Edward Tulane ch. 3-4

What is the Queen Mary?

• a. The queen of England.

• b. A large ship, like a cruise ship.

• c. A very small boat.

• d. A city in England.

Read the following sentence.

He found the talk around the dinner table excruciatingly dull; in fact, he made a point of not listening if he could help it.

What does the word excruciatingly mean?

• a. helpful

• b. sincere

• c. bearable

• d. dreadfully

The author uses the sentence:

She was looking at him in the way a hawk hanging lazily in the air might study a mouse on the ground .

Which character in the story is the author referring to?

• a. Pellegrina

• b. Abilene

• C. Edward

• d. Abilene’s mother

Who does Abilene ask to tell her a story at night? a

• . Edward

• b. Abilene’s mother

• c. Abilene’s father

• d. Pellegrina

When Pellegrina was telling the story of the Princess, who was she referring to?

• a. A make-believe princess

• b. Abilene

• c. Edward

• d. herself

What animal did Pellegrina say the princess turned into in her story?

• a. a dog

• b. a frog

• c. a warthog

• d. a butterfly

Read the following sentences from chapter 4.

“The end?” said Abilene indignantly. “Yes,” said Pellegrina, “the end.” “But it can’t be?” “Why can’t it be?” “Because it came too quickly. Because no one is living happily ever after, that’s why”

What does the word indignantly mean?

• a. sharply

• b. gently

• c. nicely

• d. quietly

Where does Pellegrina put Edward to sleep?

• a. In his own bed.

• b. In Abilene’s bed

• c. On the shelf in Abilene’s room.

• d. In a chair.

Edward is laying in his bed staring at the ceiling thinking about how gruesome and grotesque it was that the princess became a warthog.

What is another synonym for gruesome and grotesque?

• a. frightful

• b. horrifying

• c. terrible

• d. all of the above

Which evidence from the text shows that Pelligrina does not like Edward?

• A. "Yes, " said Pellegrina without taking her eys off Edward, who would watch over Abilene if the rabbit were nto there

• B. "Tonight, lady, there will be a story."

• C. At this point in her story, Pellegrina stopped and looked right at Edward. She stared deep into his painted-on eyes, and again, Edward felt a shiver go through him

• D. Pelligrina put Edward in his bed and pulled the sheet up to his whiskers.

• A and C