Polar Express

3.RL.5   What was the little boy listening for?

• The sound of a train
• The sound of reindeer
• The ringing bells of santa's sleigh

3.RI.4 The pointed top of a mountain...

• peak
• top
• receive

What were the children served on the train?

• pizza
• hot cocoa
• chocolate bars

Where were all the elves, when they train arrived at the north pole?

• in the factories
• on the train
• gathering at the center of the city

Where was the train when the children saw wolves out of the window?

• cold, dark forests
• shiny cities
• the north pole

What did the little boy see out of his bedroom window?

• A train wrapped in an apron of steam
• Santa's sleigh with eight tiny reindeer
• A pack of wild wolves

What was Santa's tradition before he began his journey?

• to load the sleigh with the elves
• to give the first gift of Christmas to one of the children on the train
• to drink hot cocoa with the children

What did the boy ask for?

• a bell from the reindeer's harness
• a football
• a Christmas ornament

3.RL.5/6 Who is the narrator of this story? 

• The train conductor
• a boy
• an elf

3.RL.5  In the beginning of the story, the train pulled up at the little boy's home.  Where did the conductor say the train was going?

• To the Polar Express
• To the North Pole
• To the mountains