The Cricket in Times Square Chapter 13

1. Chester stayed up most of the night ________________.
a) playing for the animals
b) learning new musical pieces
c) talking to Tucker and Harry
d) because he was too excited to sleep

2. How did people in New York learn about Chester?
a) Mr. Smedley had flyers printed up and passed out.
b) Mr. Smedley's letter was published in the New York Times.
c) Mr. Smedley had the radio stations all over New York play the recording he made of Chester's playing.

3. Did everyone believe Chester was real?
a) yes
b) no

4. How many people came to listen to Chester the first day?
a) 783
b) 73
c) 38
d) 2

5. How was the Bellini's business doing after Chester began having concerts?
a) fantastic
b) fair
c) terrible

6. How many times a day did Chester give a concert?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

7. What did Chester like to eat?
a) mulberry leaves
b) chocolate
c) fruit
d) vegetables

8. How did Chester feel about being famous?
a) happy
b) sad

9. Why was Chester upset?
a) Chester wanted to go swimming.
b) Fall was coming.
c) Chester wanted mulberry leaves.
d) Chester missed his mother.

10. When Chester was sad, Mama want Mario took him __________.
a) to the country
b) to Sai Fong
c) to the bug doctor
d) to Times Square

11. What do you think Chester decided that make him feel relieved?
a) to give only four concerts each day
b) not to play any more music
c) to learn more new songs
d) to go home

12. The conflict in Chapter 13 is mostly the result of which event?
a) Chester became sick from eating so many rich foods.
b) Mario had to go to school, and he couldn't see Chester during the day.
c) Chester was exhausted from playing so many concerts.
d) Chester was homesick.

13. Which statement from Chapter 13 contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) And as always in New York, when a little crowd formed, more people came just to see what the others were looking at.
b) Mama Bellini had never seen such a crowd around the newsstand.
c) "Read about the cricket, read about the cricket, it's in the New York Times."
d) People snapped up the papers like candy.

14. Read this line from The Cricket in Times Square.

He tested his wings against each other, like a violinist making sure that his violin was in tune.

This line includes which literary technique?
a) metaphor
b) simile
c) rhyme
d) repetition



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