Pleas ! 25 !

1. in colin linden's "lucky charm, " why does the speaker's father, willie, go to black-eyed pete's emporium?
to play pool
to play pin ball
to play poker
to smoke
2. in colin linden's "lucky charm, " which of the following is one of willie's chief characteristics?
he likes to drink.
he can't hold a job.
he is unfaithful to his wife.
he picks pockets.
3. in colin linden's "lucky charm, " why do pete and madigan have an argument?
pete does not believe a young boy should be allowed in the emporium.
madigan wants a higher pay rate.
madigan says their father was no good.
willie asks for a loan.
4. in colin linden's "lucky charm, " what happens the first time the speaker goes to the emporium with willie?
willie is a big winner for the first time.
pete has him thrown out.
he gets sick from the cigar smoke.
his mother finds out and is furious.
5. in bob thurber's "cricket war," why does the father finally agree to poison the crickets?
the noise is overwhelming.
his wife threatens to leave him.
the cat has started to bring them into the house.
the boy wakes up at night covered with crickets.
6. in bob thurber's "cricket war," how does the father decide to get rid of old newspapers that he thinks the crickets are using as nests?
by throwing them into the recycling bin.
by giving them to a neighborhood newspaper drive.
by burying them in a landfill.
by burning them.
7.in bob thurber's "cricket war," what is the result of the father's attempt to get rid of the newspapers?
finally feeling that he has no common sense at all, his wife locks him out of the house until he makes a solemn promise to do a better job.
the house catches on fire.
the crickets are finally destroyed.
nothing has changed--it had no effect whatsoever.
8. in elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," why has the father decided to go camping with the boy?
he is divorced from the mother, and this is his idea of what he can do during one of his rare visitations.
he believes the boy is not manly enough and needs to learn about the great outdoors.
he likes to irritate the mother, and he knows this is one good way to do it.
he wants to make a contrast between himself and the boy's new father, jim, and he knows jim would never do something like this.
9. in elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," which of the following best decribes the relationship between the father and the son?
the son wants desperately to his father. the father barely pays any attention to the son, and then silently worries that he is losing him.
the son has lost all feeling for his father, and the father feels hopeless to change it.
the father has lost all feelings for his son and no longer wants to be involved with him in any way. the son senses this, and it makes him angry.
the son sees that jim is a much better father than his biological father is, and he drops hints hoping his biological father will change. his biological father resents the comparisons.
10. in elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," what happens as they hike?
they walk together, side by side, just as they had in the distant past.
they keep hearing the sound of horses in the distance.
they see storm clouds approaching, and they have to run to reach their camping site.
the father walks swiftly and silently, getting ahead of his son, who has to hurry to catch up.
11. in elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," what is significant about the compasses?
the boy's is surprisingly of much better quality than his father's.
the father's is a real compass, but the boy's is only a toy.
they both forget to bring one.
they each show a different direction for north.
12.in elizabeth baines' "compass and torch," what is the difference between the way jim and his father react when the boy shows them his torch (flashlight)?
there is no difference; their actions and words are almost identical.
jim shows great interest in the torch, but his father barely pays any attention.
his father shows great interest in the torch, but jim barely pays any attention.
jim tells him that it will be a big on the trip, but his father says that he should leave it behind.