She doesn't want to become too attached to the dog.
100
Why does Doris speak timidly to her mother?
She fears what her mother will say.
100
What is a noun?
Names a person, place, or thing.
100
Which word best describes Mrs. LAcey?
sensible
100
What is the conflict in the story "Stray"?
Doris wants to keep the puppy but her parents won't let her.
200
How can you make a good gues about what will happen in a story?
You relate your prior knowledge to clues in the story.
200
Why does Mrs. Lacey grudgingly let Doris feed the dog the table scraps?
She resents having to give food to the dog.
200
How can you tell if a noun is proper?
It is capitalized even if it is a noun that does not begin a sentence.
200
How does Doris know that the puppy is a good dog?
It doesn't tear up things in the basement.
200
Name an event from the rising action in the story.
Doris tries to talk to her parents in to keeping the dog.
300
Use your prior knowledge about families and pets, what leads you to think that Doris's parents will not let her keep the puppy?
Many parents think that a small dog would be less trouble. This dog looks like it will grow up to be a big dog.
300
Why did the emergency workers trudge through the wreckage?
They had to go slowly through the wreckage in order to avoid injury.
300
How many nouns are in the following sentence:
On Saturday, nine days after the dog had arrived, the sun was shining.
three
300
After her father takes the puppy away, what does DOris do?
She cries herself to sleep.
300
What is the resolution in this story?
Doris's dad allows her to keep the dog because the conditions of the pound were so terrible.
400
Use your prior knowledge about strays to answer this questin.
If Doris does not take the puppy, what is least likely to happen to it?
A mother dog who had recently lost her puppy might take care of it.
400
What is a breakfast bread people enjoy eating for breakfast?
biscuit
400
Name the proper nouns in the following sentence:
In January, a puppy wandered onto the property of Mr. Amos Lacey and his wife Mamie, and their daughter, Doris.
1. January
2. Amos
3. Lacey
4. Mamie
5. Doris
400
Which event happens in the falling action, after the climax of "Stray"?
Mr. LAcey tells Doris he brought the dog back.
400
Why did our prediction that Doris would not be allowed to keep the dog turn out to be wrong?
Doris's dad saw the terrible conditions at the pound and couldn't leave the dog there.
500
At what point in the story does Mr. LAcey make the following statement?
"I don't know where it came from," he said mildly, "but I know for sure where it's going."
rising action
500
Why did Doris's parents ignore her when she spoke about how good the dog was.
They were not going to let her keep the dog.
500
How many common nouns are in the following sentence:
The snow was keeping Mr. Lacey home from his job at the warehouse.
1. snow
2. home
3. job
4. warehouse
500
What does Mrs. LAcey mean when she tells Doris to act more grown up?
She wants her to stop crying about the puppy.
500
WHat could Doris do in the future to show her father that he was right about keeping the dog?