The Ironwood Tree Chapters 1-3

1. How was fencing different at Mallory's new school compared to her old one?
a) Fencers wore sweat pants and a team jacket chosen from a pile.
b) Fencers wore real uniforms and had electric rapiers wired to a scoring machine.
c) The team was a combination of students from the middle school and high school.

2. While Mallory was fencing ___________________.
a) the fire alarm went off
b) Chris dropped his water bottle on the floor distracting Mallory
c) someone was going through Mallory's bag
d) Daniel put a lizard in Mallory's gym bag

3. Jared confronted the Not-Jared with __________.
a) a ball bat
b) a magical spell
c) Mallory's rapier
d) his pocket knife

4. When Jared and Simon found Mallory's fencing medal, ____________.
a) it was in a circle of rocks on the grass
b) it was broken into small pieces
c) it was in the girls' bathroom hanging from the faucet
d) it was around the Not-Jared's neck

5. After hearing his mother talk on the phone to his dad, Jared felt ___________.
a) extremely sad
b) happy
c) hollow
d) excited

6. The dwarves wanted _____________________.
a) to get Jared expelled from school
b) to trade Mallory for the field guide
c) to upset Mallory so she would lose the match
d) to send Jared to live with his father in New York

7. The boys found ____________ in the quarry.
a) a riddle
b) a pen of chickens
c) Mallory's gym bag
d) a secret passageway

8. To read the message, Simon ___________.
a) had to rub the stone with oil
b) had to rearrange the letters
c) to build a fire so he could see in the dark

9. The Ironwood Tree can be categorized in which type of literary genre?
a) fantasy
b) a biography
c) a journal entry
d) a historical fiction

10. Which question can a reader answer after reading Chapters 1-3?
a) Will Mallory be harmed by the dwarves?
b) Will Jared go to live with his dad?
c) Will Simon and Jared figure out what the riddle means?
d) Will Mom ground Jared for taking a knife to school?

11. Which sentence from Chapters 1-3 supports the conclusion that Jared thinks Simon is smart?
a) "What are you doing?" Jared sat down beside his twin.
b) "Wow," said Jared. He couldn't believe that Simon had figured it out. He never would have solved it.
c) Jared felt his temper like it was a living thing inside him, growing by the minute.
d) What if she dies because you were such a moron?"

12. The main conflict is these chapters is mostly the result of ___________.
a) Jared getting caught with a knife at school
b) the Not-Jared going through Mallory's gym bag
c) Mom thinking Simon and Mallory were protecting Jared
d) the dwarves wanting the field guide



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