PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS! 1 Jonathan was bored out of his mind. It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day, and under normal circumstances, he would have called his best friend, Chris. The two would have spent the day splashing around the creek or swimming at the community pool. Unfortunately, Jonathan no longer lived just minutes from Chris. Jonathan’s family had moved to a new house clear across the state to be closer to Jonathan’s grandmother. Most of Jonathan’s new neighbors were retirees or married couples with very young children. No one on his street jumped at the chance to toss around a football or have a water balloon fight. And, since it was right in the middle of summer vacation, Jonathan had yet to make a single new friend.

2 Jonathan bounced a soccer ball from his toe, to his knee, and back to his toe. Suddenly, he kicked the ball too hard. It sailed over the neighbor’s fence. Jonathan groaned and trudged toward his neighbor’s house to ask permission to fetch the ball.

3 Jonathan climbed the steps of Mr. Browning’s front porch and rang the bell. A few moments later, Mr. Browning opened the door.

4 “Hi, Mr. Browning, I’m Jonathan. My family just moved in next door. I accidentally kicked my soccer ball into your back yard and I was wondering if I could retrieve it,” Jonathan explained.

5 Mr. Browning eyed Jonathan for a second and then replied, “Sure thing, Johnny Boy. Follow me.”

6 Jonathan followed Mr. Browning down the hallway, through the kitchen, and onto the back porch. He plucked his soccer ball from the lawn. As he turned to leave, he noticed that Mr. Browning had a chess board set up on a small table on the back porch.

7 “Are you any good?” asked Jonathan, hooking his thumb toward the chess board.

8 Mr. Browning gave Jonathan a half smile. “Why?”

9 “My friend Chris and I play on rainy days all the time. Well, used to play,” Jonathan corrected.

10 “No longer friends?” asked Mr. Browning.

11 “It’s not that,” said Jonathan. “I left him behind when my family moved out here.”

12 “Humph. It seems we find ourselves in similar predicaments,” said Mr. Browning.

13 “What do you mean?” asked Jonathan.

14 “Well, that nice house over there that you just moved into belonged to my best friend, Walter Smithson. Ol’ Wally Boy got tired of caring for a big ol’ house and lawn all by himself, so he up and moved to an apartment in a retirement community ‘bout two hours from here. Wally and I used to play chess most every day,” said Mr. Browning. “I sure do miss that ol’ boy.”

15 Jonathan eyed the chess board and then settled into the seat opposite Mr. Browning. He picked up a black knight and positioned it on a different square.

16 “I don’t know that I’m as good as Wally Boy,” he said to Mr. Browning, “but I’ve been known to beat Chris a time or two.”

17 “Well then,” said Mr. Browning, “don’t mind if I do.” With that, he moved a white pawn.

At which point in the story does the action of the plot begin?
A) when Jonathan's family moved across the state
B) when Jonathan began to play chess with Mr. Browning
C) when Jonathan kicked the soccer ball into his neighbor's yard
D) when Jonathan saw the chess board on Mr. Browning's back porch

23)
Jayde is reading "The Chess Game" in the ELA class. As she reads it, she think about another story that she read in the class where two best friends were separated because one of them had to move.
What type of CONNECTION has Jayde made?
A) Text to self
B) Text to world
C) Text to text
D) Text to speech

24)
What happens in the EXPOSITION of this story?
A) We learn that Jonathan is bored because he doesn't have any friends in his new neighborhood.
B) Jonathan goes to his neighbor's house to get his soccer ball back.
C) Mr. Browning tells Jonathan about his friend Walter who moved away.
D) Jonathan and Mr. Browning begin to play a game of chess.

25)
What happens during the RESOLUTION of this story?
A) Jonathan is feeling bored because his friend moved away.
B) Jonathan and Mr. Browning start playing a game of chess.
C) Jonathan kicks his soccer ball over a neighbor's fence.
D) Jonathan sees a chess board set up on the back porch