Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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Charlies followed the purple
martins by _____. a. | phoning people | c. | mailing letters | b. | getting on the Internet | d. | reading books | | | | |
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Charlie’s favorite martin
was one named ____, after his wife.
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Grady read his book The Great
Gilly Hopkins so much that ____. a. | he would lay it open to find a starting
point | c. | it was falling apart | b. | he had it
memorized | d. | the pictures were faded | | | | |
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Grady used a ____ to get
crickets to the martins on the wires so that they would eat. a. | slingshot | c. | water bottle | b. | plastic
spoon | d. | pea shooter | | | | |
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Charlie had decided to help
Grady by ____. a. | adopting him | c. | teaching him to paint the
cottage | b. | asking his mother and him to leave | d. | home-schooling
him | | | | |
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Grady’s 2 treasures were:
____ . a. | a paperback book and basketball | c. | a football and a little red
covette | b. | a paperback book and a little red covette
car | d. | a football and a basketball | | | | |
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Grady and his mother’s
car was ____. a. | brand new and fancy | c. | old and held together with duct
tape | b. | old and running nicely | d. | a convertible | | | | |
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Charlie’s usually ate
Sugar Loop cereal and ____ for his meals before Grady and his mom came to live with
him. a. | ice cream | c. | grilled steaks | b. | frozen
dinners | d. | grilled cheese | | | | |
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The martins came back each year
over a long distance from ____. a. | England | c. | Texas | b. | Africa | d. | Brazil | | | | |
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10.
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Grady thought the antennas were
for aliens, but they were really rods to hold the _____ which were homes for the
martins. a. | gourds | c. | pumpkins | b. | apples | d. | tomatoes | | | | |
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Starlings and ____ can hurt
martins - by killing them or breaking their eggs. a. | bluejays | c. | eagles | b. | cardinals | d. | sparrows | | | | |
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12.
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Grady and Charlie fed the sick
birds ____ so they would get their strength back. a. | bacon | c. | scrambled eggs | b. | water | d. | bread | | | | |
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