Plot, Character, Foreshadowing, & "Lob's Girl"

1. What does the following passage from “Lob’s Girl” foreshadow?
_{The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.}

• A. Lob will travel many miles to find Sandy.
• B. An accident will happen on the hill.
• C. Lob will hike up the hill with Sandy.
• D. A person on a bike will be hurt.

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4. In “Lob’s Girl,” the hospital officials let Granny Pearce bring Lob to Sandy’s bed even though it is against the rules. Why do they let this happen?

• A. They think Sandy is likely to die.
• B. They feel sorry for Lob.
• C. They think Lob is very smart.
• D. They are afraid of Granny Pearce.

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3. In “Lob’s Girl,” how does Lob die?

• A. He drowns at sea.
• B. He dies of old age.
• C. He gets hit by a truck.
• D. No one knows.

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5. Which word best describes Lob in “Lob’s Girl”?

• A. brave
• B. old
• C. happy
• D. loyal

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2. In “Lob’s Girl,” why does Lob want to stay with the Pengelly family?

• A. He feels a connection to Sandy.
• B. The Pengellys feed him fish.
• C. He likes living near the sea.
• D. Mr. Dodsworth is cruel to him.

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13. What does the word melancholy mean in this passage from “Lob’s Girl”?
_{Then she saw the train slide away out of sight around the next headland, with a melancholy wail that sounded like Lob’s last good-bye.}

• A. loud
• B. excited
• C. scary
• D. sad

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14. What does decisively mean in this passage from “Lob’s Girl”?
Some people choose their dogs, and some dogs choose their people. The Pengelly family had no say in the choosing of Lob; he came to them in the second way, and very decisively.

• A. quietly
• B. with determination
• C. with hesitation
• D. gracefully

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Which line of text evidence hints at "who" the dog at the hospital really is?

• he looked so wet and beseeching and desperate 
• Every now and then he shook his head, as if to dislodge something heavy that was tied around his neck 
• Lob followed close to her skirts 
• Sandy moved her left arm—the one that was not broken—from below the covers and let her hand dangle down 

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Which of the following is NOT evidence of Lob's true character/personality?

• “that dog has walked the length of England—twice—to be with that girl?" 
• y that afternoon it became noticeable that a dog seemed to have taken up position outside the hospital, with the fixed intention of getting in. 
• But it was Lob, who, finding the front door shut, had gone around to the back and bounced in through the open kitchen window 
• Lob’s owner scolded him and thanked Mr. Pengelly for bringing him back. 

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Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing?

• the girl was lying in a queerly crumpled heap, and he guessed she had a number of bones broken and that it would be highly dangerous to move her.  
• The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1⁄2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS. 
• Some people choose their dogs, and some dogs choose their people. 
• One evening in October all the summer visitors had left, and the little fishing town looked empty and secretive. It was a wet, windy dusk.  

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