Monday, August 4, 2008

School Days Quiz



School Days


Tony Smith


1. Give some of the reasons why Tony did not like school.____________________________________
2. How much did popcorn and pop cost?____________________________
3. Why did Tony have to play kickball in his sock feet? __________________________________________
4. Tell about your days in school. Were they good old days or not so good?_________________________________________________________________

Going Home Quiz

GOING HOME
BY TONY SMITH
Name____________________________________
1. Is this a true story?____________
How can you tell?
Give some words that are clues?____________________________________________
2. Name three things the author sees.
1.____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
3. What does the author smell ? ___________________________________
4. What does he hear? _________________________________________
5. What is his dad carrying ? ______________________________________
6. Tell what this story reminds you about.____________________________________

Saturday, August 2, 2008

The Winchester Quiz



The Winchester
By Tony Smith
Answer the following questions.
1. What did the boy have to do in order to earn the Winchester?_______________________________________________________
2.Was it a hard job? Why? ___________________________________
3. What did the boy expect to get paid with? _______________________
4. Main idea of story. ___________________________________________
5.How did the boy get the job? ____________________________________
6.Where was the boy walking to? ________________________________

7. Tony's gun is better than his dad's gun. Fact or opinion? _______________
8. How did he know what kind of gun it was?____________________________________________
9. What age was Tony when this took place ? ________________________
10. Do you think Tony got a good deal? Why or Why not? ________________________________________________________
11.Write about one of your first jobs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, August 1, 2008

The Fire's Shadow Quiz

The Fire’s Shadow
By Tony Smith
Questions
Name__________________________________________
Find or Remember
1. Name the people that were going to help with the hog killing.
_________________________________________________
2.How could you tell it was real cold outside?
__________________________________________________________
3. What did the Dad use his knife for? Two things.
_____________________________________________________________ 4.Name two things Dad put in his pocket.
_____________________________ _________________________
5. Why did they decide to have a hog killing on a Sunday?

_____________________________________________________
6.Write a story about how your parent's or grandparent's got their food for the table._____________________________________________