Flora and Ulysses Quiz

What is the author's purpose for writing Flora and Ulysses?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

What would Flora most likely want to do?

• play a game

• walk outside

• read a comic

• help squirrels

How does Flora solve Mrs. Tickham's problem?

• by reading TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!

• by pulling the squirrel out of the vacuum

• by giving the squirrel CPR

• by turning off the vacuum

Which detail would be the most important to include in a summary of the story?

• Ulysses gets stuck in a vacuum.

• Mrs. Tickham gets a birthday present.

• Flora thinks she is a natural-born cynic.

• The Amazing Incandesto is a superhero.

What does it mean when it says that Flora is "a natural-born cynic"?

• She is a positive person.

• She likes to read comic books.

• She watched Mrs. Tickham through the window.

• She always thinks something bad will happen.

Which definition explains the meaning of the word obliged?

• you did what you were asked or expected to do

• ordinary or dull

• thinking about something carefully

• acting as if you are better than someone else

What definition tells what the word consumed means?

• treating someone as if they are unimportant

• to eat something

• to do something by mistake

• to do something you know is not allowed

Which word has a long a vowel sound?

• grasp

• raft

• break

• rack

Which word has a short a vowel sound?

• trade

• whale

• play

• flag