Snow Day Fever

How does the setting in the beginning of the story contribute to the plot?

• It shows that the character wants to live somewhere warmer.

• It leads to the character wanting to go outside to play in the snow.

• It shows that the character wants to continue laying in the bed.

• It leads to the character wanting to move to a place with no snow days.

In the story, Ned is sick and school has been canceled due to snow. Select two ways this event contributes to the plot of the story.

• It caused Ned to go outside to play the first time he asked his mom.

• It resulted in Ned getting a high fever and needing to go to the hospital.

• It caused Ned to wish he could join his friends outside on the snow day.

• It led to Ned pretending that his fever had broken.

Read this sentence from the passage. 

“The sun was coming up slowly, and the sky had a strange reddish, purple tinge that could only mean one thing: a snow day.” (paragraph 1)

What is the meaning of the word slowly as it is used in the sentence?

• in a slow way

• the science of being slow

• the act of being slow

• to make something slow

 Part A: What is the theme of the text?

• Always be honest.

• It is important to have friends you can rely on.

• Never give up.

• Loyalty is an important quality to have.

 Part B: Select a piece of evidence from the text to support the answer to Part A.

• “You don’t look fine. You’re clammy. You’re sweating.”

• “I am going outside to play.” he said.

• “Ned’s school district got one snow day a year, if they were lucky.”

•  “Oh sweetheart, you must be the first kid ever who cheated to make his temperature lower.”

Read this sentence from the passage. 

“He took off his hats and cast them on the floor, defeated.”

What is the meaning of the word defeated as it is used in the sentence?

• Kept moving

• Went on

• Prevented

•  Unstoppable

How does Ned’s character development contribute to the plot?