8.29 tek 3.8a

​Thinking steps:
Is this telling me what happened in the story?

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes a theme of the story?

• Toad sees a motor car on the road.

• It’s important to think before acting on impulses. 

• Rat and Mole travel with Toad. 

• The wagon breaks down during their trip. 

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Multiple Choice

Which statement describes a topic of the story?

• Toad sees a motor car on the road.

• It’s important to think before acting on impulses. 

• Rat and Mole travel with Toad. 

• The wagon breaks down during their trip. 

Multiple Choice

Which sentence describes a lesson Toad could learn from this story?Good friends help you make better choices.

• a. Motor cars are more fun than wagons.

• b. It's okay to ignore your friends' advice.

• c. New things are always better than old things.

• d. Good friends help you make better choices.

Multiple Choice

Part A 

What lesson can Rat and Mole learn from their experience with Toad? 

• a. It's better to travel by motor car than by wagon.

• b. Sometimes friends need help even if they don't ask for it.

• c. Police stations are the best places to solve problems.

• d. It's important to leave friends behind when they cause trouble.

Multiple Choice

Part B

What text evidence from the story supports the answer to Part A?

• a. "But what about Toad?" asked Mole. "We can't leave him here, sitting in the middle of the road by himself! It's not safe." (page 95)

• b. “Never mind him," said Rat. "I'm done with him! (page 95)

• c. Toad caught up with them and put a paw inside the elbow of each of them. (page 97)

• d. Toad went to town on the train this morning. He has ordered a large and very expensive motor car. (page 99)