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“Raymond’s Run” Review Puzzle

Answer the questions below. After you’ve chosen your answer, add the letters that go with your answer to the numbered spaces in the
puzzle grid. Don’t forget to circle the letter of the answer that you choose! When you’re finished answering the questions and filling
in the grid, you’ll get to see a secret message. If you don’t do it right, though, the message will be scrambled.

1. “In the first place, no one can beat me, and that’s all there is to it.”
a. Simile: 1 b, 10 z
b. Imagery: 1 a, 10 t
c. Analogy: 1 m, 10 n
d. Hyperbole: 1 t, 10 h
2. “I’ll high prance down 34th St. like a rodeo pony…”
a. Metaphor: 12 a, 24 n
b. Simile: 12 b, 24 w
c. Analogy: 12 c, 24 b
d. Onomatopoeia: 12 j, 24 t
3. “She’ll clutch the lace on her blouse like it was a narrow escape.”
a. Simile: 29 g, 36 r
b. Metaphor: 29 s, 36 c
c. Personification: 29 b, 36 t
d. Idiom: 29 a, 36 d
4. “Chopin’s Waltzes just spring out of her fingertips…”
a. Personification: 4 m, 27 r
b. Imagery: 4 k, 27 l
c. Onomatopoeia 4 p, 27 o
d. Analogy: 4 w, 27 m
5. “…she’s the most surprised thing in the world.”
a. Personification: 48 b, 49 c
b. Metaphor: 48 e, 49 s
c. Idiom: 48 t, 49 e
d. Hyperbole: 48 a, 49 s
6. “She can’t afford to throw stones.”
a. Idiom: 5-8, 6, 2
b. Metaphor: 5-8, 6-1
c. Personification: 5-8, 6-3
d. Imagery: 5-8, 6-7
7. “…that’s chicken…”
a. Metaphor: 2 i, 3 e
b. Simile: 2 o, 3 u
c. Idiom: 2 e, 3 a
d. Onomatopoeia: 2 u, 3 y
8. “…there’s no use wasting my breath talking to shadows.”
a. Simile: 30 a, 31 e
b. Metaphor: 30 o, 31 i
c. Analogy: 30 u, 31 o
d. Personification: 30 i, 31 e
9. “…whistles and safety pins and 50 million other things he’s always dropping all over the place with his clumsy self.”
a. Personification: 9, 5, & 16 c
b. Hyperbole: 9, 5, & 16 t
c. Metaphor: 9, 5, & 16 s
d. Imagery: 9, 5, & 16 p
10. “That new girl should give you a run for your money.”
a. Idiom: 11, 13, & 17 e
b. Onomatopoeia: 11, 13, & 17 u
c. Hyperbole: 11, 13, & 17 a
d. Analogy: 11, 13, & 17 i

11. “Kicking her legs out like a pro.”

a. Onomatopoeia: 18, 26, & 45 e
 b. Analogy: 18, 26, & 45 u
c. Hyperbole: 18, 26, & 45 i
d. Simile: 18, 26, & 45 a
12. “Every time, just before I take off in a race, I always feel like I’m in a dream, the kind of dream you have when
you’re sick with fever and feel all hot and weightless.”
a. Simile: 8, 43, & 58 t
b. Metaphor: 8, 43, & 58 r
c. Analogy: 8, 43, & 58 s
d. Onomatopoeia: 8, 43, & 58 z
13. “…till my feet with a mid of their own start digging up footfuls of dirt…”
a. Personification: 40, 46, & 57 t
b. Idiom: 40, 46, & 57 l
c. Metaphor: 40, 46, & 57 c
d. Imagery: 40, 46, & 57 p
14. “…huffing and puffing with her hands on her hips…”
a. Imagery: 20, 25, & 42 a
b. Onomatopoeia: 20, 25, & 42 e
c. Personification: 20, 25, & 42 i
d. Idiom: 20, 25, & 42 o
15. “Parents in hats and corsages with breast-pocket handkerchiefs peeking up. Kids in white dresses and light blue suits.
The parkees unfolding chairs and chasing the rowdy kids from Lenox…”
a. Personification: 32 m, 34 & 44 c
b. Analogy: 32 r, 34 & 44 l
c. Simile: 32 s, 34 & 44 b
d. Imagery: 32 n, 34 & 44 t
16. Why doesn’t Squeaky like Gretchen at the beginning of the story?
a. She has freckles: 47, 51, & 55 y
b. She has said that she’s going to beat Squeaky in the race: 47, 51, & 55 e
c. She’s mean to Squeaky’s brother Raymond: 47, 51, & 55 s
d. She’s friends with Rosie, who Squeaky doesn’t like: 47, 51, & 55 d
17. How does Squeaky feel about Gretchen at the end of the story?
a. Squeaky is Gretchen’s new BFF: 50, 52, & 53 t
b. Squeaky still doesn’t like Gretchen: 50, 52, & 53 l
c. Squeaky thinks that she and Gretchen could be friends: 50, 52, & 53 s
d. Squeaky wants to race Gretchen again: 50, 52, & 53 r
18. Why does Squeaky change her mind about Gretchen?
a. She sees that Gretchen is a serious, good runner: 33 g, 35 & 37 o
b. Gretchen isn’t friends with Rosie anymore: 33 p, 35 & 37 a
c. Gretchen beats Squeaky in the race: 33 t, 35 & 37 e
d. Gretchen does something nice for Raymond: 33 k, 35 & 37 c
19. “I’m on my back looking at the sky, trying to pretend I’m in the country, but I can’t because even grass in the city
feels hard as sidewalk, and there’s just no pretending you are anywhere but in a ‘concrete jungle’ as my grandfather
says.” This quotation shows that the setting of “Raymond’s Run” is…
a. Just as comfortable and welcoming as the country: 19 v, 21 r, 23 m
b. Hard and urban: 19 m, 21 v, 23 r
c. A jungle: 19 p, 21 o, 23 q
d. Full of plants and flowers: 19 o, 21 q, 23 p
20. Which adjective best describes Squeaky?
a. Sweet: 38 g, 41 m, 56 t
b. Confident: 38 c, 41 h, 56 n
c. Caring: 38 b, 41 c, 56 w
d. Angry: 38 r, 41 p, 56 m