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The Million Dollar Shot

Chapters 1 - 7

Part I: Short Answers – Complete these Cause and Effect scenarios. If a cause is given, please provide the effect. If an effect is given, please provide the cause.

1) During practice, Eddie shot an air ball. As an effect, _________________

2)___________________________________________________________

and as an effect, Johnny and Ty no longer wanted to be friends with Eddie.

3) Eddie ate 10 Finkles and as an effect, ____________________________

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4) Eddie’s mom and Annie’s dad lost their jobs at the Finkle Factory, which caused Eddie and Annie to feel_____________________________

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Part II: Multiple Choice - Circle the best answer.

5) Why was Eddie feeling down on Father’s Day when he met Annie?

A. Eddie got bad grades on his report card that day.

B. Eddie was feeling sick and he had a fever.

C. It was Eddie’s first Father’s Day since his dad died.

D. It was Eddie’s first time losing at a game of H-O-R-S-E.

6) At first, why couldn’t Eddie enter the Finkle Foods poetry contest?

A. He didn’t know how to write poetry.

B. Eddie’s mom worked for Finkle Foods.

C. Annie wouldn’t let Eddie enter the contest.

D. He knew he didn’t have any chance at winning.

7) Why didn’t Annie take the money Eddie offered her after he won the poetry contest?

A. Annie did not want to support Finkle Foods.

B. Annie and her dad were already very rich and didn’t need more money.

C. Annie’s dad wouldn’t let her take Eddie’s offer.

D. Eddie didn’t offer her enough money so Annie didn’t like the offer.

Part III- Vocabulary

8) In chapter 4, Annie realizes something about the poetry contest and reads the fine print on the newsletter, “Employees, their families, and associates of Finkle Foods are ineligible.” Using context clues, what is the definition of ineligible?

A. unhappy

B. not allowed

C. tall

D. hungry

9) In chapter 6, Eddie finds out that he won the poetry contest and says, “I started jumping up and down and dancing around like a lunatic, yelling and going crazy.” Using the context clues, what is the definition of lunatic?

A. a person who is sad

B. a person who is alone

C. a person who is crazy

D. a person who is lazy

10) “…just about every poem we received was one of those dreadful rap poems. But yours was so simple, so dignified, and so American…”

Dignified means __________________________.

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