Nora's Ark Comprehension

What is the best theme/author's message of the story?

• It is important to help your neighbors in difficult times.

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Be kind to everyone.

• Be a good friend.

Why does Grandpa say, "Nora, I thought I was building you a house, but I see it was really an ark"?

• Nora should not have let all those animals in.

• All the animals and people found shelter there like they would on a boat.

• Nora took care of everyone.

• Nora and Wren rescued Grandpa.

What was true about Grandma and Grandpa's life in Vermont?

• They did not have much money, but there was always plenty to eat.

• Their jobs caused them to travel around the state frequently.

• They wanted to move because their fields flooded every year.

• They had one of the biggest, most successful farms in the state.

What did Grandma say about the new house that Grandpa built on the hill?

• "Why, it's the biggest home I've ever seen."

• "It's not worth the time nor money."

• "That new house is just gravy."

• "Forty long years have I been waiting for such a house."

When it began to rain, how did Grandma spend the morning?

• singing about rain showers

• canning summer vegetables

• baking loaves of bread

• scrubbing the kitchen floor

What did the Guthrie boys bring in burlap bags?

• turkeys

• ducks

• piegons

• chickens

Wren was astonished when Grandma ---.

• used thee front door as a raft

• opened the door and led Major in

• let Wren go with Grandpa to help with the heifers

• was able to make enough soup for everyone

Why did Mrs. Lafleur and her daughter come to Grandma and Wren?

• Their house had washed away.

• They were looking for their horse.

• They needed to borrow Grandma's rowboat.

• Mrs. Lafleur wanted help looking for her husband in the flood.

What happened when Wren was sneaking out to look for Grandpa?

• She saw Grandma getting into the rowboat.

• She found that the rowboat had floated away.

• She saw Peter Ferguson and asked him for help.

• She tripped on the stairs and woke up Grandma.

While everyone in the house was huddled together, Mrs.. Guthrie told how ---.

• her aunt had written the song "America the Beautiful"

• her grandfather had fought at Gettysburg

• her mother had worked for President Coolidge in the White House

• she had survived a similar flood 10 years earlier