Should Dogs Work?

Why would the author include the first paragraph about pet dogs?

• To make the reader want a pet dog

• To show the difference between pets and service dogs

• To show how poorly pets are treated

• To show how poorly service dogs are treated

Why would policemen and women choose to use dogs to find bombs and drugs instead of just humans? Choose two reasons.

• dogs can smell better than humans

• dogs are lazier than humans

• dogs are smaller than humans

• dogs can be trained easier than humans

• dogs are dumber than humans

Choose the best evidence from the text that tells why some people might not think that dogs should work.

• Is it fair that some dogs should have to work?

• Service dogs are workers and pets.

• Service dogs have to work hard, but they enjoy what they do.

• Service dogs often work long hours.

What text structure would I use to compare service dogs and pet dogs?

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• order and sequence

Why does the author believe service dogs are happy? Choose TWO reasons.

• Service dogs get to spend a lot of time with their owners.

• Service dogs are tired from working long hours.

• Service dogs get a lot of attention and praise.

• Service dogs never have to work hard.

Police and service work can be risky for dogs. Dogs are brave to do this kind of work. They are willing to face danger when they work.

What clues help to determine the meaning of the word risky as it is used in the passage?

• work can be risky

• this kind of work

• police and service dogs

• willing to face danger

What did the rescue worker mean when he said, “and absolutely nothing can replace a dog’s heart.”

• He meant that dogs are mean creatures and we should be careful of them.

• He meant that dogs know how to love better than anything else and it can't be replaced.

• He meant that dog's hears are fragile and we should love them.

• He meant that without service dogs life would be better.

What are three reasons why the author believes dogs should not work?

• Dogs are meant to be companions, not workers.

• Their jobs are not fun.

• They face life-and-death situations.

• The dog had caught a person the police were chasing.

• They thought he was vicious.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• All dogs should work and they should be treated like kings and queens.

• Dogs should never work because it is not fair.

• Pet dogs and service dogs are very different from each other.

• People have different opinions about whether or not dogs should work.

Is this passage written in firsthand account of secondhand account?

• Firtshand account because a dog is telling his own experience about being a service dog.

• Firsthand account because a human did research about one service dog.

• Secondhand account because someone did research about service dogs and reported on it.

• Secondhand account because the owner of a service dog is writing in their journal.