TGWTB Ch. 12-17

True or False: In chapter 12, Molly has a dream about her dad where he looks very sad and tells her he misses her.

• True

• False

True or False: Molly gets injured during the first team practice after Lloyd makes a nasty comment.

• True

• False

Identify the sign post in the following passage:

"So, this one time anyway, Molly got what she wanted. She couldn't help but wonder, Now what? What does it mean to be a part of this team? Time would tell."

• Again & Again

• Tough Question

• Memory Moment

• Words of the Wiser

Identify the sign post in the following passage:

"The white ball, released from her hand, floating, dipping and rising in impossible waves, riding the air current like a hawk, floating, floating, floating."

• Memory Moment

• Contrast & Contradiction

• Again & Again

• Aha! Moment

Choose the best meaning of the word quaint in the following passage:

"It was the kind of face you made when your parents told their corny stories about the good old days. Molly understood. The whole idea of a human chain was a little weird, quaint."

• whimsical

• old-fashioned

• cute

• boring

Choose the best ANTONYM for the word dawdled in the following sentence:

"If you dawdled, if you even thought about it, it was already too late."

• lingered

• lollygagged

• hurried

• dragged your feet

Coach Morales is kind when players make mistakes, but he gets annoyed when players don't...

• communicate with each other

• hit a home run

• remember to wear their uniforms

• strike out

Molly's mom wants to move to...

• New York City

• Milwaukee

• a new house

• Los Angeles

Based on the following passage, what can you infer about Molly's relationship with her parents?

"A few days before her mother's birthday, Molly and her dad used to hit the mall together. He seemed as clueless as Molly about what might please her. [...] But somehow they always had fun on these doomed shopping missions."

• Molly doesn't care about her parents' birthdays

• Molly would rather go shopping with her dad than with her mom

• Molly loves her dad more than she loves her mom

• Molly's personality is more like her dad than her mom

Based on the following passage, what inference can you make about Molly's mother?

"Molly could tell that her mother was trying very hard not to say the wrong thing. "It's very striking," her mother said at last. She seemed cautious, nervous even."

• She doesn't want to talk to Molly

• She thinks Molly is making a mistake

• She is trying to connect with Molly

• She is afraid of Molly