The Open Door

Which sentence tells what happens last in “The Open Door”?  (Rl.5.3)

• The cat leaves footprints.
• The cat walks like a queen.
• The cat goes through the door.
• The cat comes to the sill of the door.

In “The Open Door” why does the author compare the cat’s footprints to seeds?  (RL.5.1)

• Both are cold.
• Both are small.
• Both are white.
• Both are quiet.

The word corridor in Line 14 means a  (RL.5.4)

• door
• rooftop
• floor
• hallway

The reader can tell this is a poem because  (RL.5.5)

• it tells a story
• it contains rhyme
• it describes a place
• it is about an animal

In the first five lines of “The Open Door,” the reader should pause after reading the word  (RL.5.5)

• sill
• lay
• floor
• lamplight

From reading “The Open Door,” the reader can conclude that  (RL.5.1)

• it just snowed.
• cats love snow.
• it is about to snow.
• queens walk in snow.

Which selection from the poem gives the most information about the cat?  (RL.5.4)

• a carpet unrolled
• like a queen who walks
• and left behind her
• the track of small feet

Read lines 5 and 6 from the poem.  (RL.5.4)

and the lamplight fell 
narrow and thin

The red words in these lines mean that

• the light from the lamp shone onto the ground.
• the lamp was narrow and thin.
• the lamp fell over and broke.
• the light from the lamp went out.

What does the line “a carpet unrolled” suggest?  (RL.5.4)

• A carpet rolled out so that the cat could walk on it.
• The lamplight showed the cat where to walk.
• The door opened so that the cat could walk in.
• A carpet of snow trailed where the cat walked.

In “The Open Door,” the black cat enters the house because  (RL.5.3)

• it lives there.
• the door is not closed.
• the floor is not too cold.
• it wants to nap on the carpet.