Reading Test Study Guide: Wings for the King Re-read the play and use your book

to answer the questions. Please answer all questions with complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Turn in all answers with this sheet on Friday morning. Keep in your Reading Folder. This is a homework grade! 1. Write five synonyms for the word permit. 2. Write five synonyms for the word subject. 3. What does it mean when something you have is worthless? 4. What does admiringly mean? 5. What is a scoundrel? 6. Why was the king restless? 7. The king asks Tina if the wings she made work. She answers by saying, Your Majesty, do they fly? Do fish swim? Do lions roar? Do elephants have trunks? How does this answer his question? 8. What happened before the king threw the inventors in jail? 9. What are six words that you would use to describe Isaac Summerville? 10. What effect did the books have on the king? 11. The author divides the play into two scenes. Why do you think she did this instead of just having one scene? 12. What caused the Heli-Cap-Ter to fly? What are the steps Geraldine gave to the king? 13. Look for words like all, many, some, none etc, because these type of words signal generalizations. Now find 5 generalizations in the play. Write them down. 14. How was the conflict (problem) in the story resolved (solved)? 15. Isaac says, Books are wings to the land of knowledge. And they are also wings to the land of fun. What does this mean? 16. What is the theme of the story? 17. What is the authors purpose for writing this play? 18. Imagine that the King sees Isaac Summerville a week later. Write a sentence to tell what he probably said to Isaac. 19. How are Tina Applewhite and Isaac Summerville different? 20. Name one way the King and Queen are alike.