Book: Mama Played Baseball
Author: David A. Adler
ISBN: 978-0-15-202196-2
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Summary: This is a nice easy read book for your child. The author has written other books like "The Babe and I." Once I finished reading the story, I craved for more information about the women's baseball league.
Questions
1. Compare and contrast, the drawing on page 1-2, the neighborhood in the book to your neighborhood.
2. What was the situation of the country during this time?
3. The girl’s mother wanted to get a job in the ____________________________________.
4. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
5. What type of job did the girls’ father have before the war?
6. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
7. Who was having Sunday dinner?
8. What did they listen to after hearing about the war?
9. The Jack Benny Show was whose favorite?
10. Describe how the women were dress on page 10.
11. How did women get eliminated from making the team?
12. How did the girl’s mother do when she batted?
13. How many days did it take the girl’s mother to make the team?
14. Do you see more women or men in the drawing on page 15-16?
15. How did the girl’s mother’s team travel to faraway games?
16. Why did the girl want her mother’s autograph?
17. What evidence, text clues, do you see on page 20, that tell you that the girl’s mother wants to be the best baseball player?
18. Who looked handsome in his uniform? Who looked pretty in her uniform?
19. Who was standing on the front porch saluting the girl’s father?
20. What was the gift the girl gave her father?
21. What day was it that the girl’s dad returned home from the war?
22. What did the girl’s mother tell her daughter?
23. Where was the girl’s father?
24. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
25. What type of job did the girl’s father have before the war?
26. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
27. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Look at the baseball glove and their shoes. Compare and contrast the glove and the shoes to today’s baseball glove and shoes.
28. Why does the girl think playing baseball is not a job?
29. Using context clues on page 7-8, what day is it?
30. The girl mentions that Grandpa has told the story before about the war and the medal. Does grandpa repeat himself often, and why? Use text clues and explain your answer.
31. What show did they listen to on the radio?
32. Describe the medal on page 7.
33. How did the family get to the baseball stadium?
34. Did the girl’s mother miss any fly balls?
35. Describe the lady’s uniform on page 13.
36. How did the family celebrate the mother making the baseball team?
37. Did the girl attend faraway baseball games to watch her mother play?
38. Why did the girl’s mother feel that her daughter didn’t need her autograph?
39. Compare and contrast the neighborhood on page 19-20.
40. What was the surprise at the bus station?
41. Describe the drawing on page 26.
42. What did the girl’s grandpa wear to greet her father?
43. Did the girl’s father like his gift?
44. What radio show did they listen to at the end of the story?
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Author: David A. Adler
ISBN: 978-0-15-202196-2
Directory
Answer Key
Summary: This is a nice easy read book for your child. The author has written other books like "The Babe and I." Once I finished reading the story, I craved for more information about the women's baseball league.
Questions
1. Compare and contrast, the drawing on page 1-2, the neighborhood in the book to your neighborhood.
2. What was the situation of the country during this time?
3. The girl’s mother wanted to get a job in the ____________________________________.
4. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
5. What type of job did the girls’ father have before the war?
6. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
7. Who was having Sunday dinner?
8. What did they listen to after hearing about the war?
9. The Jack Benny Show was whose favorite?
10. Describe how the women were dress on page 10.
11. How did women get eliminated from making the team?
12. How did the girl’s mother do when she batted?
13. How many days did it take the girl’s mother to make the team?
14. Do you see more women or men in the drawing on page 15-16?
15. How did the girl’s mother’s team travel to faraway games?
16. Why did the girl want her mother’s autograph?
17. What evidence, text clues, do you see on page 20, that tell you that the girl’s mother wants to be the best baseball player?
18. Who looked handsome in his uniform? Who looked pretty in her uniform?
19. Who was standing on the front porch saluting the girl’s father?
20. What was the gift the girl gave her father?
21. What day was it that the girl’s dad returned home from the war?
22. What did the girl’s mother tell her daughter?
23. Where was the girl’s father?
24. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
25. What type of job did the girl’s father have before the war?
26. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
27. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch. Look at the baseball glove and their shoes. Compare and contrast the glove and the shoes to today’s baseball glove and shoes.
28. Why does the girl think playing baseball is not a job?
29. Using context clues on page 7-8, what day is it?
30. The girl mentions that Grandpa has told the story before about the war and the medal. Does grandpa repeat himself often, and why? Use text clues and explain your answer.
31. What show did they listen to on the radio?
32. Describe the medal on page 7.
33. How did the family get to the baseball stadium?
34. Did the girl’s mother miss any fly balls?
35. Describe the lady’s uniform on page 13.
36. How did the family celebrate the mother making the baseball team?
37. Did the girl attend faraway baseball games to watch her mother play?
38. Why did the girl’s mother feel that her daughter didn’t need her autograph?
39. Compare and contrast the neighborhood on page 19-20.
40. What was the surprise at the bus station?
41. Describe the drawing on page 26.
42. What did the girl’s grandpa wear to greet her father?
43. Did the girl’s father like his gift?
44. What radio show did they listen to at the end of the story?
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