Amos and Boris

Ask and Answer Questions

​Amos and Boris by William Steig

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What do you know about asking and answering questions when you read?

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What are some questions we can ask before we read?

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Multiple Choice

Which question can be answered by this section?

• Why did Amos build a boat?

• Did Amos love the ocean?

• Where does Amos live?

• What did Amos load onto the boat?

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How did Amos feel about his trip at this point?

• happy

• sad

• Amos thought it was the worse trip ever!

• Amos was enjoying his trip.

• Amos was ready to go home and see his friends!

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Which two details from the story best support your answer to the last question?

(Amos was enjoying his trip.)

• The Rodent, for that was the boat's name, proved to be well made and very well suited to the sea.

• And Amos, after a miserable day of seasickness, proved to be a natural sailor, very well suited to the ship.

• He was enjoying the trip immesely.

• It was beautiful weather.

• Day and night he moved up and down, up and down, on waves as big as mountians, and he was full of wonder, full of entertainment, and full of love for life.

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What is the problem?

• Amos was seasick.

• Amos fell off his boat.

• Amos doesn't know how to build a boat.

• Amos doesn't have any friends.

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How did Amos's problem get worse in this section?

• He got seasick.

• He fell off the boat.

• He can't swim.

• It began to rain.

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Who showed up to help Amos?

• Amos

• Boris

• 911

• the Coast Guard

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Where was Boris going?

• home

• on vacation

• to the Ivory Coast of Africa

• to the ocean

• Southeast

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How do Amos and Boris feel about one another?

• good

• bad

• They care about each other as friends.

• They want to get away from each other.

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Choose the detail from the text that best supports the statement that Amos and Boris care about each other as friends.

• The became the closest possilbe friends.

• They told each other about their lives.

• They shared their deepest secrets with each other.

• The whale was very curious about life on land and was sorry that he could never experience it.

• Amos was fascinated by the whale's accounts of what went on deep under the sea.

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Which question can be answered by this section?

• Where does Amos live?

• Where does Boris live?

• Are Amos and Boris friends or do they not like one another?

• Where did Boris go after he dropped off Amos?

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the hurricane that came?

• Hurricane Yetta

• Hurricane Michael

• Hurricane Yovanya

• Hurricane Christy

Multiple Choice

What is Boris's problem in this section?

• He lost his boat.

• He washed up on shore.

• He doesn't have any friends.

• Amos won't help him.

Multiple Choice

Which would be a good question to ask after reading this section?

• Where does Amos live?

• Where does Boris live?

• What was the name of the storm that washed Boris up on the shore?

• Where is Amos?

• How will Amos help Boris?

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Ask a question about this part of the story.

Reorder

Put the events in order.

• Amos builds a boat and starts sailing.

• Amos falls off his boat.

• Boris rescues Amos.

• Boris drops Amos off at his home shore.

• Boris washes up on the shore, and Amos gets to elephants to help push him back into the ocean.

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