When Fido was screeching, Mom asked Rufus to---

• put a heater next to Fido's cage to keep her warm at night

• give Fido some carrot and celery shavings for a nighttime snack

• take Fido out of her cage and let her sleep in bed with him

• put a golf ball into Fido's cage for her to play with

Before school, Murph "got" Rufus by making Rufus think that---.

• someone was stealing all the mailboxes in the neighborhood

• a baby bear had climbed a tree in his yard

• his bicycle was stuck in a puddle of wet cement

• a fox had died from eating a poisonous duck

What had Dad done the first day Fido was home with him?

• He locked her in the broom closet.

• He went to the pet store to buy her some toys and snacks.

• He moved her cage to the tree house.

• He listed her for sale in the paper.

What happened when Rufus's family tried to return Fido to the pet store?

• Mom changed her mind at the last minute and drive back home.

• Fido escaped out the car window on the way to the pet store.

• The lady at the pet store refused to take Fido back.

• They found out that the pet store was no longer there.

When Fido came to school in Rufus's backpack, what did Rufus do?

• He found a small box for her and put it on the top shelf of his locker.

• He called Dad during recess and asked him to come pick her up.

• He pretended he had to go to the bathroom and took her outside.

• He put her in a cage with a gerbil in Ms. Charp's classroom.

When Lurena went to Rufus's house and saw Fido, she told Rufus that---.

• Fido looked hungry and he probably wasn't feeding her very well

• he should take Fido to school for show-and-tell

• Fido was full of germs and she wouldn't touch her

• she wanted to buy Fido since one of her hamsters had died

What did Fido do that Murph said was "amazing"?

• She opened the door of her cage by herself.

• She flipped and rolled down the hill of Rufus's driveway.

• She leaped and caught a Frisbee that Dmitri had tossed.

• She rescued a baby bird from a Dumpster.

Murph's mom told Rufus that Murph wasn't joking when he said---.

• his family was moving away

• he was flunking the fifth grade

• A.G. was in the hospital

• Buddy was missing

What happened when Rufus was playing Crocs-in-the-Nile with Fido?

• She jumped on the bank and started shivering.

• He fell into the water and broke his foot.

• A boy came down to the river and tried to catch her.

• She reached into the river and caught a fish.

Rufus was ordered to give Fido her first bath after---.

• Dad picked a flea our of her fur

• Buddy chased her through a muddy ditch

• she upset the honey in the kitchen

• Mom found her in the trash can