The Magic Finger

Why does the little girl use the magic finger on the Gregg family?

• She doesn't like they are close to her own age

• After killing a young deer on a hunting trip, they laugh at her.

• The Greggs don't like living on a farm next to the little girl.

• They call her names because she misspells cat at school.

Who is the narrator of the text?

• Mr. Gregg

• The little girl

• Roald Dahl

• Phillip Gregg

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Which words best describe the little girl when she uses the magic finger?

• saddened or depressed

• annoyed or irritated

• frightened or afraid

• excited or happy

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Why did the little girl use the magic finger on her teacher?

• She didn't like spelling at school

• She was upset at spelling cat wrong

• Mrs. Winter was very hateful to her in class.

• Her teacher gave her a difficult word to spell

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What was the MAIN PROBLEM in the story?

• Ms. Winter was turned into a cat by the magic finger

• The girl has used the magic finger on the Gregg family

• The Gregg family sees a family of ducks living in their home.

• The little girl sees a young deer that was killed by Mr. Gregg and his sons.

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How did the little girl know that the Magic Finger work on the Gregg family.

• She felt cross and saw red when she saw Mr. Gregg and the boys carrying the young deer.

• The Gregg boys were laughing at her and she was told to mind her own business.

• She hears quacking and laughing when she calls the Greggs on the phone.

• She saw them flying and collecting sticks in her yard.

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Which event lets the reader know that the Gregg family has changed their views on hunting?

• Mr. Gregg tells her to mind her own business and the boys laugh at her

• Phillip and William liked being able to fly around their house with their wings.

• The Family changes their name from Gregg to Egg

• The Gregg family finds lots of sticks to build a nest in the treetop.

Which piece of text evidence tells the reader that the Gregg boys think it is fun to live like a bird at first

• page 37- "...one "of them is playing with my electric train!""

• page 37-"one of them is lying in my bed!"

• page 37-"I will not eat worms. I would rather die!"

• page 35-"...what fun to live up so high...no one can hurt us up here."

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Why would it have been so difficult for the Greggs to eat the apples without using their hands?

• They would have been too busy using their wings to fly.

• The ducks would have shot them down from the apple tree.

• Nothing would have held the apple to help them take a bite.

• Apples wouldn't taste good to people with wings

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What sentence gives text evidence to give to support why eating an apple without hands would have been so difficult for them.

• And then it got dark, so they flew back to the nest and lay down to sleep.

• Every time you get your teeth into it, it pushes away

• In the end, they were able to get a few small bites.

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