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From City Mouse to County Mouse

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Wonders

Question 1

1.

What is teh theme of this passage?

Once you leave home, you can never go back. 

People can learn to apprecite simple pleasures. 

Peple can change in ways that may surprise them. 

From time to time, we all need help sovling problems.  

Question 2

2.

Read this sentence from the passage.

But Louise was content with her life in teh country and declined the proposition.

The prefix pro- can mean "forward". When someone makes a propositio, he or she...

takes a step forward. 

puts an idea forward. 

moves towards the future.  

Question 3

3.

Which sentence contrasts the two settings in the passage?

When he needed entertainment, he could explore the city, where something interesting was always going on. 

Question 4

4.

Read this excerpt from the story.

Making his way to the kitchen for a late night nibble, Earl found himself staring into the hostile eyes of a large tabby cat. With a terrified squeak, Earl raced back to his hole, barely escaping the cat's hateful claws.

What does hostile mean in the excerpt above?

very big

welcoming

Question 5

5.

Read this excerpt from the passage.

"Oh, poor Earl, you look so famished," exclaimed Louise, who was waiting for him. "I can't imagine when the last time you ate was!"

What does famished mean in the excerpt above?

cheerful

very tired

confused

Question 6

6.

Which paragraph best supports the passage's theme?

paragraph 6

paragraph 8

paragraph 11

paragraph 13

Question 7

7.

Which event in the passage best develops the theme?

Earl meets a tabby cat in the townhouse. 

Louise invites Earl to stay in the country. 

Earl works all day in the garden and the fields. 

Louise and Earl watch the sun set from a hilltop. 

Question 8

8.

Which sentence from the passage best develops the theme?

"You really should live here and enjoy the comforts and excitement of the city," he would write in his emails to her. 

"Live in the country might not be as exciting as life in the city, but it's really not that bad," Louise assured him. 

"I'll always be a city mouse," he vowed to himself, "and I'll figure out a way to come back." 

Question 9

9.

Read this excerpt from the passage.

A sort of expectant quiet spread over the surrounding fields. What were he and Louise waiting for?

Which word in the excerpt helps the reader undertand what expectant means?

fields

quiet

surrounding

moves toards a deadline. 

Golden fields of wheat and corn stretched out in all directions, and the sunlight was a harsh glare.

By lunchtime, Earl was convinced that life in the country was, in fact, that bad. 

Instead of the bustle of the city, he heard nothing but the sound of the wind softly blowing through the wheat stalks. 

frightened

very unfriendly

very hungry

"I know you consider yourself a city mouse, but sometimes we have to change." 

waiting