Buttons and the Blue Glove

What is Buttons’ favorite thing in the whole world?

• an airplane
• a button
• a blue glove
• a bird

The story explains the sequence of events which led to Buttons flying on the airplane. What happens immediately after Buttons jumps out of the window of her house?

• Buttons chases the blue glove into the street.
• Maggie leaves her blue gloves on the kitchen table.
• The wind blows Buttons and the glove up into the air.
• Buttons lands on a wing of an airplane.

At the shelter, Buttons is not adopted for a long time because she hisses at people. What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• “Buttons was there for a very long time. People would come and go. They would peer into her cage and smile.”
• “Buttons did not want to be kidnapped again, so she would hiss at them… People would shake their heads and walk away.”
• “‘HISSSSS!’ said Buttons. Maggie didn’t seem scared. She chuckled and took off her blue gloves. ‘Poor kitty,’ she said.”
• “One day, a woman named Maggie came to the shelter. She wore a red hat and a red sweater with a cat on it. She had bright blue gloves, and she put her face right up to the bars.”

Read the following sentences: “Behind her, the house was getting smaller and smaller. All she saw was the glove. Blue glove. Must get that blue glove, Buttons thought.”
What can you infer about Buttons as she chases the glove?

• Buttons is worried about being far from home.
• Buttons is focused on the house.
• Buttons does not care about catching the glove.
• Buttons is not aware of her surroundings.

What is this passage mostly about?

• a cat that learns to fly
• a woman who adopts a stray cat
• a cat that chases a blue glove
• a woman who goes on vacation

Read the following sentences: “Buttons was there for a very long time. People would come and go. They would peer into her cage and smile.”
As used in this sentence, what does “peer” mean?

• look closely
• shout
• reach into
• take pictures

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Buttons chases the glove across the street, _______ she chases the bus to a red light.

• but
• so
• and
• then

How does Buttons come to live with Maggie?

• Maggie sees Button on the airplane and takes her home
• Maggie steals Buttons from her own
• Maggie sees Buttons at the animal shelter, and Buttons takes one of Maggie’s blue gloves.
• Buttons runs away to Maggie's house