Bo lends
a paw
Prairie Dogs
and their Homes
100
What is the main problem at the beginning of the story?

A) Bo is bored.
B) Bo was mistakenly put on a rocket to Mars.
C) Bo was hungry.
D) Bo was, in fact, a prairie dog burrow.


C) Bo was hungry.

100

What do we know about Bo's digging skills?

A) Bo is awful at digging.
B) Bo digs a lot. He is better at digging than Lana.
C) Lana's shovel gives her an unfair advantage.
D) We know nothing about Bo and digging.

B) Bo digs a lot. He is better at digging than Lana.

100

Why are prairie dogs called dogs?

A) It's a term of endearment between prairie dogs.
B) They bark like dogs.
C) They like to play fetch.
D) They are members of the dog family.

B) They bark like dogs.

100

How do prairie dogs know who is allowed into their neighbourhoods?

A) They check ID cards.
B) Racial profiling.
C) They taste and rub noses with one another.
D) They don't let anyone into their neighbourhoods.

C) They taste and rub noses with one another.

200

Bo Lends a Paw's genre is:

A) Autobiography
B) Late Romantic Fiction
C) Fantasy
D) Nietzschean Heroic Drama

C) Fantasy

200

Bo is annoyed because Lana is late, why?

A) Bo can't find where he left his keys.

B) Bo is busy. He has things to do and holes to dig.
C) Bo can't wait to start planting trees.
D) Bo wants to tell her how awful she is.

B) Bo is busy. He has things to do and holes to dig.

200

What could be another name for this passage:

A) How Prairie Dogs Live
B) Prairie Dogs: The Silent Killers
C) What is the Enlightenment?
D) Prairie Dogs: Our Canine Cousins

A) How Prairie Dogs Live

200

Where do prairie dogs build their burrows?

A) In the fire swamps of Mars.

B) In the hard rocks found in mountains.
C) Underground in the prairies.
D) In the tree tops.

C) Underground in the prairies.

300

What does Bo do while waiting for his breakfast

A) His back-up plan: dig for buried bones.
B) Write poetry under the blossoms of the cherry tree.
C) His AREIs.
D) Bo does nothing. He is a robot.

A) His back-up plan: dig for buried bones.

300

The main character of this story is:

A) A space marine.
B) Two people sharing a single body.
C) A pet dog.
D) some kid with mean parents.

C) A pet dog.

300

Which animal does NOT hunt prairie dogs?

A) Snakes
B) Foxes
C) Birds
D) Alligators

D) Alligators

300

What does a prairie dog do when they sense danger?

A) They stand up, they flick their tails and bark.
B) They stand up, they get up and get down.
C) They stop, drop and roll.
D) They go one the warpath.

A) They stand up, they flick their tails and bark.

400
A backup plan is

A) A plan to make people walk backwards.
B) A plan to get lunch.
C) A plan you have if you have to go back up a mountain.
D) A plan in case the first plan fails.

D) A plan in case the first plan fails.

400

How do we know this isn't the first time Lana was angry at Bo for digging?

A) She invited him inside for breakfast.
B) She planted trees.
C) Bo found his bone.
D) She uses the word "again" when yelling about digging.

D) She uses the word "again" when yelling about digging.

400

Describe a prairie:

A) Bumpy and rocky.
B) Hot and humid.
C) Cold and barren.
D) Grassy and flat.

D) Grassy and flat.

400

What do prairie dog mothers do with grass?

A) They eat it.
B) They make beds for babies.
C) They make walls out of it.
D) They use it to make fires.

B) They make beds for babies.

500

What is Lana's plan for the day?

A) Plant trees.
B) Give seeds to the people of Spooner Street.
C) Find prairie dogs
D) Lana isn't real. She can't make plans.

A) Plant trees.

500

Why did Bo bury all those bones?

A) He wanted to trick archaeologists into thinking they were dinosaurs.
B) He wanted to chew on them later.
C) He wanted them to become dinosaur bones so he could chew on them.
D) There are no bones in this story.

B) He wanted to chew on them later.

500

What is the first room in a prairie dog burrow for?

A) It's a guard room.
B) It's a store room.
C) It's a dining room.
D) It's a listening room.

D) It's a listening room.

500

What is a prairie dog mound?

A) It is a name for a prairie dog's eyebrows.
B) It is a pile of dirt on top of a prairie dog burrow.
C) It is defensive tactic to keep predators away.
D) It is where the prairie dogs live.

B) It is a pile of dirt on top of a prairie dog burrow.

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