Squeak's the Skater Goes Surfing

What activity does Squeak try after getting bored with skateboarding?

• surfing

• sailing

• swimming

• roller-skating

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What is the climax of the action in this story?

• Squeak starts surfing lessons with Troy.

• Squeak saves a man from drowning.

• Squeak practices skateboarding in his school playground.

• Squeak gets his nickname.

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Although surfing may look similar to skateboarding, it is actually quite different.

What evidence from the story supports this statement?

• Although Squeak is good at skateboarding, surfing is a challenge for him.

• At dinner Squeak tells his parents that surfing is just like skateboarding.

• Squeak takes surfing lessons from Troy Mason, who used to be a famous surfer

• Squeak spends a lot of time practicing skateboarding in his school playground

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What is one similarity between Squeak’s skateboarding and his surfing?

• He is not very good at either when he starts out.

• 1. He works hard to get better at both.

• 1. He takes lessons to get better at both

• 1. They both make him into a hero.

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What is a theme of this story?

• the importance of saving money

• 1. the need to choose your friends wisely

  2. the benefits of challenging yourself

  3. the difficulty of living in a new place

• 1. the benefits of challenging yourself

• 1. the difficulty of living in a new place

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Read the following sentence: “Every day he would be outside pushing himself to do better, crazier tricks.”

What does the phrase pushing himself mean?

• 2. leaning hard against a wall

• 1. getting upset with himself

  2. relaxing after doing a new trick

  3. making himself work hard

• 1. relaxing after doing a new trick

  2. making himself work hard

• 1. making himself work hard

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

First, Squeak skateboards; ______, he surfs.

• 1. initially

• 1. although

• 1. next

• 1. as an illustration

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What does Squeak do to reach the drowning man?

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