Rascal Practice Test

Who found Rascal?

• Sterling's dad found him pawing at the front door.

• Oscar found the nest of raccoon kits while looking for a bee tree.

• Wowser pointed to his nest when he and Sterling were in the woods.

• Poe the Crow discovered the nest in the belfry.

Sterling fed Rascal with a/an _______when he first got him.

• a doll's baby bottle

• eye dropper

• a saucer of milk

• a straw

What did Poe-the-Crow steal from Rascal?

• an engagement ring

• a penny

• a glass marble

• a broken watch

What kind of bird did Sterling's father take him to hear?

• a robin

• an osprey

• a nightingale

• a whippoorwill

Sterling's father told him he was in for trouble because he________.

• fed Rascal an ear of sweet corn

• has too many pets

• let Rascal get used to sleeping with him

• had seen Rascal open his pen

Why did Sterling's father take the two week trip to northern Wisconsin?

• He was trying to make Sterling forget his problems.

• He was looking for property to buy.

• He had to testify in a trial.

• He was doing research on his book on Indians.

How did Sterling get the money to buy materials for Rascal's cage?

• He sold vegetables from his garden.

• Theo lent him the money.

• He used all of his allowance.

• The neighbors donated all the building materials.

Rascal bit Slammy because Slammy____

• stepped on his tail

• snapped him with a rubber band

• pretended to pet him, but actually pinches him hard

• snatched the crayfish away from him

What did Sterling's father give him on his 12th birthday?

• a typewriter

• his watch

• ice skates

• a fly rod for fishing

What profession did Aunt Lillie suggest Sterling choose?

• a doctor

• a vet

• a writer

• a teacher