The Day Larry Disappeared & Ballad of a House-bred Huntress

Use "The Day Larry Disappeared" to answer the question:

What is the best summary of the story?

• Larry, an orange street cat, finds a new home. Another cat lives with the family. Larry gets lost, but finally returns.

• Larry gets lost. His owner is worried but finally relieved when she brings him home in a cat carrier.

• A cat is surprised to find that she is worried when Larry, another cat in her family, is lost. She is happy when Larry returns, but pretends that she doesn't care.

• A cat named Larry gets lost. His family begins to worry. At the end, Larry returns, and everyone is happy.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Use "The Day Larry Disappeared" to answer the question:When the narrator says that Larry in not the sharpest knife in the drawer, she means that-- (a)  

• her family keeps dull knives
• Larry is not very smart
• Larry is loved and missed
• Larry likes drawers

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Use "The Day Larry Disappeared" to answer the question:The problem in this story is solved when Larry's owners-- (a)  

• brings him home in a carrier
• pretends to be worried
• walks out of the room
• adopts a new cat

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Use "The Day Larry Disappeared" to answer the question:

The narrator reminds the reader of Larry's meow to show that--

• Larry is tough street cat who knows how to take care of himself

• she finds Larry annoying

• Larry is clumsy and frequently falls out of trees

• everyone in the family was happy that Larry was lost

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Use "Ballad of a House-bred Huntress" to answer the question.The action in the poem takes place-- (a)  

• in the jungle
• inside the cat's house
• in the yard
• on a windowsill

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Use "Ballad of a House-bred Huntress" to answer the question.

The poet compares a house cat's life to--

• a housecat's imagination

• dancing leaves and jungle brush

• a little sparrow

• the lives of wild cats, like tigers, lions and lynx

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Use "Ballad of a House-bred Huntress" to answer the question.The poet uses cat food, a pink collar, and a windowsill as symbols of -- (a)  

• a house cat's easy life
• life and death
• a wild cat's hunting skill
• childhood

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Use "Ballad of a House-bred Huntress" to answer the question.

The title of the poem calls this Ballad of the House-bred Huntress. Which line from the poem repeats this idea?

• As Kitty's tummy rumbled, Sparrow flew away

• These thoughts were racing now, in Kitty's feline mind

• Her whiskers twitched just then, at the very thought

• House cats sing a different song than their wild kin

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Use "Ballad of a House-bred Huntress" to answer the question.

Read lines 26 and 27 from the poem.

"Neither tigress nor a lynx, I's just as well turn back

To my life of bitter litter, wet food every day"

From these lines, the reader can tell that Kitty feels--

• pleased that she doesn't have to hunt for her food

• disappointed with her domestic, comfortable life

• sad for wild animals that do not have an easy life

• determined to lose weight

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Use: "The Day Larry Disappeared" to answer the question.

This story is narrated by--​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• a cat who lives with Larry
• a narrator that describes the family
• a child who has a lost cat
• Larry, a cat who gets lost

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4