Identify the vocabulary word on page 66 which means: to stare open mouthed at something.
What is gaped?
200
Define the term biography.
What is a story about a person's life that is written by another person?
200
Choose a synonym for snickering.
What is laughing?
200
True or false: Jackie struck out Babe Ruth.
What is true?
200
Identify the story as fiction or nonfiction.
What is nonfiction?
200
Identify how the fans feeling about Jackie changed during the game.
What is at first they had no confidence in her ability, but at the end they believed she could pitch as well as a male.
300
Explain why the crowd is curious about Jackie at the beginning of the story.
What is because she is a girl pitcher?
300
Explain how she was able to pitch the first strike to Babe Ruth.
What is because she threw the ball where he was not expecting it?
300
Identify who came up to bat after Babe Ruth.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
300
Identify the author's purpose for writing the passage.
What is to give information and facts?
300
Find an example of alliteration on page 70.
What is .."baseball's best batters, Babe.."?
400
Identify Jackie's main problem.
What is she wants to pitch in the major leagues?
400
Describe how Jackie felt right after her first strike on Babe Ruth.
What is nervous?
400
True or false: Jackie did not strike out Lou Gehrig.
What is false?
400
Identify the type of figurative language in which something that is not human acts like a human.
What is personification?
400
Identify a metaphor on page 70.
What is, "..Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse"?
500
Identify the word you would use to desribe Jackie when it said in the passage that she practiced pitching until her shoulder ached and her fingers were callused.
What is determined?
500
Explain why Babe Ruth did not think women should play baseball.
What is he did not think they were strong enough?
500
Explain why Jackie is happy at the end of the passage.
What is because she proved girls could pitch in the major league?
500
Find an example of personification in the second paragraph on page 63.