Tiger Rising Comprehension Check

What did Rob find in a cage next to the gas station?

• a gorilla

• a tiger

• a wild pig

• a huge bird

Why did Sistine start crying when Rob wouldn't let her set the tiger free?

• She identified with the tiger, feeling that she was trapped in a cage
• She was mad at Rob
•  She missed her Dad
• She doesn't want the tiger to go

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Sistine recite at the tiger's funeral?

• A poem
• A story 
• A riddle
• A letter

What was a positive outcome to Rob's dad shooting the tiger? 

• Mr. Beauchamp wasn't going to be angry
• The tiger couldn't hurt anyone
• Rob was able to finally tell his father how he feels about his mother being gone and they could talk and cry together
• Sistine would not be leaving Lister, FL

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does Sistine always say when she gets sad, frustrated or doesn't get her way? 

• She mocks them
• She makes an argument for why her way is better
• She calls them ignorant
• She can't wait until her father comes to get her and that he'll set the tiger free

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

When Rob and Sistine first told Willie May about the tiger, what was her reaction?

• Shocked
• She already knew
• She didn't believe them
• She laughed

Why doesn't Willie May have to dream of Cricket anymore?

• Cricket came back
• She finally got to say goodbye
• Now she had Rob's carving of her Cricket
• She has a new bird

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Rob carve?

• Beauchamp
• Willie May's bird Cricket
• His mother Caroline
• Ida Belle

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

How did Rob and his father's relationship change?

• Rob's dad left him with Sistine and her mom
• Rob and his dad stopped talking to each other
• Rob and his dad started to talk again
• Rob's mom came back

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

^{"And he marveled, too, at how different he felt inside, how much lighter, as if he had set something heavy down and walked away from it, without bothering to look back."
What heavy thing did Rob put down?}

• The tiger
• His friendship with Sistine
• His carving of Cricket
• His not-thought suitcase

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4