Unit 3- Story 1

Pretty Pennies Picket 1

Unit 3- Story 1Pretty Pennies Picket


Vocabulary


A) To chooseB) To allowC) To buy from the internetD) To protest a company or business

regarding its conduct or policy; to strike

picket


D) To protest a company or business regarding its conduct or policy; to strike


A) A line to start a raceB) A boundary established by those on strikeC) A fence to keep things inD) A place to sit

Picket line


B) A boundary established by those on strike


A) A name of a singing group B) True honesty with good intentionsC) To believe that you can win over othersD) A way to sell cars

Good and honest faith


B) True honesty with good intentions


A) The general traits and characteristics attributed to people/humans

B) A name of a songC) A psychic D) Material used to allow heat/cold out

Human nature


A) The general traits and characteristics attributed to people/humans


A) To spend your money againB) To give back money spentC) To add money to your accountD) To make sure that everyone is happy

refund


B) To give back money spent


Comprehension


A) She didn’t hear the questionB) She had cookies in her mouthC) The other girl answered the questionD) The boys interrupted the meeting

1) Why didn’t Ginny get a chance to answer a question?


C) The other girl answered the question


A) They are tired of how Beth bosses them around

B) The girls believe that they do anything funC) They think she spends too much time

working and earning moneyD) They don’t like her dating Philip Hall

2)Why did the girls want a new president of the Pretty Pennies?


B) The girls believe that they do anything fun


A) She thinks that they should have a relay race

B) She thinks that they should go swimmingC) She asks them what do they want to do for

funD) She thinks that they should knit some hats

3) What idea does Beth come up with for the Pennies?


A) She thinks that they should have a relay race


A) They should get money to give to Rev. RossB) They should raise some money to put into

their treasuryC) They should have special uniforms that

they will makeD) They should have a picnic afterward with

the Tiger Hunters

4) What idea does Beth have about the relay race?


C) They should have special uniforms that they will make


A) Beth’s mom came in and interrupted a scary story

B) Beth came in yelling at themC) It was a game and the music stoppedD) They were scared by a banging noise

outside

5) Why did the girls drop their embroidery and grab one another?


D) They were scared by a banging noise outside


A) She is saving her money to buy a really nice watch

B) She is saving her money to go to college to become a veterinarian

C) She is going to have a partyD) The story never told us

6)Why is Beth saving her money?


B) She is saving her money to go to college to become a veterinarian


A) He said that he really liked BonnieB) The rock broke the window and she would

get in trouble from her momC) She couldn’t read his handwritingD) She thought that she wasn’t pretty when

he wrote: ‘You ain’t pretty’

7) Why is Beth upset by the note that Phillip Hall wrote?


D) She thought that she wasn’t pretty when he wrote: ‘You ain’t pretty’


A) Go and run a few laps up and down the street

B) Go to bed and get rest and she would wash the shirt

C) Go and hang up the laundryD) Go and finish her homework

8)What did Ma tell Beth do the night before the race?


B) Go to bed and get rest and she would wash the shirt


A) They all shrunk from the wash and ruined their hard work of embroidery

B) They turned pink because the ink from the thread ‘ran’

C) They grew extra large from the wash.D) Nothing

9)What happened to the t-shirts?


A) They all shrunk from the wash and ruined their hard work of embroidery


A) Go to the Busy Bee and yell at Mr. Putterham

B) Ask Mr. Putterham for a refund of their money

C) Go back and buy 5new t-shirts, 50 new skeins of embroidery thread.

D) Start over

10)What did Beth’s mom suggest they do about the t-shirts?


B) Ask Mr. Putterham for a refund of their money


A) A good listenerB) A prejudice personC) A tightwad, cheapskate, miserlyD) A really loud and obnoxious man

11) What type of person is Mr. Putterham


C) A tightwad, cheapskate, miserly


A) He teased them and called them namesB) He went and got Sheriff Miller to arrest Mr.

PutterhamC) He didn’t tease them, told them to put off the

race, supported their cause D) He made t-shirts for them

12) How did Phillip Hall support the Pennies?


C) He didn’t tease them, told them to put off the race, supported their cause


A) He said that: ‘selling bad merchandise can get him in trouble with his customers, but not in trouble with the law’

B) He said that: ‘selling bad merchandise cannot get him in trouble with his customers’

C) He said that his t-shirt shrunk too and he couldn’t arrest him

D) He said that Mr. Putterham was a member of the city council

13)Why couldn’t the sheriff arrest Mr. Putterham?


A) He said that: ‘selling bad merchandise can get him in trouble with his customers, but not in trouble with the law’


A) The people washed them in too hot waterB) The t-shirts were poorly madeC) The cotton came from another countryD) The cotton was really old

14) Why did the t-shirts shrink?


B) The t-shirts were poorly made


A) Anne bought t-shirts from Logan’s, Rev. Ross told them to let him pass, a mom said that she’d wait another day

B) People were blocked from the store so no one could get in

C) The story didn’t tell usD) Anne bought nail polish from another store,

Rev. Ross respected their picket line, a mom said that she’d ‘trade at Logan’s’, a family turned away

15)How did the kids get support from the community about their picket line?


D) Anne bought nail polish from another store, Rev. Ross respected their picket line, a mom said that she’d ‘trade at Logan’s’, a family turned away


A) The kids were really loud and he had to give in

B) He was losing business from the picket line.C) He was very angryD) Sheriff Miller walked into his store

16) How did Mr. Putterham change his mind about the refund?


B) He was losing business from the picket line.


A) B)C)D)

17) Why do most people respect picket lines?



A) Throwing notes threw a window will get results

B) Challenging each other to races is a good way to stay out of trouble

C) Picket lines get resultsD) They need to work together to help each

other when there are problems

18) What do the Pretty Pennies and the Tiger Hunters learn?


D) They need to work together to help each other when there are problems

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Unit 3- Story 1