Reading Comprehension Quiz (Kris Vervaecke, “A Spectator’s Notebook”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Kris Vervaecke, “A Spectator’s Notebook”

Read “A Spectator’s Notebook” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question What type of essay is “A Spectator’s Notebook”?

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Question How does Vervaecke feel about sports?

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Question Vervaecke recalls her time playing softball with the other girls and relates that the game was merely a way “to build tension between Mary” and herself. As she relates the fight between herself and Mary, how does she feel about those fights as an adult?

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Question Vervaecke relates part of a quiz show she overheard on a radio program. What can be inferred by the inclusion of this in the essay?

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Question Vervaecke notes that her kids played sports. How does Vervaecke interpret her kids’ reactions to playing sports?

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Question What does Vervaecke note that her son Ben got from sports?

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Question In paragraphs 25-28, Vervaecke writes about the students she has in her college classes who are gifted athletes playing sports at the collegiate level compared to her own children. What does Vervaecke reveal about her feelings for competitive, elite high school athletic programs?

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Question Vervaecke relates the story of her daughter’s thirteenth birthday party, during which Emily was the high scorer for her team, immediately after she has told the story of her daughter playing only the last minutes of a lopsided victory for her high school team. Why does she juxtapose these two stories?

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