Abuelo and the Three Bears Comprehension Test

Which of the following is the best summary of the story?

• Abuelo tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.  When he finishes, Abuela takes Emilio to his cousins' house for a family dinner.
• Emilio and Abuelo spend the day cooking.  While they work, Abuela tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.
• Abuelo and Emilio are waiting for cousins to come for a family dinner.  While they wait, Abuelo tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.
• Cousins come to Emilio's house for a family dinner. While everyone eats, Abuelo tells a story about three bears and a girl.

How are the bears in this story like real bears?

• They live in a house.
• They talk to each other with words.
• They eat when they get hungry.
• They have chairs and beds.

Where are Abuelo and Emilio at the beginning of the story?

• At the bears' house
• At Trencitas's house
• In the woods
• At Emilio's house

The reader can tell that Abuelo's story reminds Emilio of ______

• Hansel and Gretel
• Bears at the Zoo
• The Three Bears Visit America
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears

What does Trencitas do first at the bears' house?

• She eats beans
• She sits in a chair
• She falls asleep
• She reads a book

At the end of this story, Trencitas ______.

• asks Abuelo to tell her a story
• invites the bears to her home for a meal
• tells Emilio a story about bears
• is afraid of the bears and runs away

Read this sentence from the story.  "Your cousins will arrive soon,"  Abuelo said.  What does the word arrive mean?

• fall alseep
• go away
• get here
• prepare food

Trencitas followed her nose to the three bowls of beans.  What does the idiom "followed her nose" mean?

• held her nose to keep out a bad smell
• walked along in back of her nose
• smelled many different things
• used her sense of smell to find where a smell was coming from

The bed was so cozy that Trencitas soon fell asleep.  What does the word cozy mean?

• Rough and itchy
• Warm and comfortable
• Cold and bumpy
• Large and heavy

How do we know that this story is fiction?

• It had bears in it.
• There was no Goldilocks character.
• Bears talked and cooked a family dinner.
• The girl went into a house when she wasn't invited.