Dinos & Fossils
When Arthur asked when he could visit Buster to see the fossil, Buster said ___
A. that he couldn't come to see it.
B. he would bring it to school on Friday.
D. he could visit on Saturday.
Mr. Ratburn's third grade students ___ before they visited the park.
A. visited the museum
B. went to the library
D. saw a film about the park
When the ranger asked Buster and Arthur if they had found anything, Buster said that they
A. had not found a thing.
B. had found fish in the stream.
D. had found some stones covered in slime.
A. had not found a thing.
Buster dreamed that when Ranger Ruth and the police officer arrived at his house,
A. they accused him of hiding a dinosaur in his room.
C. his mother said Buster was too ill to see anyone.
D. they thanked him for finding the rare fossil.
A. they accused him of hiding a dinosaur in his room.
When Mrs. Baxter asked him what he kept in the shoebox, Buster said that he kept his____.
A. School Project
B. Model Airplane
C. Camera Equipment
A. School Project
When Buster and Arthur returned the fossil to Ranger Ruth, she was
A. upset and told them to never do that again.
B. happy that they had returned it.
C. angry that they had stolen it from the park.
B. happy that they had returned it.
When Arthur offered him some food at lunchtime, Buster
A. was grateful because he was hungry.
C. was too excited to eat.
D. said he would eat in the cafeteria.
C. was too excited to eat.
When Buster asked her how long their fossil would remain on display for, Ranger Ruth said
B. it would remain on display for two years.
C. it would remain there for six months.
D. for was long as it lasted.
D. for as long as it lasted.
In his dream, Buster noticed that the dinosaur outside his window was accompanied by
B. a tyrannosaurus and a triceratops.
C. a brontosaurus and a diplodocus.
D. a pterodactyl and a brachiosaurus.
B. a tyrannosaurus and a triceratops.
Buster wore a ___ on his field trip because he said it would keep him cool.
A. silk shirt
B. straw hat
C. pith helmet
C. pith helmet
Buster told Arthur that the stone was imprinted with
A. a shell image.
B. a leaf from a tree.
C. a dinosaur footprint.
C. a dinosaur footprint.
Arthur was worried that before leaving the park, they would have to
B. empty their pockets.
C. pass through a fossil detector.
D. pass a lie detector test.
C. pass through a fossil detector.
Ranger Ruth called Buster ___ when he answered a question about fossils correctly.
A. the class genius
B. a clever student
C. a future ranger
A. the class genius
Francine told Buster that he probably didn't sleep well because he
A. was excited about his birthday party.
B. was nervous about the English test at school.
D. felt bad that he hadn't found anything at the park.
D. felt bad that he hadn't found anything at the park.
When Buster had dinner with his family, he was
A. quiet and didn't say much.
B. excited and very talkative.
C. moody and rude to everyone.
A. quiet and didn't say much.
What had Buster been doing a lot of research on recently?
A. Fossils
B. Dinosaurs
C. Butterflies
B. Dinosaurs
Where did Buster's third grade class go for their field trip?
A. They went to Mammoth Cave National Park.
B. They went to Rainbow Rock State Park.
C. They went to the Chicago Natural History Museum.
B. They went to Rainbow Rock State Park.
B. said they could take it hom.
C. gave it to their teacher.
D. put it in a box.
D. put it in a box.
When Buster was asleep, he dreamed that
B. he was famous because he found a rare fossil.
C. a dinosaur stood outside his window.
D. his teacher accused him of stealing a fossil.
C. a dinosaur stood outside his window.
When Arthur phoned, he asked Buster
A. to go fishing that weekend.
C. about their math homework.
D. if his mother knew about the fossil.
C. about their math homework.