Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the story?
Elspeth and Merry are picking berries
Merry and Elspeth's mother is allergic to cats
Merry and Elspeth's father says that all animals are good animals
a cockroad crawls down the back of the father's shirt
How does paragraph 10 show a change in the story?
It emphasizes the different way the mother and the father view animals
It shows Sammy the snake growing and becoming scarier
It describes the types of animals that merry and Elspeth see
It lists all the different types of poisonous snakes in the area
What does the first illustration of this passage best show?
the mother running away from a cat
Sammy's handshake around the father's fingers
Elspeth and Merry's fear of Sammy
the weather that summer in the garden