful
inventive
disappointed
careless
Which line from the text best supports your answer to question 4?
. “Tony hoped to replace the animals with some kind of puppets, but his marionettes were less than three feet tall.”
”From the time he was a little boy, Tony Sarg loved to figure out how to make things move.”
“Tony did not know if everything would go as planned.”
“With a marionette, the controls are above and the puppet hangs down…”
How did Tony make the balloons fly higher and move more like puppets?
He placed the controls below the puppet and filled the balloons with helium.
He used sandbags to hold the puppets down until the parade was ready to start.
He attached the puppets to gears and pulleys to make them move.
He used marionette sticks to control them from below.
Many ______ came from England for a better life.
employees
deflate
immigrants
marionette
My balloon began to ______ and fall to the ground.
mechanical
deflate
helium
wobbled
When Tony grew up, what did he make for kids?
iphone
toys
marionettes
What did Tony do to impress his dad when he was 6 years old?
create balloon puppets in a parade
make a yummy breakfast all by himself
create a pulley system to feed the chickens from his bed
Which department store asked Tony to create a marionette display?
Macy's
Belk
Dillard's
Who was the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade created for?
Macy's employees
Tony's dad
the president
Why did Tony need to replace the animals in the parade?
they made a mess on the streets
they escaped from their cages
they were loud and scared the children
How did Tony create marionettes big enough for people to see from the street?
He made them part puppet, and part balloon and controlled them from below.
He used close up shots on the camera.
He made the wooden marionettes bigger.
Match the definition to the correct vocabulary word.
a gas, lighter than air that causes objects filled with it to float
helium
gesture
parade
Match the definition to the correct vocabulary word.
a puppet whose joints and limbs are operated by strings
pulley
tether
marionettes
Match the definition to the correct vocabulary word.
a person who moves to another country
immigrant
Broadway
pulley
One early problem with Tony's puppets was that...
there were so many people that the puppets couldn't be seen
when it rained, the puppets fell down
they were so big and heavy that no one could carry them
The result of Tony's work was that....
puppet balloons were and are still being used to this day
Macy's fired Tony because he could never make them right
his balloons were used for 25 years, then places in a museum
Match the definition to the correct vocabulary word.
a street carnival or march of people and objects
gesture
parade
immigrant
What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
2001
1924
1986
someone who controls puppets and makes them talk
parade
sculpt
puppeteer
fiasco
work together with others to work towards a goal or a task
collaborate
puppeteer
sculpt
phenomenon
something that happens or exists in nature which is unusual or notable
fiasco
phenomenon
sculpt
manuever
What did Tony's father think of his idea with the pulleys and rope?
He was impressed and never made Tony do another chore
He thought it was a waste of time
He was angry at Tony for not doing his chores
He didn't care about Tony's invention
What did Tony Sarg love to figure out when he was a little boy?
How to make things move
How to feed chickens
How to make puppets
How to build floats
What did Macy's ask Tony to do for their employees?
Make costumes
Bring in animals from the Central Park Zoo
Design a parade
Perform with his marionettes
fly
disappear
