The Field Guide Chapters 1-3

1. Lucinda's house looked like ________________.
a) an expensive hotel
b) a dozen shacks had been piled on top on one another
c) a Native American pueblo
d) the White House in Washington, D.C.

2. Jared said Lucinda was a nuthouse because _______.
a) she talked to the cuckoo clock who she thought was her dead father
b) she stabbed a man with her sword thinking she was a knight
c) she kept telling the same stories over and over again and again
d) she thought little men brought her food

3. Simon had pet _____________.
a) cats
b) mice
c) rabbits
d) alligators

4. While pulling out the objects in the hole in the wall, Mallory found her fencing medal. Jared liked the __________ he found and saved them.
a) army men
b) pencils
c) shark teeth
d) eyeglasses

5. The dumbwaiter led to __________.
a) a bedroom
b) the roof of the house
c) a bathroom
d) a library

6. Read the poem Jared found.

In a man's torso you will find
My secret to all mankind
If false and true can be the same
You will soon know of my fame
Up and up and up again
Good luck dear friend

What is true about the rhyming pattern?
a) Every other line rhymes.
b) The lines rhyme in pairs of two.
c) The poem is written without rhyme.
d) There is no rhyming pattern.

7. What message did Jared see in the dust in the library?
a) Go home.
b) Watch your back.
c) I will find you.
d) Get out of here.

8. Which statement from The Field Guide is an opinion?
a) What if we need to go to the bathroom?
b) There was a creak from inside the wall.
c) No one seemed to think that something in the walls was anything to worry about, so Jared didn't say anything more about it.
d) Outside, Mallory had stacked two suitcases on the top of a steamer trunk.



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