Goal! A Football Story — Questions and answers

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What were Leo and Mia dreaming of?

Choices

  1. Winning a drum solo contest
  2. Becoming famous painters
  3. Achieving glory on the soccer field ✓
  4. Learning to juggle with their knees

Answer: Achieving glory on the soccer field

From page 1

What was Mia's practical idea to start 'Operation Find the Wildcats'?

Choices

  1. Ask Mr. Henderson for help
  2. Look for stars in the sky
  3. Find out where the Wildcats used to play ✓
  4. Read a book about the Wildcats

Answer: Find out where the Wildcats used to play

From page 3

Who did Leo and Mia meet at the overgrown field?

Choices

  1. A friendly dog
  2. The coach of a new team
  3. Old Mr. Henderson, the grumpy groundskeeper ✓
  4. A lost soccer player

Answer: Old Mr. Henderson, the grumpy groundskeeper

From page 4

What did Mr. Henderson say each star in the constellation Orion represented for the Wildcats?

Choices

  1. A hidden treasure
  2. A player's position ✓
  3. A lucky charm
  4. A different team

Answer: A player's position

From page 5

Why did Leo and Mia find the Wildcats' drills so difficult at first?

Choices

  1. They didn't have the right equipment.
  2. They were too tired from the night before.
  3. They were not working with perfect synchronization. ✓
  4. The older kids were distracting them too much.

Answer: They were not working with perfect synchronization.

From page 6

What new strategy did Leo and Mia decide to try for the drills?

Choices

  1. To ask Mr. Henderson to help them practice.
  2. To assign each of them a 'star' position from Orion. ✓
  3. To practice individually until they were perfect.
  4. To find more players to join their team.

Answer: To assign each of them a 'star' position from Orion.

From page 7

What happened when Leo and Mia started visualizing the constellations and working together?

Choices

  1. They started to argue more about positions.
  2. They moved in perfect harmony and scored a spectacular goal. ✓
  3. They decided to give up on the drills.
  4. They found a new secret passage on the field.

Answer: They moved in perfect harmony and scored a spectacular goal.

From page 8

What did Mr. Henderson say Leo and Mia had shown by working together?

Choices

  1. How to play alone better than anyone.
  2. What true collaboration can achieve. ✓
  3. How to make the Wildcats famous again.
  4. That drills are not important for soccer.

Answer: What true collaboration can achieve.

From page 9

What was the name of the new team Leo and Mia started?

Choices

  1. The Wildcats Revival
  2. The Dynamic Duo
  3. The Star Strikers ✓
  4. The Soccer Superstars

Answer: The Star Strikers

From page 10