Vocabulary
Montigue's adventures
Comprehension
Sequence
Thinking Questions
100
Fill in the correct vocabulary word: The boat (drifted, launched) in the ocean.
drifted
100
What was Montigues first adventure when he was drifting in the sea?
The humpback whale threw him in the air
100
Why does Montigue leave his home in the beginning of the story?
It gets flooded
100
What happens first: Montigue is eaten by the fish or Montigue is thrown by the humpback whale?
Thrown by the whale
100
How do you think that Montigue feels about being elected captain?
Proud
200
What vocabulary word means a group of ships?
fleet
200
How did Montigue land on the deck of a ship?
The fish who had eaten him got caught.
200
Would this be more like a fantasy or a fairy tale?
Fantasy.
200
Tell me 2 events that happen in order
200
Why is Montigue tired when he finds the bottle in the beginning of the story?
He had been swimming for a long time
300
Without words, show me "cozy".
300
What started Montigue's adventures?
His home flooded
300
What was the mice's and Montigue's boats made out of?
bottles, cloth, silverware
300
List these 3 events in order: Montigue is elected captain by the mice, Montigue and the mice set sail, Montigue and the mice come up with the idea.
Mice come up with the idea, they set sail, Montigue becomes the captain
300
Montigue scuttled into a hole. What does the word "scuttled" mean?
hurried, scrambled
400
What does the word "realized" mean?
understand
400
How do the mice use Montigue's adventure stories to help them?
They make a fleet of boats and sail away from the ship
400
What is the cat's name?
Barnacles
400
What happens first: Montigue is elected captain or one of the mice shout "LAND HO!"
Montigue is elected captain.
400
Why do the mice think that Montigue is a "funny-looking mouse"?
He is not a mouse, he is a mole
500
Tell me a sentence using the word "looming"
500
What do the mice do after Montigue tells them about his adventures?
They elect him their leader
500
What are the mice the most afraid of?
Barnicles the cat
500
List any 4 events from the story in order.
500
How is Montigue's home at the end of the story the same as in the beginning? How is it different?
Same: cool in the afternoons, warm in the evenings Different: he has mice neighbors
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