Game Day Jitters — Questions and answers

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How did Mateo feel before the championship game started?

Choices

  1. Excited and ready to play
  2. Calm and confident
  3. Nervous and frozen ✓
  4. Annoyed by the loud crowd

Answer: Nervous and frozen

From page 1

What did Sofia do to try and help Mateo feel better?

Choices

  1. She gave him a new basketball.
  2. She told him to go home.
  3. She clapped him on the back and reminded him they are a team. ✓
  4. She offered him a snack.

Answer: She clapped him on the back and reminded him they are a team.

From page 2

What was Ms. Riley's main message to the Wildcats in her pep talk?

Choices

  1. To score as many points as possible individually.
  2. To remember their strategy, trust instincts, have fun, and play as a team. ✓
  3. To focus only on Mateo for scoring.
  4. To try and make the Terrors give up.

Answer: To remember their strategy, trust instincts, have fun, and play as a team.

From page 3

Who scored the first points for the Wildcats in the game?

Choices

  1. Mateo
  2. Jake
  3. Sofia ✓
  4. Ms. Riley

Answer: Sofia

From page 4

What advice did Ms. Riley give the team at halftime?

Choices

  1. To stop playing defense altogether.
  2. To give up because the Terrors were too strong.
  3. To be more aggressive on defense, take better shots, remember plays, and trust each other. ✓
  4. To only let Mateo shoot the ball.

Answer: To be more aggressive on defense, take better shots, remember plays, and trust each other.

From page 5

What happened to Mateo's playing in the second half of the game?

Choices

  1. He became more nervous and made mistakes.
  2. He found his rhythm, dribbled with confidence, passed with precision, and scored some points. ✓
  3. He stopped playing and sat on the bench.
  4. He only focused on defense.

Answer: He found his rhythm, dribbled with confidence, passed with precision, and scored some points.

From page 6

What valuable lesson did Mateo realize he and the Wildcats had learned by the end of the game?

Choices

  1. That winning is the only thing that matters.
  2. That he should always be afraid of game day.
  3. That teamwork, perseverance, sportsmanship, and playing your best are important. ✓
  4. That Ms. Riley was the best player.

Answer: That teamwork, perseverance, sportsmanship, and playing your best are important.

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