Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. Who is on the baseball card Griffin discovers in the Rockford house?

2. How much money is offered to Griffin for the baseball card?

3. What word does Ben associate with Palomino’s name?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why are Griffin and Ben motivated to stay in the abandoned building? What are their feelings toward the adults in town?

2. What is suspicious about Palomino while Griffin and Ben are in the shop with him? Why is Palomino acting suspiciously?

3. What is the distinction Griffin makes between stealing and “stealing back”?

Paired Resource

“Babe Ruth Biography”

• This 7-minute video describes Babe Ruth’s rise to popularity in baseball.
• The information in this resource connects to The Value of Trust and Teamwork and The Morality of Rights and Ownership.
• What is significant about the time in which Babe Ruth rose to prominence in baseball? What records were broken by Babe Ruth in Major League Baseball? How does Babe Ruth’s success as a baseball player equate to the value of his baseball card?