Chapters XXVII - XXIX
Pages 86 - 95

1. What did Billy put on the thirteenth worm?
a) horseradish and cheese
b) nothing
c) ketchup and mustard
d) chocolate

2. ____________ witnessed Billy eating the thirteenth worm.
a) The entire neighborhood
b) Alan and Joe
c) Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara
d) Billy's parents

3. What punishment did Alan and Joe receive for their part in waking up the neighborhood?
a) They had to apologize to the neighbors and had to cut the grass for free.
b) They had to apologize to the neighbors, Billy, and Tom for their trickery.
c) They had to apologize to the neighbors and were no longer allowed to participate in the bet.
d) They had to apologize to the neighbors and would not be allowed to watch television or have dessert for a month, and their allowances were taken away for two weeks.

4. What punishment did Tom and Billy receive for waking up the neighborhood?
a) none
b) Their allowances were taken away for two weeks.
c) They would not be allowed to watch television or have dessert for a month.
d) They had to apologize to the neighbors.

5. How did Chapter XXIX get its name?
a) The title looks like a mud splat which was thrown in the fighting.
b) The author didn't know what to name the chapter.
c) The title was really an ink spot from Billy's broken pen.

6. Alan, Joe, Billy, and Tom ______________ the next time they saw one another after the Mets game.
a) rode bikes
b) became friends
c) fought
d) all ate worms

7. Billy was hurt by _______________.
a) getting a bloody nose
b) getting scratches on his arm
c) a rock hitting him over the eye
d) falling and cutting his knee

8. When the boys were too tired to continue fighting, they ___________.
a) went home
b) started throwing mud
c) made up and became friends
d) went swimming

9. Which statement from the story contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) Alan scooped up a handful of mud and flung it at Tom and Billy.
b) Tom panted beside him, bleary-eyed.
c) Billy's shoe had come off.
d) A rock hit Billy over the eye. He sat down backward in the mud, covering his head with his arms, sobbing.

10. Which question does the story answer?
a) What will Billy eat with the fourteenth worm?
b) Will Billy or Alan win the bet?
c) How did Alan's parents react to Alan tricking Billy by taking him to the Mets game?
d) Will Billy need stitches?

11. Which sequence best describes the order of events in the story?

1) Billy gets home at 11:45 P.M.
2) The boys fight each other.
3) Billy goes to the Mets game.
4) Alan and Joe are punished for tricking Billy.
5) Tom wakes up the neighbors, so they can witness Billy eating the thirteenth worm.

a) 2, 5, 3, 1, 4
b) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
c) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2
d) 1, 2, 5, 3, 4



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1. (b)
2. (a)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (a)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (b)
9. (d)
10. (c)
11. (c)