The Cricket in Times Square Chapter 15

1. What did Chester and Mario eat for dessert?
a) a cupcake
b) lemon pie
c) a Hershey bar
d) Oreo cookies

2. After supper Mario and Chester ___________.
a) went for a walk
b) practiced for Chester's next concert
c) slept
d) played games

3. Chester took ____________ with him when he left the subway station.
a) Mama's earring
b) Kleenex
c) the silver bell
d) a candy bar

4. How would Chester know when he reached home?
a) The conductor would tell him.
b) Chester would recognized the smell.
c) Chester would see the fields.
d) Chester would hear his friends.

5. How did Mario know that Chester wouldn't come back?
a) Chester took the bell.
b) Mario just had a feeling.
c) Mario saw him leave.
d) Chester told Mario he wasn't coming back.

6. Which sequence best describes the order of events in Chapter 15?

1) Mario and Chester ate dinner.
2) Chester took the small silver bell.
3) Chester gave Mario a private concert.
4) Chester went home.
5) Harry gave Chester a ride on his back.
6) Mario and Chester played leap frog and hide-and-go-seek.
a) 1, 5, 2, 6, 4, 3
b) 1, 6, 5. 2, 4, 3
c) 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2
d) 1, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4

7. "Maybe next summer we could go to the country."
"Maybe we can."
"I mean-the country in Connecticut," said Tucker.
"I know what you mean." said Harry Cat.

This passage implies _____________.
a) Harry and Tucker will never see Chester again
b) Harry and Tucker will visit Chester next summer
c) Mario will help Tucker and Harry find Chester
d) Connecticut is a nice place for a summer vacation

8. But through his sleep he could still hear the cricket's silvery chirping.

The word silvery most likely means ________________.
a) grayish-white color
b) having a clear, ringing sound like that of silver
c) covered with silver
d) having the glistening shine of silver



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