Multiple Choice
What would Flora most likely want to do?
A. play a game
B. walk outside
C. read a comic
D. help squirrels
C. read a comic
Who you are
Identity
you know something is not allowed, but you do it anyway
defiance
you did what you were asked or expected to do
obliged
Why is the yard important to the story?
A. Flora loves being outside.
B. It is a good place to vacuum.
C. The squirrel lives in the yard.
D. Flora’s mother wants her to read outside.
C. The squirrel lives in the yard.
Made up of past events and feelings
thought is one that is deep and meaningful
profound
is ordinary and often dull
mundane
How does Flora save the squirrel?
A. She turns off the vacuum.
B. She gives CPR to the squirrel.
C. She turns the squirrel into a superhero.
D. She asks Incandesto to rescue the squirrel.
B. She gives CPR to the squirrel.
you are able to use your experience to make good decisions
wisdom
you do something by mistake or without realizing it
inadvertently
something you thought about carefully
considered
How does the squirrel change after he is freed from the vacuum?
A. He is strong and can understand what humans say.
B. He learns to swim in a vat of cleaning solution.
C. He becomes friends with a parakeet.
D. He is not understood by the world.
A. He is strong and can understand what humans say.
something you attempt to accomplish
pursuit
consume
you act as if he or she is unimportant or not as good as you are
disdain
At the end of the story, Ulysses thinks the light behind Flora’s head is setting the whole world on fire. What does the phrase setting the whole world on fire tell the reader about Ulysses?
A. He thinks Flora is beautiful.
B. He thinks the sun is too bright.
C. He now sees Flora’s hair is bright red.
D. He now sees things in a different way
D. He now sees things in a different way
someone who always expects bad things to happen
cynic
moving downwards
descended