Mama Played Baseball by David A. Adler

Book: Mama Played Baseball
Author: David A. Adler
ISBN: 978-0-15-202196-2
Directory
Go to Questions

Answer Key

1. Answers will vary
2. It was wartime.
3. Women’s League
4. Answers will vary
5. He was a truck driver for a milk company.
6. Answers will vary
7. Grandpa, Grandma, and the girl were having Sunday dinner.
8. They listened to the news.
9. It was dad’s favorite show.
10. Answers will vary
11. If they missed catching a fly ball, they were cut from tryouts/making the baseball team.
12. The girl’s mother swung and missed the ball twice, but hit the ball on the third swing.
13. It took mother 2 days to make the team.
14. There are more men than women at the stadium.
15. They traveled by bus.
16. She wanted her mother’s autograph because her mother was a great baseball player.
17. “And I want to be good at it,” on page 20.
18. The girl’s father looked handsome in his uniform.  The girl’s mother looked pretty in her uniform.
19. The girl’s grandpa was saluting her father.
20. She gave him drawings of her mother playing baseball.
21. He returned on a Sunday.
22. She told her daughter that she needs a job.
23. He was serving in the army.
24. Answers will vary
25. He was a truck driver for a milk company.
26. Answers will vary
27. Answers will vary
28. Answers will vary
29. It is Sunday.
30. Answers will vary
31. The listened to “The Jack Benny Show.”
32. Answers will vary
33. The family drove to the stadium using grandpa’s car.
34. No, she didn’t miss any fly balls.
35. Answers will vary
36. They baked a cake.
37. No, she stayed home with her grandparents.
38. Answers will vary
39. Answers will vary
40. The girl’s father came home from the war.
41. Answers will vary
42. Grandpa wore his uniform and medal.
43. Yes, he liked the drawing.
44. They listened to “The Jack Benny Show.”