2. Mario's family made a living by
_______________ .
selling newspapers and
a) selling Chinese food
magazines
b) running a soda shop
c) selling newspapers and
magazines
d) running a taxi business

3. Mario lived in New York City
________________ .
a) Denver
b) New York City
c) Miami
d) Los Angeles

4. Mario's family made a living by
_______________ .
selling newspapers and
a) selling Chinese food
magazines
b) running a soda shop
c) selling newspapers and
magazines
d) running a taxi business

5. Tucker was a mouse
Tucker was a ___________ .
a) mouse
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b) cat
c) cricket
d) boy

6. 4. How was business with the newsstand?
very slow - Mario had only sold 15 newspapers
• fair - Mario sold and 4 magazines.
at papers to the people that got off of
each train.
• very good - Mario was selling a lot of Sunday papers.
• ok - Mario had sold 75 papers that night.
• very slow - Mario had only sold 15 newspapers and
4 magazines.

7. What nice thing did the conductor Paul
do for Mario?
Paul gavehim a$.50 for a paper that
a) bought him soda
b) told passengers to buy a
only cost $.25
newspaper as they left the train
c) gave him $.50 for a paper that only
cost $.25
d) gave him a train ticket

8. How did Mario know that the
cricket was in the subway station?
a) PaulHe heard it chirp.
brought it to Mario.
b) He saw it in the corner.
c) It jumped out from under the
newspapers.
d) He heard it chirp.

9. Mario made a bed for the cricket out of
a ___________ .
A matchbox
a) Kleenex box
b) matchbox
c) money drawer
d) paper cup

10. How did Mama feel about the
cricket?
She She said a cricketer was a
a) thought it was just a bug and
should bekind of bug.
special thrown away.
b) She said that cricketers were
good luck.
c) She thought it was just a bug
and should be thrown away.

11. Mario said crickets were good for
telling the temperature.
a) killing ants
b) telling the temperature
c) singing you to sleep

12. Mama said the cricketer would have to
go if __________ .
they came down with peculiar
a) they came down with peculiar
diseases
diseases
b) it made too much noise
c) it became a nuisance

13. The Cricket in Times Square
Chapters 3 - 4

14. Chester was from Connecticut .
Where was Chester from?
a) New York City
b) Connecticut
c) Delaware
d) Philadelphia

15. What food did Chester like?
a) liverwurst liverwurst.
Chester likes
b) oranges
c) chocolate
d) lettuce

16. How long had it been since Chester
had eaten?
a) 1 day
3 days
b) a week
c) 3 days
d) 3 hours

17. Why could Chester NOT get out of the
He was trapped under roast beef sandwiches.
picnic basket?
a) The lid was latched
b) He was trapped under roast beef
sandwiches.
c) The basket was inside a bag.

18. How did Chester get to New
York?
By car and subway train.
a) by car and subway train
b) by bus
c) on a bicycle

19. When do crickets usually
chirp?
a) spring
b) early winter
c) late fall
d) late summer

20. late summer.

21. What did Chester see that
made him feel better?
a) another cricket
b) a star
c) a swallow

22. a star

23. OOOooopsies.
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24. Why was Mario in a hurry to
get to the newsstand?
a) Mario had a present waiting
for him at the newsstand.
b) Mario wanted to get a
sandwich.
c) Mario wanted to see the
cricket.

25. Mario wanted to see the
cricket.

26. What do crickets usually
eat?
a) moss
b) insects
c) leaves and grass

27. Leaves and grass

28. Where did Mario take
Chester?
a) soda shop
b) supermarket
c) department store
d) toy store

29. Soda Shop

30. What did Chester drink?
a) strawberry soda
b) milk
c) cola
d) lemon-lime soda

31. strawberry soda

32. What did the Bellini family
like to listen to?
a) country music
b) rock-n-roll
c) gospel
d) opera

33. opera

34. Why did Mario want to go to
China Town?
a) to get dinner
b) to buy a cricket cage
c) to buy a lantern
d) to watch the parade

35. to buy a cricket cage

36. Chapter 6
Sai Fong

37. What form of transportation
did Chester and Mario use to
get to China Town?
a) bicycle
b) bus
c) subway
d) car

38. Subway

39. What did Sai Fong look like?
a) very tall Chinese lady wearing a silk
kimono
b) old Chinese man wearing a silk vest
over his shirt with dragons
c) young Chinese boy wearing a large
hat and sandals
d) young Chinese man wearing a
business suit

40. Sai Fong was an old Chinese
man wearing a silk vest over
his shirt with dragons

41. What did the cricket cage
look like?
a) a bird house
b) a pagoda
c) a cube with bars
d) a round cylinder

42. a pagoda

43. Sai Fong told the story of
____________ .
a) the first cricket
b) a Chinese boy
c) a cat and a dog
d) his parents building the shop

44. the first cricket

45. How much did the cage cost?
a) $15
b) $5
c) $1.50
d) 15¢

46. 15¢

47. What gift did Sai Fong give
Mario for the cage?
a) water cup
b) bell
c) shiny stone
d) leaves

48. A bell

49. What second gift did Sai Fong
give Mario?
a) Chinese Fortune cookie
b) fan
c) lantern

50. Chinese Fortune cookie

51. What did the store look
like?
a) almost empty
b) neat and tidy
c) cluttered

52. cluttered

53. Chapter 7
The Cricket Cage

54. What kind of food do the Chinese
make?
a) spaghetti and pizza
b) many bean dishes with pintos,
navy, and butter beans
c) unusual foods made from
bird's nests, sharks' fins, and
mouse
d) tacos and burritos

55. unusual foods made from
bird's nests, sharks' fins,
and mouse.

56. How did Chester feel about the
cricket cage?
a) He felt like a prince in a castle.
b) He felt nervous to be locked in
a cage.
c) He thought the cage was the
best house in the whole world.
d) He felt like he was the
emperor of China.

57. He felt nervous to be locked
in a cage.

58. What did Tucker want to do
with the cage?
a) throw it in the garbage
b) sleep in it

59. sleep in it

60. What did Tucker want to sleep
on?
a) marshmallows
b) dollar bills
c) Kleenex
d) silk

61. Dollar Bills

62. What did Tucker use for a
pillow?
a) a fifty cent piece
b) a button
c) a spool of thread
d) Mama Bellini's earrings

63. Mama Bellini's earrings

64. Where did Chester sleep?
a) in the drainpipe
b) in the matchbox
c) in the cash drawer

65. in the matchbox

66. What did Chester eat?
a) a candy bar
b) half of the two dollar bill
c) the liverwurst
d) a leaf

67. half of the two dollar bill

68. Why did Chester eat the two
dollar bill?
a) He wanted to see what the
others would do if he ate it.
b) He liked the way it tasted.
c) He was hungry.
d) He was dreaming.

69. He was dreaming.

70. What did Mama hit Tucker
with?
a) a half dollar
b) a Fortune magazine
c) the pagoda cage
d) her earrings

71. a Fortune magazine

72. What punishment did Chester and
Mario get?
a) Mario had to set Chester free.
b) Chester had to stay in the cage
until Mario could repay the money.
c) Mario had to keep Chester in the
matchbox at his house.

73. Chester had to stay in the
cage until Mario could repay
the money.

74. How did Tucker get money?
a) He worked for Harry Cat.
b) His mother gave him money
each birthday.
c) He found it in the subway
station.

75. His mother gave him money
each birthday.

76. How much money does Tucker
have?
a) $2.93
b) $5.62
c) $.52

77. $2.93

78. Why did Mario go back
to see Sai Fong?
a) to buy a larger cage
b) to ask what he should feed
Chester
c) to get a kimono
d) to replace the lost bell

79. to ask what he should feed
Chester

80. Who was with Sai Fong?
a) a little girl
b) his son
c) his daughter
d) an old Chinese gentleman

81. an old Chinese gentleman

82. What did Mario put on before
the dinner?
a) robe
b) bib
c) necklace
d) silk shirt

83. Mario put on a robe.

84. How did Chester show he liked
the Chinese food?
a) He ate a lot.
b) He chirped.
c) He jumped in the chop suey.

85. He chirped.

86. What did the book say to feed
Chester?
a) ants
b) ivy
c) moss
d) mulberry leaves

87. mulberry leaves

88. What did the Chinese men do
for a greeting?
a) wave
b) said hello
c) bowed

89. They bowed

90. Chapter 10
The Dinner Party

91. Why were the animals celebrating?
a) Tucker finding a fifty cent piece
b) Chester's two month anniversary
c) Harry Cat finding a girl friend

92. Chester's two month
anniversary

93. Name one food they had at the
dinner party.
a) birthday cake
b) Hershey chocolate bar
c) potato chips
d) corn on the cob

94. Hershey chocolate bar

95. Who was at the party?
a) Mario, Chester, and Tucker
b) Harry and Tucker
c) Mario and Chester
d) Harry, Chester, and Tucker

96. Harry, Chester, and Tucker

97. What was really special about
the coke?
a) It still had carbonation.
b) It was served with ice.

98. It was served with ice.

99. What bad thing happened
at the party?
a) Tucker fell and broke his leg
b) a fire started
c) Chester bumped his head
d) Harry Cat's tail was caught in
the door

100. a fire started

101. How did Chester get help?
a) chirped
b) set off the alarm clock
c) turned up the radio

102. set off the alarm clock

103. Chapter 11
The Jinx

104. How much stuff did the
Bellini's lose in the fire?
a) everything
b) only a few stacks of Ladies'
Home Journal
c) half of the magazines and
newspapers in the stand

105. only a few stacks of Ladies'
Home Journal

106. Who did Mama blame for the
fire?
a) the night watchman
b) Paul
c) the cricket

107. the cricket

108. What name did Mama call
Chester?
a) jinx
b) bad luck charm
c) nasty bug

109. jinx

110. How did the fire start?
a) cigarette
b) candle
c) matches

111. matches

112. What did Chester do when he
was sad?
a) sang
b) cried
c) hide

113. Chester sang
when he was
sad

114. How did Papa feel when he
heard Chester?
a) mad
b) excited
c) surprised
d) happy

115. surprised

116. What kind of music did Chester
play?
a) Italian opera
b) pop
c) rock-n-roll
d) country

117. Italian opera

118. Chapter 12
M r . S m e d le y

119. How was Chester going
to learn new songs?
a) by listening to the radio
b) by listening to records
c) by visiting the theaters in
Times Square

120. by listening to the radio

121. Because it was Sunday, Chester
decided to sing ___________ .
a) Italian songs
b) patriotic songs
c) hymns
d) violin pieces

122. Because it was Sunday,
Chester decided to sing
hymns

123. Did Mr. Smedley believe
Chester could sing when
Mama, Papa, and Mario told
him that he could?
a) yes
b) no

124. no
Mr. Smedley did not believe
Chester could sing when
Mama, Papa, and Mario told
him that he could?

125. What "test" did Mr. Smedley
give Chester?
a) Mr. Smedley recorded Chester
on a tape player.
b) Mr. Smedley whistled the scale -
do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, te, do.
c) Mr. Smedley played a new and
difficult song.

126. Mr. Smedley whistled the
scale - do, re, mi, fa, sol, la,
te, do.

127. How did Mr. Smedley
feel about Chester's songs?
a) bad
b) just ok
c) wonderful

128. wonderful
Mr. Smedley
felt wonderful about
Chester's songs

129. What did Mr. Smedley do to let
everyone know about Chester?
a) wrote a letter to the New
York Times
b) put up posters
c) announced it over the loud
speakers

130. Mr. Smedley wrote a letter
to the New York Times
Chester sings wonderfully

131. Chapter 13
Fame

132. Why did Chester stay up
most of the night?
a) playing for the animals
b) learning new musical pieces
c) talking to Tucker and Harry

133. learning new musical pieces

134. How did people in New York learn about
Chester?
a) Mr. Smedley had flyers printed up and
passed out.
b) Mr. Smedley's letter was published in the
New York Times.
c) Mr. Smedley had the radio stations all
over New York play the recording he made
of Chester's playing.

135. Mr. Smedley's letter was
published in the
New York Times.

136. How many people came to listen
to Chester the first day?
a) 783
b) 73
c) 38

137. 783

138. How was the Bellini's business
doing?
a) fantastic
b) fair
c) poorly

139. Fantastic

140. How many times a day did
Chester give a concert?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

141. Chester gave two concerts a day.

142. What did Chester like to eat?
a) mulberry leaves
b) chocolate
c) fruit
d) vegetables

143. Chester like to eat mulberry
leaves.

144. How did Chester feel about
being famous?
a) happy
b) sad

145. Chester felt sad about being
famous?

146. Why was Chester upset?
a) He wanted to go swimming.
b) Fall was coming.
c) He wanted mulberry leaves.

147. Fall was coming.

148. When Chester was sad, where
did Mama want Mario to take
him?
a) country
b) to Sai Fong
c) bug doctor

149. bug doctor

150. Chapter 14
Orpheus

151. How was Chester feeling?
a) wonderful
b) fine
c) sad

152. sad

153. What time of year was it?
a) Summer
b) Winter
c) Spring
d) Fall

154. It was the fall.

155. Where did Chester want to go?
a) to the theater
b) home
c) to China Town
d) to Mario's house

156. Chester wanted to go
home.

157. How did Tucker and Harry
feel about Chester going?
a) that Chester should be happy
b) that they would do anything
to make him stay
c) they wanted him to go

158. that Chester should be
happy

159. What was the one worry
Chester had about leaving?
a) He would miss everyone.
b) He might get lost.
c) He would not make the long journey.
d) The Bellini's needed the money he
was making them.

160. The Bellini's needed the money
he was making them.

161. What day was the farewell
performance?
a) Tuesday
b) Wednesday
c) Friday
d) Saturday

162. Friday

163. What was the last concert like?
a) exceptional
b) just so so
c) terrible

164. exceptional

165. How many people came to the
concert?
a) many
b) a few

166. Many people came to the
concert?

167. What did Mario and
Chester do after supper?
a) went for a walk
b) practiced
c) sleep
d) played games

168. Mario and Chester played
games after supper.

169. What did Chester take with
him?
a) Mama's earring
b) Kleenex
c) the silver bell
d) a candy bar

170. the silver bell

171. How would Chester know when
he reached home?
a) The conductor would tell him.
b) He would recognize the smell.
c) He would see the fields.

172. He would recognize the smell.

173. How did Mario know that
Chester wouldn't come back?
a) He took the bell.
b) He just had a feeling.
c) He saw him leave.

174. He took the bell.