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Reading Comprehension

"The Girl Who Owned a Bear"

Multiple Choice

Why did the author include the section in italics at the end of the story?

• To enhance the plot

• to convey the setting

• to serve as the moral

• to add additional conflict

Multiple Choice

According to the author, what characteristic does Jane Gladys possess that saves her?

• She is courageous

• She is quick-witted

• She is considerate

• She is humorous

Fill in the Blank

What was the author’s purpose in writing this story? What clues from the text helped you determine this?

Multiple Choice

Why are the clown, monkey, donkey, and leopard all in a bad mood?

• They were unhappy with the way the artist has drawn them.

• They were stuck in a book

• They ate bad food

• They wanted to be different animals in the story.

Multiple Select

What words does the author use to create a threatening tone when describing the bear?

• Fierce

• funny

• enormous

• silly

• wicked

Multiple Choice

Read the lines from the story.

“The fault lies with yourselves,” said Jane Gladys, severely. “Why didn’t you stay in the book, where you were put?”

What tone is conveyed with these words?

• sternness

• sadness

• curiosity

• worry

Fill in the Blank

Jane Gladys couldn’t help but __________ at the sight of the silly looking animals.

Multiple Choice

The bear stood up and balanced himself on his rear legs. He advanced slowly toward Jane Gladys. But before the grizzly reached her, the child had a sudden thought, and cried out:

• “Why, my name’s on the front page. I own the book, and you all belong inside of it. So you must go back there!”

• “Then, of course, I can’t eat you,”

• “Stop! You must not eat me. It would be wrong.”

• “The artist wasn’t expected to make the back view of me, for that was against the page of the book.”

Fill in the Blank

There was a swish and a whirr and a rustling of leaves, and an instant later the book lay upon the floor, looking just like any other book, and Jane Gladys’s strange companions had ________.