Polar Express Review Question Preview (ID: 39735)


Practice Your Knowledge About Polar Express By Chris Van Allsburg. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Who is the main character?
a) A boy who's name was not given.
b) Albert
c) John
d) Jackson

What does the phrase They pranced and paced, ringing the silver sleigh bells that hung from their harness. It was a magical sound. What does this foreshadow?
a) The reader feels excited.
b) The reader is being selfish.
c) The reader wishes to be chosen by Santa.
d) The reader will choose a bell from the reindeer's harness.

For whom does the boy's bell still ring?
a) Anyone who is sad and lonely
b) Those who truly believe
c) Him and his sister
d) Only children who believe in Santa Claus

What did the boy feel when he reached into his pocket?
a) A silver bell
b) A hole
c) A small wrapped present
d) A key

What did the boy ask Santa to give him for the first gift of Christmas?
a) A key to the North Pole
b) one silver bell from santa's sleigh
c) a new bike for his sister
d) A vacation for his parents to go on

What did the Polar Express cross before it reached the North Pole?
a) A sparkling stream that looked like a river of diamonds
b) A barren desert of ice called the Great Polar Ice Cap
c) A lake covered with ice
d) A deep valley called the Grand Canyon

What did the boy eat and drink on the train?
a) Caramel apples and hot cocoa
b) Popcorn and soda pop
c) Christmas cookies and milk
d) Candies with white nougat centers and hot cocoa

When the conductor asked if he was coming to the North Pole, the boy___________________________.
a) Grabbed his coat and climbed aboard
b) Pushed the conductor out of his way and went aboard
c) Took the conductor's outstretched hand
d) Said no

As the boy lay in his bed, what did he hear?
a) Rain Falling
b) Dog barking
c) Bell's from Santa's sleigh
d) Hissing steam and squeaking metal

We climbed mountains so high it seemed as though we would scrape the moon is an example of what literary device?
a) metaphor
b) onomatopoeia
c) hyperbole
d) simile

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