A Cow Called Boy-Chapter 5- Boy is for Sale

1. Which of the following is not a detail that describes Josh's house/home?

• thatched roof

• enormous

• rustic

2. How did Mrs Mahon know the time of day?

• She looked at the sun.

• Mrs. Mahon used a watch.

• She looked at her cellphone.

3. Why couldnt Mrs. Mahon understand the note that Mr. Redmond wrote?

• It was written too small.

• He wrote it in pencil.

• It was written quickly and with poor handwriting.

4. '...like a funeral procession..." What figure of speech is being used in this statement?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

5. "...like a funeral procession..." What does this line mean?

• To have many people

• quick and scary

• sad and slow

6. What does Josh mean by "chicken-hearted"?

• brave and strong

• weak and coward

• shy and foolish

7. What does Mrs. Mahon mean by," cock- and-bull story"?

• a truthful story

• a deceptive story or lies

• a story about the bull calf

8. " She tepped Bram! Bram! -like a man" is an example of a______.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

9. What are spectacles?

• galoshes or waterboots

• forks

• eyes glasses

10. Why did Mrs. Mahon decide to sell Boy?

• He had gotten her in trouble.

• She didnt like Boy anymore.

• She wanted to punish Josh.