Stone Fox Chapter 1

1. Little Willy's grandfather ____________ for a living.
a) raised potatoes
b) hunted game
c) fished
d) was a park ranger

2. What joke did Grandfather play on little Willy?

a) Grandfather put glue on Willy's chair.
b) Grandfather put honey in the shampoo bottle.
c) Grandfather pretended to be a scarecrow.
d) Grandfather changed the clock in the house while Willy was asleep.

3. Tell what happened to little Willy's breakfast one morning when he didn't get up.

a) The biscuits got too hard to eat.
b) Grandfather threw the oatmeal in the trash.
c) Grandfather gave the food to the chickens.
d) The eggs got too cold to eat.

4. Searchlight is _______________.
a) Willy's dog
b) the pig
c) Grandfather's cow
d) the neighbor's cat

5. Why did Doc Smith not pay any attention to little Willy at first when little Willy said, "Grandfather won't answer me."?
a) Doc Smith was too busy playing with her dog.
b) Doc Smith didn't hear Willy.
c) Doc Smith was too busy working with another patient.
d) Doc Smith knew that Grandfather was always playing tricks.

6. Doc Smith finally believed that something was wrong with Grandfather ______________.
a) when Willy said Grandfather wasn't breathing correctly
b) when Willy told Doc Smith that Grandfather had hit his head
c) when Willy said he had a bad feeling about Grandfather
d) when Grandfather had not played music like he usually did

7. What was wrong with Grandfather?
a) Grandfather had the flu.
b) Grandfather had the measles.
c) Grandfather lost the will to live.
d) Grandfather had heart failure.

8. 4.1.3 & 5.1.1
Doc Smith said that Grandfather was healthy. The root word of healthy is health. Therefore, healthy most likely means _____________.
a) nutritious
b) sick
c) a large portion
d) being well in body

9. 4.1.18 or 5.1.7
Which question does Chapter 1 answer?
a) What is wrong with Grandfather?
b) Where does little Willy go to get help when something is wrong with Grandfather?
c) Which songs did Grandfather like to play on his harmonica?
d) What was Doc Smith reading when little Willy came to get help?

10. 4.1.22 or 5.1.14
Read these lines from Stone Fox.

Medically, he's as healthy as an ox. Could live to be a hundred if he wanted to.

These sentences suggest that ______________.
a) A cure will be found to save Grandfather.
b) Grandfather will get well soon.
c) Grandfather doesn't want to live.
d) Grandfather is very sick.



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1. (a)
2. (c)
3. (c)
4. (a)
5. (d)
6. (d)
7. (c)
8. (d)
9. (b)
10. (c)