The Ironwood Tree Chapters 1-3
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
How was fencing different at Mallory's new school compared to her old one?
- Fencers wore sweat pants and a team jacket chosen from a pile.
- Fencers wore real uniforms and had electric rapiers wired to a scoring machine.
- The team was a combination of students from the middle school and high school.
While Mallory was fencing ___________________.
- the fire alarm went off
- Chris dropped his water bottle on the floor distracting Mallory
- someone was going through Mallory's bag
- Daniel put a lizard in Mallory's gym bag
Jared confronted the Not-Jared with __________.
- a ball bat
- a magical spell
- Mallory's rapier
- his pocket knife
When Jared and Simon found Mallory's fencing medal, ____________.
- it was in a circle of rocks on the grass
- it was broken into small pieces
- it was in the girls' bathroom hanging from the faucet
- it was around the Not-Jared's neck
After hearing his mother talk on the phone to his dad, Jared felt ___________.
- extremely sad
- happy
- hollow
- excited
The dwarves wanted _____________________.
- to get Jared expelled from school
- to trade Mallory for the field guide
- to upset Mallory so she would lose the match
- to send Jared to live with his father in New York
The boys found ____________ in the quarry.
- a riddle
- a pen of chickens
- Mallory's gym bag
- a secret passageway
To read the message, Simon ___________.
- had to rub the stone with oil
- had to rearrange the letters
- to build a fire so he could see in the dark
The Ironwood Tree can be categorized in which type of literary genre?
- fantasy
- a biography
- a journal entry
- a historical fiction
Which question can a reader answer after reading Chapters 1-3?
- Will Mallory be harmed by the dwarves?
- Will Jared go to live with his dad?
- Will Simon and Jared figure out what the riddle means?
- Will Mom ground Jared for taking a knife to school?
Which sentence from Chapters 1-3 supports the conclusion that Jared thinks Simon is smart?
- "What are you doing?" Jared sat down beside his twin.
- "Wow," said Jared. He couldn't believe that Simon had figured it out. He never would have solved it.
- Jared felt his temper like it was a living thing inside him, growing by the minute.
- What if she dies because you were such a moron?"
The main conflict is these chapters is mostly the result of ___________.
- Jared getting caught with a knife at school
- the Not-Jared going through Mallory's gym bag
- Mom thinking Simon and Mallory were protecting Jared
- the dwarves wanting the field guide