Lesson 5 Comprehension
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10 questions
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Why did Roberto use empty soup cans for batting practice?
Why did Roberto use empty soup cans for batting practice?
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Read this sentence from the story.
As if to introduce himself, Roberto smacked the very first pitch.
What is the meaning of this sentence?
Read this sentence from the story.
As if to introduce himself, Roberto smacked the very first pitch.
What is the meaning of this sentence?
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Read this sentence from the story.
To his new fans in Pittsburgh, Roberto was like a jot of electricity.
What does this sentence tell you about what the fans thought of Roberto?
Read this sentence from the story.
To his new fans in Pittsburgh, Roberto was like a jot of electricity.
What does this sentence tell you about what the fans thought of Roberto?
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Why were Roberto's new Pittsburgh fans so excited about him?
Why were Roberto's new Pittsburgh fans so excited about him?
1
Why were kids twisting thier necks this way and that?
Why were kids twisting thier necks this way and that?
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What effect did practicing hitting bottle caps at home have on Roberto Clemente?
What effect did practicing hitting bottle caps at home have on Roberto Clemente?
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Why was Roberto going to Central America after his last World Series?
Why was Roberto going to Central America after his last World Series?
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Read these sentences from the story.
And Roberto's spirit is still growing. It grows in the bats and gloves and arms and legs of all the Latino baseball players who have flooded into the major leagues.
What do these setnences mean?
Read these sentences from the story.
And Roberto's spirit is still growing. It grows in the bats and gloves and arms and legs of all the Latino baseball players who have flooded into the major leagues.
What do these setnences mean?
1
Read these lines from the first poem in "Baseball Poems."
But it gives me the blues to score ninety-four And still manage to lose.
Which event in the story "Roberto Clemente" probably made Roberto feel blue like the speaker in the poem?
Read these lines from the first poem in "Baseball Poems."
But it gives me the blues to score ninety-four And still manage to lose.
Which event in the story "Roberto Clemente" probably made Roberto feel blue like the speaker in the poem?
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In the second poem in "Baseball Poems," the speaker gets a specific feeling from the word "HOMER." Which of these words from the story "Roberto Clemente" might give a similar feeling?
In the second poem in "Baseball Poems," the speaker gets a specific feeling from the word "HOMER." Which of these words from the story "Roberto Clemente" might give a similar feeling?