The Cricket in Times Square ILC Quiz

“Mama paused, ‘Cricketer,’ she said scornfully, ‘What do we want with a cricketer?’
‘What do we want with a newsstand?’ said Papa. ‘We got it--let’s keep it.’ There was something resigned, but nice, about Papa.” 
_{The Cricket in Times Square, George Selden}

What is the meaning of the word resigned as it is used in the excerpt? 

• feeling nervous or troubled

• being kind

• having accepted something unpleasant that you cannot change

• being rude

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

At the beginning of the story, how does mom feel about the cricket?

• She loves it.

• She wants to know more about it.

• She is afraid of it.

• She does not care for it.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

What dialogue from the text let us know that mom does not like the cricket?

• "Cricketers are good luck--so I suppose ants are better luck. And cockroaches are the best luck of all."

• "Throw it away."

• "I've got a cricketer for a son."

• "And how do you know so much about cricketers?"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which set of synonyms is ordered from weakest (first) to strongest (last) connotation?

• suggested,uttered,hollered, sobbed

• suggested,uttered,sobbed, hollered

• suggested,sobbed, uttered, hollered

• hollered, sobbed, suggested, uttered

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does Tucker Mouse feel about Chester the cricket?

• Tucker thinks Chester is mean.

• Tucker doesn't believe that Chester can get Mama to like him.

• Tucker believes that Chester doesn't like him.

• Tucker wants to try and get Mama to like Chester.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which dialogue shows how you know Tucker Mouse wants to get Mama to like Chester the cricket?

• “‘Oh Chester!’ wailed Tucker Mouse, ‘don’t say that!‘“

• “Now Tucker Mouse was a very good judge of character—both animal and human.” 

• "He thought he heard a kind of softness in Mama Bellini's voice. 'Play some more,' he whispered to Chester."

• “‘You’ll make me feel like a rat. And I’m only a mouse.’”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which line from the text best supports the inference that Mama doesn’t argue with Papa once he has made up his mind? 

•  “Mama paused. ‘Cricketer,’ she said scornfully. ‘What do we want from a cricketer?’ ‘What do we want from a newsstand?’ said Papa. ‘We got it—let’s keep it.’ There was something resigned, but nice, about Papa.”

• “‘So you spend less time playing with cricketers, you’ll sell more papers,’ (said Mama.) ‘Oh how now,’ Papa soothed her. ‘Mario can’t help it if nobody buys.’”

•  “‘He could keep it here in the newsstand,’ suggested Papa.”

• “‘Oh well—’ she sighed. And Mario knew it would be alright. Mama’s saying ‘oh well’ was her way of giving in.”

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2