Vocabulary
Comprehension
Thinking Questions
Mixed Bag
100
The children ____________ the cow and said, "Moo!"
imitated
100
What is Max's grandpa doing?
Washing the windows
100
How does Max feel at the beginning of the story? Do his feelings change?
Max doesn't feel like talking to anyone. By the end of the story, he is smiling and drumming with the band!
100
What kind of story is this?
Realistic Fiction
200
The _______________ helped us to find seats on the train.
conductor
200
Before Max started drumming, he is
sitting on the front steps
200
How does Max answer everybody's questions?
By drumming out answers
200
What does Max's dad do for a living?
Conductor
300
We started to dance to the _________ of the music
rhythm
300
How does Max get the twigs he uses as drumsticks?
The wind knocks them down from a tree.
300
What is the only word Max says in the story? Why?
Thanks! He only says one word because he didn't feel like talking and only answers in drums.
300
Where does the story take place?
in front of Max's house
400
The moon _________ in the night sky.
appeared
400
What does Max use from Cindy, Shaun and Jamal for his drum set?
Soda bottles
400
When Max answers his grandpa with a Pat, pat-tat. Putter-putter, what is he imitating?
The sound of pigeons
400
What is Max's mom doing before she arrives?
Shopping for hats
500
The loud noise _________ the baby and made her cry.
startled
500
Max learns how to drum by _____________.
Listening to the world and copying its rhythms.
500
What does Max do with Grandpa's cleaning bucket?
He drums on it.
500
Who is the main character in this story?
Max
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