Danger on Seventh Street and Other Stories

Great Stories for Kids

Author: Jerry D. Thomas

Copyright: ©1998 by Pacific Press®

Readability Level3.2

Word count: 49,728

192 pages

  1. Doug loved to play ______.

a. computer games / b. baseball / c. practical jokes / d. the piano
  1. Doug's parents wanted him to ______.

a. get more skilled at computer games / b. do other tings also
c. get rid of the game / d. study more
  1. Jason was embarrassed because his family talked a lot about ______.

a. God / b. drugs / c. being better than other people / d. sex
  1. Katherine was sad because her dad ______.

a. died / b. grounded her / c. moved away / d. was sick
  1. Katherine felt bad because she asked her dad to ______.

a. get her new clothes / b. hurry home
c. leave their home / d. none of these
  1. Daniel made Joey laugh by ______ostriches.

a. drawing / b. fighting with
c. riding on / d. running away from
  1. Lindsey acted like her ______when she said, "I don't think so."

a. cabin mates / b. counselor / c. ski instructor / d. none of these
  1. Edward believed that stalactites were formed ______.

a. after the flood / b. by cavemen
c. by dinosaurs / d. over a million years ago
  1. They rushed out of the cave because the ______was getting ______.

a. air ______thinner / b. children______hungrier
c. water ______deeper / d. weather ______colder
  1. Neither Adam nor ______really liked rafting.

a. his mom / b. the guide / c. Glen / d. all of these
  1. Elena called 9-1-1 because she thought her ______.

a. mom was missing / b. pets were dead
c. school was burning / d. sister was sick
  1. Black people were upset because they weren't allowed to ______.

a. drink from the same fountains as whites / b. eat in the same restaurants as whites
c. ride in the front of the buses / d. all of these
  1. Paul learned to ______in playing hockey.

a. do his best / b. enjoy being the best
c. practice long hours / d. share the puck and the glory
  1. Ben wanted to keep his ______all to himself.

a. ice cream / b .money from weeding / c. new basketball / d. spy notebook
  1. Hannah got a good score on her test without ______.

a. studying / b. cheating / c. attending class / d. praying
  1. EJ wrote the answers on her ______.

a. calculator / b. desk / c. pocket / d. sleeve
  1. Matt's sister got him a ______.

a. computer game / b. dog / c. model air plane / d. new jacket
  1. Lisa avoided Anthoin's car because he ______.

a. drank beer / b. robbed people / c. sold drugs / d. teased her
  1. Anthony came to Mrs. McCusky's to ______.

a. get cookies / b. help the old woman
c. watch the cat do tricks / d. none of these
  1. Mom was glad Melissa told her that Megan ______.

a. took off her life jacket / b. wasn’t cleaning her room
c. was playing in the water / d. none of these

Correct answers:1-a2-b3-a4-a5-b6-b7c8-d

9-c10-c11-b12-d13-d14-d15-b16-a

17-c18-c19-d20-a