Flora and Ulysses

What would Flora most likely want to do?

• play a game

• walk outside

• read a comic

• help squirrels

How does Flora solve Mrs. Tickham’s problem?

• by reading TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!

• by pulling the squirrel out of the vacuum

• by giving the squirrel CPR

• by turning off the vacuum

Which detail would be the most important to include in a summary of the story?

• Ulysses gets stuck in a vacuum.

• Mrs. Tickham gets a birthday present.

• Flora thinks she is a natural-born cynic.

• The Amazing Incandesto is a superhero.

At the end of the story, Ulysses thinks the light behind Flora’s head is setting the whole world on fire.

What does the phrase setting the whole world on fire tell the reader about the squirrel?

• He thinks Flora is beautiful.

• He thinks the sun is too bright.

• He now sees Flora’s hair is bright red.

• He now sees things in a different way.

Why does the author most likely choose a yard as a setting?

• so Flora is happy that the sun is shining

• so Mrs. Tickham has space to chase the vacuum

• so the character of the squirrel can be introduced

• so Flora can see what is happening from her window