Balloons Over Broadway

What does the word attached mean on page 4?

“So Tony made new puppets based on storybook characters, then attached them to gears and pulleys to make them move.”

• Affection or fondness towards something or someone

• Appointed to an organization

• Joined or connected

• Glued together

Which reference resource would a student use to find out more information about Tony Sarg?

• atlas

• encyclopedia

• alamanac

• dictionary

What is the best meaning for the word gestured on page 25?

“Yet with every heave-ho, the balloons gestured and articulated like wild puppets and the crowd screamed for more.”

• moved

• bobbed

• flew away

• talked

What department store did Tony work for?

• Walmart

• Macy's

• Nordstrom's

• Target

Why was the parade first started?

• Store employees missed holiday traditions of street dancing and music from their native countries.

• New Yorkers wanted a fun way to start off the holidays.

• The store had extra money to spend.

• It was a pandemic and everyone was bored.

Why were the live animals replaced in the parade?

• A lion escaped and hurt a child.

• The roaring and growling animals frightened the children.

• The parade was too long to make them walk so far.

• The zoo workers didn't want them to leave the zoo.

How did Tony change the puppets so that they would rise above the crowd?

• He filled them with helium, like balloons.

• He used planes to carry the balloons.

• He used birds to hold the puppet strings from above.

• He used people with jetpacks on to carry the balloons.

When: Tony's was a success.

Then: ________________

• Macy's fired Tony because he could never make them right.

• His balloons were used for 25 years, then placed in a museum.

• The balloons were replaced with marionette puppets.

• puppet balloons were and are still being used to this day.

Which word is an antonym (opposite/not the same) for the word amazing?

• awesome

• incredible

• terrible

• marvelous

Which homophones complete the sentence below?

Tony was asked ______ make _________ window display.

(to, two, too) (there, their, they're)

• two, there

• to, their

• too, they're

• to, they're