Review Questions-A Disturbing Discovery

Which event happened first in the story?

• Harmony trespassed onto Dr. Splice's property.

• Harmony's canoe crashed in the river and sank.

• Harmony used her boat oar to break the glass tanks.

• Dr. Splice explained his life work to Harmony.

According to the story, Dr. Splice's physical traits are----

• fat, bald, hairy, and wears thick glasses.

• fat, big nose, wears glasses and drools.

• fat, handsome, and wears a white laboratory coat.

• fat, ugly, pimple-faced, and wears a white jacket.

The word sizeable, as used to describe the river rocks in paragraph 1, s synonymous with the term---

• small

• large

• rough

• miniature

Why does Harmony enter Dr. Splice's building?

• She is a criminal and enjoys breaking into homes.

• She had heard about this fat scientist who was rumored to have done experiments on many animals and wants to meet him.

• she thinks the structure is a canoe repair shop.

• She is curious because the place looks like some factory or warehouse.

What is Dr. Splice's plan?

• To force harmony to be his slave and housemaid.

• To combine the best traits of all living beings on the planet and create one super animal.

• To make new animals that have great tasting meat.

• To let Harmony choose the animals that he tries to mix together next.

Which one of the following statements is false?

• When Harmony breaks the tanks holding the animals, they attack Dr. Splice.

• Harmony's uncle was often waiting at the end of her canoeing trips.

• Harmony discovers that she is related to Dr. Splice. He is actually her uncle.

• When Harmony's canoe sank, she cried after washing up on the riverbank.

What's an antonym for the word ordinary, as utilized in the sixth paragraph?

• Normal

• Regular

• Common

• Unusual

Which of these statements is the best summary as to what happened in this passage?

• A girl crashes her canoe and stumbles upon a scientist's laboratory where she frees his creepy creations so she can escape.

• A young girl cries just after crashing her canoe and asks for help from a scientist and his collection of animals.

• After capsizing her boat, a girl battles with a scientist and his army of animals.

• A girl named Harmony tries to apologize after crashing her canoe into a scientist's laboratory,

The main character of this tale is---

• ten years of age.

• a poor swimmer.

• an only child.

• redheaded.

Which idea is an opinion?

• Dr. Splice was pure evil.

• Harmony crashed her canoe.

• Harmony rescued the beasts that Dr. Splice engineered.

• Harmony was a trespasser.