Ball Hawk

How does the setting of the baseball field contribute to Mitchell's conflict in the story?

• It makes him feel insecure about his athletic abilities.

• It requires him to spend more time with the opposing team.

• It flusters him to be on the field knowing his father cannot see him play.

• It forces him to consider his role batting on the baseball team.

Based on paragraphs 19 and 20, what can the reader infer about Uncle Tommy?

• He likes baseball better than the other sports Mitchell plays.

• He went to the game because Mitchell asked him to.

• He is dedicated to watching and helping Mitchell.

• Hi is trying to learn more about Mitchell and his mom.

The reader can tell this story is realistic fiction because it -

• is designed to reach a lesson

• is written in chronological order

• is told from an omniscient point of view

• is about events that could happen in real life

What change in Mitchell leads to the story's resolution?

• He realizes baseball is important to him because it helps him make friends.

• He realizes baseball is important to him because it helps him connect to his father.

• He realizes he want to quit the baseball team because he does not enjoy playing.

• He realizes he wants to become a better baseball player to make his mom happy.

What other sport did the narrator play?

• Tennis

• Basketball

• Hockey

• Wrestling

Uncle Tommy believes ______ invented baseball.

• Indians

• Americans

• Europeans

• Colonials

Why does the narrator's mother encourage him to play baseball?

• She thinks it will help him make new friends.

• She believes it honors his cultural identity as an Indian.

• She hopes it will lead to a professional career.

• She wants them to bond with Uncle Tommy.

What is Uncle Tommy's relationship to the narrator?

• A really good friend to the narrator.

• The school's varsity coach.

• Like a father figure to the narrator.

• Related to the narrator's mother.

Based on the sentence, what is the meaning of the word "buffaloed"?

"True, I'd always been good at other sports like football and wrestling, but baseball had me buffaloed. My mother had gotten it into her head that, being an Indian, I should, of course, not just play baseball but excel on it." (Paragraph 6)

• confused and overwhelmed

• excited and surprised

• upset and angered

• interested and intrigued

According to Mitchell, why was the hit that the hawk intercepted his best hit ever?

• The fact that a hawk had taken his hit earned him the respect of his teammates.

• It was the first hit he made because he truly cared and was no longer angry.

• He knew that the hit was powerful enough to produce a home run.

• It was a great hit, which he followed with other good hits in the same game.