The Pinballs 5-6

Why did Mrs. Mason say the first night was always the hardest?

• They are being mean.

• No one will talk to the foster child.

• They are feeling unwelcome at the house.

• They are homesick.

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Why couldn't Harvey's mom take care of him after his dad ran him over?

• she had to work too much.

• She died.

• She didn't live with them anymore.

• She was in jail

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What did Carlie compare herself to?

• a pinball

• a famous person

• a poor kid

• a rockstar

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What made Thomas J hesitate before climbing up to his bed at the beginning of Chapter 5?

• Harvey told him to wait.

• Harvey told him about how he broke his legs.

• Thomas J was in the habit of praying before he went to bed, but Harvey was looking at him.

• Thomas J was scared at first to climb the ladder to his bed.

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On p. 25, Harvey recalls his parents faces as looking "gnarled enough to put on a cathedral."

His parents probably looked

• sad

• stressed

• very angry

• pleased

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Carlie is probably so defensive with people and uncomfortable with being treated nicely by others because

• She is more used to being treated badly by others than she is to being treated kindly.

• She is just naturally mean.

• She just doesn't like people.

• She prefers that people be mean and nasty to her.

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Why does Carlie compare herself, Harvey, and Thomas J. to pinballs.

• They are all fat and round.

• They got bounced out of their homes and didn't have control over where they went.

• They are adopted kids.

• They are bad kids that nobody wants.

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At the end of Chapter 6, Harvey is most likely feeling

• hungry

• happy

• angry

• sorry for himself

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Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?

• He imagined her floating in like Mother Nature.

• You could never understand in a million years.

• Her father had thrown the entire New York Times into the fireplace.

• Harvey and me and Thomas J are just like Pinballs.

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We have made some inference about our characters. Match each character with the word that best describes them. Think about our text clues.

• Kind

• Harvey's Dad

• Sassy

• Thomas J

• Helpful

• Harvey

• Depressed

• Mrs. Mason

• Selfish

• Carlie

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