Chapters III and IV
Pages 10 - 21

1. Billy was ______________ to get ready to eat the first worm.
a) telling jokes
b) reading to get his mind clear
c) singing calming songs
d) exercising

2. Last winter Billy had taken a bet to __________________.
a) take a pack of seven dogs on a hike around the block
b) sleep with Tom's dog Martha
c) sleep out all night in the igloo they'd built in Tom's backyard
d) take a dip in the outside pool during the coldest time at night

3. Tom brought the first worm for Billy to eat in on ___________________.
a) a silver platter
b) a pile of dirt
c) a chipped flowered dish
d) a bed of lettuce

4. Tom prepared the worm by _______________.
a) mashing it into a paste
b) chopping it into bite-sized pieces
c) boiling it
d) rolling it in ketchup

5. Joe settled the disagreement about whether or not a night crawler was a worm by ______________.
a) consulting with the owner of the fishing supply shop
b) asking his mother
c) looking up worms in the encyclopedia
d) reading the definition of a night crawler from his father's dictionary

6. Billy said the worm was __________________.
a) as creepy as the Hulk when he was angry
b) as big as a souvenir pencil from the Empire State Building
c) as mushy as the peaches that were in the cellar all winter
d) as disgusting as the wads of chewing gun under the table at the soda shop

7. Tom convinced Billy to eat the worm by ____________.
a) telling him to think of eating the worm as an adventure
b) telling him that Alan and Joe would call him a chicken
c) telling him how he ate pickled pig's feet last summer

8. After eating the worm ____________________.
a) Billy threw up
b) Billy fainted
c) Billy hopped around flapping his arms
d) Billy ran away

9. Alan said he wasn't scare of the way Bully was acting, he _____________.
a) remembered he was suppose to help his mother wash windows
b) was just in a hurry to go to the bathroom
c) needed to hurry home because his grandmother was coming over
d) was about to miss his favorite television show

10. Identify the correct order of events in the story.

1) Billy acted crazy flapping his arms and hopping around.
2) Tom was grounded for not eating salmon casserole.
3) Alan and Joe dug up night crawlers behind the barn.
4) Alan bet Billy he would not eat 15 worms in 15 days.
5) Billy ate the first worm dipped in ketchup, mustard, lemon juice, pepper, salt, horseradish, cheese, Worcestershire sauce, and cinnamon and sugar.
a) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
b) 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
c) 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
d) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1

11. What is the main conflict in this story?
a) Billy must eat 15 worms in 15 days to win a bet.
b) Four friends are angry with each other and must find a way to make up.
c) With nothing to do four friends decide to get each other to take dares.



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