The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog...

Read the sentence and identify the meaning of the underlined word.

But what enthralled the women of the house most was a mirror set in a wooden frame.

• extended

• fascinated

• comforted

• consoled

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the sentence and choose the meaning of the underlined word.

Jan Skiba too caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and grew displeased by his thick lips and his teeth, which protruded like a buck's.

• stuck out

• make less

• suffered

• agonized

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What problems does the mirror cause?

• It made the family very happy.

• It made the family to not care about their appearances.

• It lead the members of the family to feel uncomfortable with their appearance.

• It made the cat and the dog very comfortable with each other.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Choose an antonym for the word vanity.

• conceitedness

• self absorbed

• modesty

• arrogance

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a synonym for anguish?

• agony

• happiness

• joy

• unpainful

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the main conflict in the story?

• The cat and the dog started to fight.

• John Skiba hated the man who sold him the mirror.

• The mirror causes the conflict between the family's images and their feelings about themselves.

• The girls wanted to find a suitor to get married.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In what ways does the mirror change the Skibas' opinion of themselves.

• They started to like themselves.

• They hated the cat and the dog.

• They stopped looking for suitors.

• They become aware of defects in their appearance, and they become unhappy.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How does the story turn out?

• Jan Skiba returned the mirror to the peddler, and the characters stop worrying about their appearance.

• The girls were able to get married.

• The cat and the dog never got over the conflict.

• The Skibas had to move to another village.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Identify the complex sentence.

• The cat and the dog hated each other.

• When Jan Skiba saw his reflection in the mirror, he decided the mirror wasn't what the family needed.

• The cat thought she was a dog, and the dog thought he was a cat.

• Before they had the mirror, they had only seen their reflections in the water, and they liked themselves very much.

Identify the compound sentence.

• The cat loved the dog.

• The cat thought she was a dog, and the cat thought she was a cat.

• Although the girls were not quite pretty, they were able to find suitors.

• After they saw themselves in the mirror, they realized they were not pretty, and they started to noticed all their imperfections.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A