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Bike Riding Memoir Comprehension
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Bike Riding Memoir Comprehension
Read the memoir, then answer each question using details from the text.
The Long Way Home
I was nine when I decided to cycle to the small dairy at the end of our road. I had practised in the park, but I still wobbled whenever I tried to turn. My cousin Maia walked beside me, holding the back of my seat until I asked her to let go.
The first time she released the seat, I veered towards a hedge and stopped with one foot in the grass. My cheeks felt hot. I wanted to push the bike home, but Maia reminded me that I had already ridden farther than the day before. I took a breath, turned the handlebars slowly, and tried again.
Soon I could make the corner without stopping. When I reached the dairy, I was thrilled—not because the ride had been perfect, but because I had kept going after the wobbly start. On the way home, I chose the longer route so I could practise one more turn.
Comprehension
Use evidence from the memoir in your answers.
1.How old was the narrator when they set out to cycle to the dairy?
2.What part of riding was still difficult for the narrator?
- Turning without wobbling
- Pedalling up a steep hill
- Braking at the dairy
- Finding the way to the park
3.Who walked beside the narrator during the practice ride?
4.What happened just after Maia let go of the bicycle seat?
- The narrator rode straight to the dairy.
- The narrator turned towards a hedge and stopped.
- The narrator fell into the road.
- The narrator asked Maia to ride ahead.
5.Why did Maia remind the narrator about the previous day's ride?
6.Which action helped the narrator make the corner?
- Turning the handlebars slowly and trying again
- Getting off and carrying the bicycle
- Asking Maia to steer the bicycle
- Riding faster towards the hedge
7.Match each event to when it happened in the memoir.
- Maia walked beside the bicycle.
- The narrator stopped with one foot in the grass.
- The narrator made the corner without stopping.
- The narrator chose a longer route.
- On the ride home
- Before the narrator reached the dairy
- After Maia released the seat
- After taking a breath and trying again
8.True or false: The narrator felt pleased because the whole ride had gone perfectly.
TrueFalse
9.What does the narrator's choice to take the longer route home suggest about how they felt about practising?
10.What lesson did the narrator learn from the ride? Support your answer with one detail from the memoir.
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