Balloons Over Broadway

What word best describes Tony?

• old

• puppet

• creative

• chaotic

What is the genre of this book?

• biography

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• poetry

• dessert

Why did Macy's first put on a parade?

• They wanted to make money.

• Make a new tradition for their employees.

• They were advertising new toys.

• They love Thanksgiving.

What is the best meaning for the word articulate as used in the following sentence:

”Tony wanted his balloons to articulate – to move and gesture – more like puppets.”

• fly

• stand

• talk

• move

What character trait best describes Tony?

• prideful

• inventive

• disappointed

• careless

Which line from the text best supports your answer to question 4?

• . “Tony hoped to replace the animals with some kind of puppets, but his marionettes were less than three feet tall.”

• ”From the time he was a little boy, Tony Sarg loved to figure out how to make things move.”

• “Tony did not know if everything would go as planned.”

• “With a marionette, the controls are above and the puppet hangs down…”

How did Tony make the balloons fly higher and move more like puppets?

• He placed the controls below the puppet and filled the balloons with helium.

• He used sandbags to hold the puppets down until the parade was ready to start.

• He attached the puppets to gears and pulleys to make them move.

• He used marionette sticks to control them from below.

Many ______ came from England for a better life.

• employees

• deflate

• immigrants

• marionette

My balloon began to ______ and fall to the ground.

• mechanical

• deflate

• helium

• wobbled

When Tony grew up, what did he make for kids?

• iphone

• toys

• marionettes