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- 1. Multiple Choice
What department store did Tony work for?
Wal-Mart
Macy's
Nordstrom's
Target
- 2. Multiple Choice
The store first asked Tony to use his puppets to decorate...
the front entrance and escalators to the main store in Times Square.
The children's clothing department.
the store's holiday window displays.
the shoe department.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why was the parade first started?
Store employees missed holiday traditions of street dancing and music from their native countries.
New Yorkers wanted a fun way to start off the holidays.
The store had extra money to spend.
It was a pandemic and everyone was bored.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why were the live animals replaced in the parade?
A lion escaped and hurt a child.
The roaring and growling animals frightened the children.
The parade was too long to make them walk so far.
The zoo workers didn't want them to leave the zoo.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Tony hoped to replace the live animals with...
clowns.
large posters of animals carried on sticks.
puppets.
motorcycles.
- 6. Multiple Choice
One early problem with Tony's puppets was that...
they were ugly and the crowd didn't like them.
when it rained, the puppets fell down.
they were so big and heavy that no one could carry them.
there were so many people that the puppets couldn't be seen.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did Tony change the puppets so that they would rise above the crowd?
He filled them with helium, like balloons.
He used planes to carry the balloons.
He used birds to hold the puppet strings from above.
He used people with jetpacks on to carry the balloons.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Tony chose ropes to control the balloons instead of wooden sticks because...
sticks were too sticky and splintery.
ropes let the balloons bounce around and sway more naturally.
ropes were cheaper.
wood was too expensive.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The parade is always held on...
Christmas.
Easter.
Thanksgiving.
Halloween.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The result of Tony's work was that...
puppet balloons were and are still being used to this day.
his balloons were used for 25 years, then placed in a museum.
Macy's fired Tony because he could never make them right.
the balloons were replaced with marionette puppets.
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