Hachiko Review

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

Mrs. Spicer

Concept Review

Time and place in which a story occurs

​Setting

Craft & Structure

The struggle or problem a character faces

​Conflict

​Theme

A message about life or human nature that a story reveals

Word Study

Suffix -ly

Adding the suffix -ly to an adjective creates an adverb

These are sometimes called adverbs of manner

Conventions

Spelling

• If it ends with a consonant plus -y = change the y to i and add -es

• If it ends in -f or -fe = change the f to v and add -es or -s

Conventions

Capitalization

• The first word in a sentence

• the first word in a line of dialogue

• The pronoun I

• A proper noun

• A person's title if used as part of the name

Practice Quiz

Multiple Choice

Where does Hachiko's owner work

• The university

• The train station

• A restaurant

Multiple Choice

What genre is this story?

• nonfiction

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

Why does Hachiko's owner stop meeting him at the train station

• He gave Hachiko to someone else

• He started driving his own car to work

• He died

Multiple Choice

What do the people do for Hachiko at the end of the story?

• They adopt him

• They build a statue in his honor

• Nothing

Multiple Choice

The story says, "The dog was beautiful, but his sharp face reminded me of a wolf’s. I grabbed Mama’s kimono and stepped behind her, just in case." Why would this similarity scare the narrator?

• Wolves are dangerous

• Wolves are friendly

• Wolves are smart

Multiple Choice

Which quote from the story shows that Kentaro is Hachiko's friend?

• He had thick, cream-colored fur, small pointed ears, and a broad, bushy tail that curved up over his back. I wondered if the dog was a stray

• From that day on, I went to the train station almost every afternoon. But I no longer went to see the trains. I went to see Hachiko

• Hachiko’s bright brown eyes followed us as we walked away, but he stayed behind, waiting for Dr. Ueno.

• Papa told me that Hachiko had been taken several miles away to live with some of Dr. Ueno’s relatives

Multiple Choice

Adding -ly to a word creates an

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

• verb

Multiple Choice

Adverbs ending in -ly are sometimes called

• Angry adverbs

• Adverbs of Manner

• Adverbs of English

• Adverbs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a possible theme from the story?

• It is important to remember who your friends are

• True loyalty to another is lifelong

• If you are good to your dog, he or she will be loyal to you.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence

Multiple Choice

Stephen never once doubted his sister; he continued to stand by her side _______.

• loyally

• angrily

• seriously

Multiple Choice

The boy stared at James _____, not knowing whether to believe him.

• angrily

• seriously

• uncertainly

Multiple Choice

After the argument with her brother, Dena slammed the door _____.

• Uncertainly

• Loyally

• Angrily

Multiple Choice

The bus arrived ___ at 6:00PM.

• exactly

• completely

Multiple Choice

All donations will be ____ accepted.

• Importantly

• gratefully

Choose the correct plural form of the word

Multiple Choice

Man

• Mans

• Men

Multiple Choice

Photo

• photos

• photoes

Multiple Choice

Lunch

• lunches

• lunchs

Multiple Choice

Leaf

• leafs

• leaves

Multiple Choice

Roof

• roofs

• rooves

Multiple Choice

Baby

• babys

• babies