U3W1 Wonders Test "The Cricket in Times Square"

Master 'The Cricket in Times Square' with engaging questions!

1. What does the word scrounging mean? writing something hastily digging with the claws gathering by searching lying lazily 2. What does the word jumble mean? deep sound sudden fall sudden fall confusing mess 3. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as logical? abnormal lyrical magical reasonable 4. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of cautiously? carefully effortlessly recklessly urgently 5. An acquaintance is an old friend. a business partner. someone you know. someone you want to meet. 6. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of scornfully? beautifully respectfully thankfully wishfully 7. What does the word complementary mean? calculating what comes next making something better demanding something satisfying a request 8. Which word means almost the SAME as trustworthy? agreeable reliable stable wealthy 9. How is the setting connected to the MAIN problem in the story? Chester moves to New York for a new job. Chester searches New York for another cricket. Chester is accidentally brought to New York City. Chester goes to New York to look for Tucker Mouse. 10. Where do Tucker and Harry take Chester at the end of the story? Connecticut Times Square Grand Central Station Times Square Subway Station 11. According to the story, how is the relationship between cats and mice in the city DIFFERENT than in the country? Their relationship is the same in both places. They are enemies in the country, but not in the city. They are enemies in the city, but not in the country. They share habitats in the city, but not in the country. 12. How did Chester get to New York from Connecticut? in a picnic basket a matchox a backpack a taxicab 13. What made Chester feel better about being in a new and strange place? the matchbox Times Square a familiar star a friend like Tucker 14. Explain how you know that The Cricket in Times Square is a fantasy. (Genre) 15. Is the narrator a character in the story? Use two examples from the text to tell about the point of view. (Point of view) 16. What is the meaning of the word route? Tell how context clues in the first paragraph on page 192 help you understand the word's meaning. (Paragraph clues) 17. Write about how the point of view in this selection helps you understand each character. (Write about reading)