Checking Your Reading
Vocabulary
Reader's Toolbox
Characters
Guided Reading
100
Where is the author living when he acquires Caesar?
a small cottage
100
Sarah scolded her little sisters for making a ___________ while she was on the phone.
commotion
100
___________ is the perspective from which a story is told?
Point of view
100
Is afraid of Halloween
Caesar
100
What is being given away in a newspaper ad?
Caesar
200
Why does the author call the vet three days after Caesar copmes to live with them?
He's not eating
200
Although known as an __________ breed, Doberman Pinschers make loyal affectionate pets.
aggressive
200
When an author uses words such as I and we, he or she is using ______________.
first-person point of view
200
Offers Caesar a hot dog at the picnic
little girl
200
What is the author afraid will happen to Caesar when he first comes to live with them?
He'll starve
300
What is Caesar's favorite food?
hot dogs
300
Charlotte read Gone With the Wind so many times that the pages were _________ worn out.
virtually
300
Sometimes the author uses _____________, meaning he or she exaggerates to help make a point.
hyperbole
300
Lives in a small cottage in the Colorado mountains
the narrator
300
What does a little girl give the narrator after the picnic?
A drawing of Caesar
400
What behavior of Caesar's surprised the narrator at the picnic?
Caesar takes food gently from all of the children at the picnic.
400
After reaching the pasture, the riders let the horses ___________ to the barn.
lope
400
When an author uses words such as he and they, he or she is using ____________________.
third-person point of view
400
Often goes to sleep on Caesar's back
Arnie (the cat)
400
What does Caesar do during the baseball game?
Sits in the outield ans gets the ball the players miss
500
What special reminder of Caesar does the narrator still have? (someone gave it to him at the picnic)
drawing a little girl made of Caesar
500
Stephen King is a __________ author who has been able to write a new novel almost every year of his career.
prolific
500
Give one example of hyperbole used in the story.
answers may vary
500
Tells the author that it's wrong to chase cats
The woman at the cafe
500
What tone is used in this story?
humorous
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