Poppy (by Avi), Chapters 1-6

Mr. Ocax likes hunting mice the best because:

• they taste the best

• they're so afraid of him

• they're easy to catch

• there's a lot of them

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Mr. Ocax waits before going after the mice because:

• he wants to get both of them

• they're both inside the tree trunk

• he doesn't want to eat Ragweed's nut too

• he wants to hear their conversation

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Compared to Ragweed, Poppy is more:

• cautious

• courageous

• careless

• unobservant

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When Mr. Ocax catches Ragweed, Poppy... (check all correct answers)

• has her nose scratched

• faints

• is badly injured

• runs away

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After waking up, Poppy remembers:

• her childhood learning about Mr. Ocax with Ragweed

• her first time seeing Mr. Ocax with Ragweed

• what happened to Ragweed when Mr. Ocax got him

• how Ragweed came to join the mice

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Mr. Ocax supposedly protects the Dimwood forest from:

• raccoons, skunks, weasels, porcupines

• humans and their machines

• other owls and hunting birds

• wolves, cats

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According to Poppy's father, Lungwort, which animal is a particular enemy of mice?

• porcupines

• owls

• foxes

• humans

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When Lungwort is explaining their enemy to the young mice, Ragweed asks and discovers:

• Lungwort was attacked by a porcupine

• Mr. Ocax has killed many porcupines

• Lungwort has never seen a porcupine

• There are a lot of porcupines in Dimwood

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Ragweed was always:

• asking questions

• flirting with Poppy

• laughing at Lungwort

• making fun of Mr. Ocax

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Ragweed's questions show that:

• Mr. Ocax is probably lying

• Mr. Ocax is telling the truth

• Porcupines don't live around Dimwood

• Lungwort knows Mr. Ocax well

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