Attack of the Leftovers!

What have Caroline and Stewart eaten for lunch, dinner, and breakfast?

• turkey

• mashed potatoes

• stuffing

• gravy

What main problem do Caroline and Stewart face at the beginning of the story?

• They have run out of mashed potatoes

• Thanksgiving is over and they are sad.

• They do not like turkey and mashed potatoes.

• They are sick of eating Thanksgiving leftovers.

Caroline and Stewart normally like Thanksgiving food. What evidence from the story supports this conclusion?

• “They ate turkey and mashed potatoes and stuffing and gravy. Lots and lots of gravy. It was great.”

• “Thanksgiving had happened five days earlier. Everyone came over to their house: aunts and uncles and cousins.”

• “But when everyone left, the food was still there. Turkey. Mashed potatoes. Stuffing. Gravy. Everywhere!”

• “Food invaded the fridge. It sat on Caroline and Stewart’s plates for days and days. Eventually, it got boring.”

Why does Stewart yell, “‘Are you crazy? Those are the mashed potatoes,’” when his mother takes out a container of mashed potatoes?

• He is excited to eat the mashed potatoes.

• He knows that Mom will prepare potatoes in a new way.

• He thinks Mom plans to serve them more mashed potatoes

• He does not want Mom to eat the mashed potatoes.

What is this story mostly about?

• two children who discover a new way to eat leftovers

• two children who do not like Thanksgiving

• one family’s Thanksgiving dinner

• how to cook mashed potatoes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Read the following sentences:“We have too many mashed potatoes,” said Caroline.“I know!” said her brother, Stewart. “I am sick of them.”“We’ve had mashed potatoes for lunch.”“We’ve had mashed potatoes for dinner.”“We’ve even,” said Caroline with a grimace, “had them for breakfast.”As used in this sentence, what does the word “grimace” mean?

• frown

• laugh

• sigh

• smile

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.________ Mom fried the mashed potatoes, they became crisp and brown on the outside.

• But

• Thus

• Such as

• After

What do Caroline and Stewart want Mom to do?

• They want mom to make something different other than stuffing.

• They want mom to make something different other than mashed potatoes.

• They want mom to make something different other than gravy.

• They want mom to make something different other than turkey.