The Cricket in Times Square Chapter 10
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
The animals were celebrating _______________.
- Tucker finding a fifty cent piece
- Chester's two month anniversary
- Harry Cat finding a girl friend
- Chester getting the proper foods
Name one food the animals had at the dinner party.
- birthday cake
- Hershey chocolate bar
- potato chips
- corn on the cob
_____________ was at the party.
- Mario, Chester, and Tucker
- Harry and Tucker
- Mario and Chester
- Harry, Chester, and Tucker
What was really special about the coke?
- The coke still had carbonation.
- The coke was served with ice.
- The coke was served in a birthday cup.
- The coke had cherry syrup in it.
How did Harry Cat sing?
- well
- bad
How did Chester sing?
- well
- bad
What bad thing happened at the party?
- Tucker fell and broke his leg.
- A fire started.
- Chester bumped his head.
- Harry Cat's tail was caught in the door.
Chester got help by _________________.
- chirping
- setting off the alarm clock
- turning up the radio
- jumping on Mr. Smedley, the music teacher
What is the main conflict in Chapter 10 and how is it solved?
- Harry could not sing well, so Chester sang instead.
- The animals wanted to celebrate, so they saved food for a week for a dinner party.
- The animals started a fire, and Chester was able to get help be ringing the alarm clock.
- The Bellinis were hanging out too late at the newsstand, so Mario talked them into going home.
Which statement from Chapter 10 expresses an opinion?
- It was exactly two months since Chester had arrived in New York, and the three animals wanted to celebrate the anniversary.
- When the soda jerks made a coke I grabbed the ice they spilled, which I then took to the drain pipe.
- It was well along in August by now, and just the time of the year that crickets all over the world like most.
- Chester got an ovation from his friends.
On the opposite side of the stand the flames were lapping against the wood.
The word lapping most likely means ________________.
- enveloping something; covering; enclosing or encasing completely
- getting a lap or more ahead of a competitor in racing, as on an oval track
- taking in liquid with the tongue; drink up
- washing or moving in small waves, as in the waves were lapping the shoreline