Reading ast Focus TO/BC What to Do? 1 UNCAN (sitting on the floor, drawing with crayons) Let's go explore the park. I'm tired of sitting around inside. NALD (looks up from his book) It's raining, dude Plus. there's nothing new to see in the park Same playground. Same creek. Same little bridge 3 DUNCAN (gathers up his crayons) We have raincoats. Maybe we can find some bugs or frogs in the creek that only come out in the rain Duncan puts away his crayons in a desk and takes his raincoat from a hook in the closet. 4 RONALD The creek bed is all muddy and gross You're going to be a mess and Mom will get mad. 5 DU NCAN (rolling his eyes in a dramatic gesture) You're a stick in the mud No, that would be too messy for you. You're stick on the dry.freshly-swept wood floorl Put on your mud boots and come with me All that reading is going to rot your brain 6 RON ALD: How would you know? You never Duncan gestures grandly to a shelf with a stack of comic books 7 DUNC AN Wejust have different tastes in literature. a RONA LD: Hal Literature They're only called graphic novels so that kids like yourself won't feel silly spending all their money on comic books. 9 DUNC AN: Come on Ronald You could bring your book with you We'll put up our tent by the bridge. We'll pack a quilt. You can read all afternoon by the creek, snug and dry 10 RO NALD I'm already snug and dry Why go to all the trouble? 11 MOM: (calling from off-stage) You boys should get out and go do something. You've been up in your bedroon all day 12 DUNC AN: (tossing Ronald'raincoat and boots on the bed) Seel Even Mom thinks I'm right. 13 RO NALD : Ok, but you have to carry the quilt and tent. 14 DUNCAN: Right But you have to carry a few of my graphic novels. boys Look at the diagram below square decide to go to the Duncan Ronald suggests refuses park going to to go to the park. the park Which event belongs in the empty box? A Duncan offers to read to Ronald at the park. B The boys' mom suggests that they get out of the house C Duncan offers to set up the tent in the park all by himself. D Ronald makes fun of Duncan's graphic novels 2 Just before his mom calls out, Ronald argues that - F graphic novels are less literary than regular novels Q Ronald is going to get muddy and messy at the park H reading at the park would simply be too troublesome J Ronald will have to carry the tent and quilt to the park 3 What is the best summary of paragraphs 3 through 10? A Ronald hurts Duncan's feelings by making fun of his comic books. B Duncan teases Ronald about preferring to read all day C The boys' mom settles their argument by sending them outside D Duncan tries to convince Ronald to go to the park while Ronald argues that it is too messy and trouble 4 The story's problem is solved when - F Ronald agrees to Duncan's idea G Ronald makes fun of Duncan's comic books H Duncan makes Ronald carry his graphic novels J the boys put up their tent by the bridge at the park