Quiz on Wolf Island

What is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

• to persuade the reader to hunt deer

• to inform the reader about life on an island

• to entertain the reader with a story about something that could happen in real life

• to inform the reader about wolf pups

What do the wolf pups find at the water's edge?

• A bridge to the mainland

• Their mother and father

• a canoe

• A raft made of logs

How did the parents get back to their pups?

• They same to the mainland.

• They found a bridge to the mainland.

• They swam to the raft and climbed on board.

• They ran to catch up with them.

During the first winter on the island without the wolves, why was it easy for the deer to find food?

• The deer ate bark off the trees.

• The plants were only buried under a thin layer of snow.

• It was a warm winter, and there was no snow.

• The deer also went to the mainland where there was plenty of food.

During the second winter, why were there too many wolves on the island?

• Without wolves to hunt them, the deer population rose quickly.

• The deer were protecting each other from predators.

• The deer from the mainland came to the island since there were no wolves.

• There were just the right number of deer on the island.

Why were the owls hungry in the spring?

• The owls were lazy.

• There were fewer mice for them to hunt.

• The deer had eaten them.

• The mice swam to the mainland.

What does the author mean by saying that life on the island was back in balance at the end of the story? Site information from the text to support your answer.

How did the parents get back to their pups?

• They same to the mainland.

• They found a bridge to the mainland.

• They swam to the raft and climbed on board.

• They ran to catch up with them.

During the second winter, why were there too many deer on the island?

• Without wolves to hunt them, the deer population rose quickly.

• The deer were protecting each other from predators.

• The deer from the mainland came to the island since there were no wolves.

• There were just the right number of deer on the island.

Site information from the text that explains why the wolf family was thin and hungry during their winter on the mainland?