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Name_________________________________________ The Cricket In Times Square TEST
Directions: Make your choice by circling the letter by the answer.

1. The Bellinis lived in ___. 2. Mario's family made a living by ___.
A. Chicago A. serving Chinese food
B. Los Angeles B. selling newspapers and magazines
C. Boston C. dry cleaning clothes
D. New York City D. driving a taxi

3. What was the unfamiliar sound in the subway? 4. What did Mario use for a bed for the cricket?
A. the conductor A. matchbox
B. a loud car B. paper plate
C. a cricket C. Kleenex box
D. leaves rustling D. cereal bowl

5. Mario told Mama that crickets were good for ___. 6. Chester liked to eat ____.
A. telling time A. chocolate
B. singing lullabies B. chicken salad
C. telling temperature C. rice and beans
D. killing ants D. liverwurst

7. Why couldn’t Chester get out of the picnic basket? 8. Chester got to New York ____.
A. He was trapped under roast beef sandwiches. A. on a bicycle then a bus
B. The latch was locked. B. by car and then the subway train
C. Something heavy was on top of the lid. C. on the back of a motorcycle
D. He was inside a potato salad container. D. by boat

9. How did Chester know about New York? 10. Crickets usually chirp in ____.

A. He had visited when he was little. A. late fall

B. A swallow told him about it. B. early winter

C. He read a New York map that someone dropped. C. late summer

D. He went there every summer for vacation. D. the spring

11. Where did Harry and Tucker take Chester? 12. What did Times Square look like?
A. Chinatown A. dark and lonely
B. Times Square B. lots of neon signs and crowded
C. The airport C. a quiet street with a few car
D. The Statue of Liberty D. like an alley with a few shops

13. What did Chester see that made him feel better? 14. What did Chester drink at the soda shop?
A. a pretzel A. water and lemon lime soda
B. a stump B. water and cherry milkshake
C. another cricket C. strawberry soda and water
D. a star D. chocolate milkshake and cherry soda

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15. What did the Bellinis like to listen to? 16. What did Mario go to Chinatown for?
A. rock ‘n roll A. fortune cookies
B. Italian Opera B. a red lantern
C. country music C. Chinese food
D. musicals D. cricket cage

17. How did Mario and Chester get to Chinatown? 18. What did the cricket cage look like?
A. bus A. square with metal bars
B. boat B. an igloo
C. subway C. a pagoda
D. bicycle D. a bird cage

19. What story did Sai Fong tell Mario? 20. What gift did Sai Fong give for the cage?
A. the first cricket A. a pretty leaf
B. a magic rainbox B. a smooth stone
C. Chinese children C. a bag of rice
D. living in China D. a silver bell

21. Who wanted to sleep in the cricket cage? 22. What did Tucker want to sleep on?
A. Chester A. tissue
B. Tucker B. marshmallows
C. Harry C. dollar bills
D. Mario D. newspaper

23. What did Chester use for a pillow? 24. What did Chester eat during the night?
A. a marshmallow A. chocolate candy
B. an earring B. a marshmallow
C. fur C. liverwurst
D. silk material D. part of a two dollar bill

25. What was Mario and Chester’s punishment? 26. What did Sai Fong tell Mario to feed Chester?
A. Chester was locked up until Mario paid for the damage. A. oak leaves
B. Mario got no dessert for a week B. Chinese rice
C. Chester had to leave. C. mulberry leaves
D. Mario had to clean the whole house. D. a fortune cookie

27. Why did the friends have a party? 28. What bad thing happened at the party?
A. Chester’s 2 month anniversary A. a soda spilled on the magazines
B. Tucker finding a gold coin B. a fire started
C. Harry’s birthday C. Tucker broke his arm
D. the Bellini’s anniversary D. Chester hit his head on the cash box

29. What made Mama feel better about Chester? 30. How did New Yorkers find out about Chester?
A. Mario helped him write a note. A. Mr. Smedley’s letter was published in the newspaper.
B. He played beautiful music that she loved. B. Mr. Smedley announced it in Times Square.
C. He left New York. C. Chester went around to the businesses to sing.
D. He left her some flowers. D. Mario called everyone of his parents’ friends.

31. What did Chester do to help the Bellinis? 32. Where did Chester want to go?
A. People bought magazines while at his concerts. A. to a New York restaurant
B. He cleaned up the newsstand. B. Central Park
C. He took magazines out on the streets. C. back home to Connecticut
D. He placed the magazines in nice piles. D. to a fancy New York hotel

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Mario, Tucker, and Harry live in
New York City. It is a crowded,
noisy place with lots of tall
buildings, people, and neon signs.
People are always in a hurry to
get somewhere. You can hear
the loud noises of the subway,
people talking, and taxis honking
their horns.

The setting is important because Answers will vary
Chester has to try to figure out
how to make things work for him
in a place that is very different
from where he lives.

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Name_________________________________________

Directions: Match each new vocabulary word with its meaning by placing the correct letter in the
blank.

___C___luscious A. walking slowly

___D___leery B. become less

___A___ambling C. delicious

___E___rubbish D. suspicious

___G___scrounging E. trash

___H___enchanted F. strongly

___B___subsided G. searching, hunting

___F___furiously H. charming, attractive

Directions: Use each of the words in a sentence.
Make sure your sentence is a complete thought with punctuation.

luscious _____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

rubbish _____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

leery _______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

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Answers May Vary

New York City

Newsstand

Mouse

bought a newspaper and paid an extra 25 cents

She wanted Mario to throw him out.

They have germs.

Connecticut

liverwurst
He was stuck under roast beef

sandwiches in a picnic basket.
They are friends.

It was crowded and noisy. There were tall
buildings and lots of neon signs.

to the soda shop
He fell in the water.

to get a cricket cage
Sai Fong was a Chinese man wearing a silk vest over
a shirt with dragons with a pipe in his mouth.

about the first cricket
a pagoda

He didn’t want to be locked up.
dollar bills
Mama Bellini’s earring

part of a two dollar bill
Chester had to be locked up until

until Mario earned enough money to pay for the damages.
That’s all that Tucker had.

Mario went back to see if Sai Fong
could help him with Chester’s diet.

Mario ate with chopsticks.
mulberry leaves

Chester’s 2 month anniversary in New York
Answers will vary

It had ice in it.
A fire started

He turned on an alarm clock.

She blamed the cricket.
She called him a jinx.

He sings
Italian Opera

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He learned from the radio.
He wrote a letter that was published in the New York Times.

Not everyone one
Their business started

doing very well because people would buy things while they listened to the concert.
He didn’t like people watching him.

He wanted to go back home to Connecticut.

They didn’t want him to go
but they also wanted him to do what made him happy.

He was worried about what would happen

to the Bellini’s newsstand.

Friday

They had a Hershey bar.
They played games.

He took the silver bell with him.

CAUSE AND EFFECT Worksheet #1

D
A
B

F
E
C

She said Chester had to be locked in the cage.
Many people came to the newsstand to hear Chester sing.

They bought lots of things from the Bellini’s newsstand while at the concert.

Mama Bellini said Mario had to earn the money to get Chester out of the cage.

The animals paid to get Chester out.

Chester ended up trapped when he found the liverwurst.

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CAUSE AND EFFECT Worksheet #2
E
C
A
B
D
Chester sang so beautifully for his last performance.
He decided to go back to Connecticut.
Mario kept dropping the food with the chopsticks.
The Bellinis didn’t make much money.
He was searching for the liverwurst.

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Name_________________________________________ The Cricket In Times Square TEST
Directions: Make your choice by circling the letter by the answer.

1. The Bellinis lived in ___. 2. Mario's family made a living by ___.
A. Chicago A. serving Chinese food
B. Los Angeles B. selling newspapers and magazines
C. Boston C. dry cleaning clothes
D. New York City D. driving a taxi

3. What was the unfamiliar sound in the subway? 4. What did Mario use for a bed for the cricket?
A. the conductor A. matchbox
B. a loud car B. paper plate
C. a cricket C. Kleenex box
D. leaves rustling D. cereal bowl

5. Mario told Mama that crickets were good for ___. 6. Chester liked to eat ____.
A. telling time A. chocolate
B. singing lullabies B. chicken salad
C. telling temperature C. rice and beans
D. killing ants D. liverwurst

7. Why couldn’t Chester get out of the picnic basket? 8. Chester got to New York ____.
A. He was trapped under roast beef sandwiches. A. on a bicycle then a bus
B. The latch was locked. B. by car and then the subway train
C. Something heavy was on top of the lid. C. on the back of a motorcycle
D. He was inside a potato salad container. D. by boat

9. How did Chester know about New York? 10. Crickets usually chirp in ____.

A. He had visited when he was little. A. late fall

B. A swallow told him about it. B. early winter

C. He read a New York map that someone dropped. C. late summer

D. He went there every summer for vacation. D. the spring

11. Where did Harry and Tucker take Chester? 12. What did Times Square look like?
A. Chinatown A. dark and lonely
B. Times Square B. lots of neon signs and crowded
C. The airport C. a quiet street with a few car
D. The Statue of Liberty D. like an alley with a few shops

13. What did Chester see that made him feel better? 14. What did Chester drink at the soda shop?
A. a pretzel A. water and lemon lime soda
B. a stump B. water and cherry milkshake
C. another cricket C. strawberry soda and water
D. a star D. chocolate milkshake and cherry soda

Created By Rebecca at The Teacher’s Chatterbox

15. What did the Bellinis like to listen to? 16. What did Mario go to Chinatown for?
A. rock ‘n roll A. fortune cookies
B. Italian Opera B. a red lantern
C. country music C. Chinese food
D. musicals D. cricket cage

17. How did Mario and Chester get to Chinatown? 18. What did the cricket cage look like?
A. bus A. square with metal bars
B. boat B. an igloo
C. subway C. a pagoda
D. bicycle D. a bird cage

19. What story did Sai Fong tell Mario? 20. What gift did Sai Fong give for the cage?
A. the first cricket A. a pretty leaf
B. a magic rainbow B. a smooth stone
C. Chinese children C. a bag of rice
D. living in China D. a silver bell

21. Who wanted to sleep in the cricket cage? 22. What did Tucker want to sleep on?
A. Chester A. tissue
B. Tucker B. marshmallows
C. Harry C. dollar bills
D. Mario D. newspaper

23. What did Chester use for a pillow? 24. What did Chester eat during the night?
A. a marshmallow A. chocolate candy
B. an earring B. a marshmallow
C. fur C. liverwurst
D. silk material D. part of a two dollar bill

25. What was Mario and Chester’s punishment? 26. What did Sai Fong tell Mario to feed Chester?
A. Chester was locked up until Mario paid for the damage. A. oak leaves
B. Mario got no dessert for a week B. Chinese rice
C. Chester had to leave. C. mulberry leaves
D. Mario had to clean the whole house. D. a fortune cookie

27. Why did the friends have a party? 28. What bad thing happened at the party?
A. Chester’s 2 month anniversary A. a soda spilled on the magazines
B. Tucker finding a gold coin B. a fire started
C. Harry’s birthday C. Tucker broke his arm
D. the Bellini’s anniversary D. Chester hit his head on the cash box

29. What made Mama feel better about Chester? 30. How did New Yorkers find out about Chester?
A. Mario helped him write a note. A. Mr. Smedley’s letter was published in the newspaper.
B. He played beautiful music that she loved. B. Mr. Smedley announced it in Times Square.
C. He left New York. C. Chester went around to the businesses to sing.
D. He left her some flowers. D. Mario called everyone of his parents’ friends.

31. What did Chester do to help the Bellinis? 32. Where did Chester want to go?
A. People bought magazines while at his concerts. A. to a New York restaurant
B. He cleaned up the newsstand. B. Central Park
C. He took magazines out on the streets. C. back home to Connecticut
D. He placed the magazines in nice piles. D. to a fancy New York hotel

Created By Rebecca at The Teacher’s Chatterbox