Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Comprehension
Comprehension
100

I hope I do not ___ you.

A. disappoint

B. forcibly

C. information

D. details

disappoint

100

The farmer had to ____ put the pig in its pen.

A. details

B. information

C. disappoint

D. forcibly

forcibly 

100

"Dear Mr. Blueberry" has many _____. 

A. letters

B. poems

C. plays

D. joes

letters


100

How does Emily feel when Arthur jumps up and spurts water?

A. scared

B. happy

C. surprised

D. nervous

happy

100

How does Mr. Blueberry try to make Emily feel better after Arthur leaves?

A. He says that she can help whales when she gets older. 

B. He tells her that Arthur isn't real anyways.

C. He offers to help her find Arthur.

D. He tells her that Arthur will probably come back.

He says that she can help whales when she gets older.


200

Many different fish live in the _____. 

A. details

B. stroke

C. meadows

D. oceans

oceans

200

You know Emily lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts because _____. 

A. she tells Mr. Blueberry where she lives

B. Mr. Blueberry likes Nantucket

C. all whales live near Nantucket

D. of the postmarks on her letters

of the postmarks on her letters

200

When does Arthur let Emily stroke his head?

A. when she takes him breakfast

B. after she names him Arthur

C. the day she puts salt in the pond

D. after she reads Mr. Blueberry's letter to him

after she reads Mr. Blueberry's letter to him

200

Why is Emily sure that the whale at the beach is Arthur?

A. He smiles at her.

B. He eats a sandwich.

C. She strokes his head.

D. He waves good-bye.

She strokes his head

300

I can find a lot of _____ about birds in this book. 

A. disappoint

B. oceans

C. information

D. vacation

information

300

Who is Mr. Blueberry?

A. a friend

B. an uncle

C. a neighbor

D. a teacher

a teacher

300

When Mr. Blueberry writes that "whales are migratory," he means whales _____. 

A. stay in one place

B. cannot travel far

C. travel very far everyday

D. travel every once in a while

travel very far everyday

300

Name two things that Emily feeds Arthur. 

Cornflakes and bread
400

The author added many _____ to the story.

A. details

B. disappoint

C. information

D. stroke

details

400

What is the first thing that Emily does to help her whale?

A. She feeds him breakfast.

B. She puts salt in the pond.

C. She strokes his head.

D. She tries to make her pond bigger.

She puts salt in the pond. 

400

Mr. Blueberry knows a lot about ____. 

A. whales

B. ponds

C. Emily's pond

D. Emily's parents

whales

400

List two facts about blue whales that are in the story. 

1. They are blue.

2. They eat shrimplike creatures.

3. They live in salt water.

500

My cat likes it when you _____ his back. 

A. stroke

B. details

C. disappoint

D. forcibly

stroke

500

What is Mr. Blueberry's second reason Arthur cannot be a whale?

A. Whales never get lost.

B. Whales do not go near people.

C. Whales are too big for ponds.

D. Whales nevber leave oceans.

Whales never get lost.

500

Emily thinks that Arthur left the pond because ____. 

A. the water was too hot

B. he was hungry

C. Mr. Blueberry took him away

D. Mr. Blueberry's letter made him migrate

Mr. Blueberry's letter made him migrate