Just Plain Fancy Reading Test

What is Naomi's Job?

• feeding Kaleb's horses

• helping Ruth cook dinner

• Caring for the chickens

• mending the clothes

Naomi and Ruth find the unusual egg....

• in the pigsty behind the henhouse

• in the tall grass by the driveway

• in the hen house under the hay

• under Henny

Why does Ruth scold Naomi at the beginning of the story?

• she hadn't fed the horses

• she was complaining about their lunch

• she talked back to Martha

• she was complaining about everything being plain

Why do the girls name the chick "Fancy"?

• Mama said that she liked that name and reminder her of back home

• It was bigger than the other peacocks

• It was different and prettier than the other chicks

• They named it after the Amish people

What were the girls worried about during the frolic?

• They were worried that they may have to cook.

• The didn't remember how to make the lemonade.

• They were worried that Fancy may be seen and shunned by the elders.

• They didn't know which hat to wear.

Why does Naomi think that it is her fault that Fancy looks fancy?

• She had made a bet with her sister that the chick would be.

• Her sister blamed her.

• She had wished for something fancy.

• She had been complaining.

Why doesn't the elder, Martha, shun Fancy?

• She thought Fancy was too young and it wasn't her fault she looked that way

• She was in a hurry to finish her supper and didn't have time to shun her

• This was one of God's most beautiful creatures and was created that way. It was nobody's fault.

• She is mean

What does Fancy do that amazes everyone at the frolic?

• Fancy hatches an egg

• Fancy goes against the Amish ways

• he chases the cars

• he ruffles his feathers and spreads out his tail

Which event happened first in the story?

• Fancy ruffled his feathers for guest at the frolic.

• Ruth asked Sarai put the egg in Henny's nest.

• Ruth gets her white hat.

• The girls worry about the elders shunning Fancy.

At the frolic, Ruth and Naomi helped serve the food, pour the lemonade, and thread the _______ for the women. (Page 257)

• needles

• lemonade

• stables