Flora and Ulysses Questions

1 What would Flora most likely want to do?

• play a game

• walk outside

• read a comic

• help a squirrel

Answer explanation

Flora loves to read comics, especially Incandesto!

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Why does the author most likely choose a yard as a setting?

• so Flora is happy that the sun is shining

• so Mrs. Tickham has space to chase the vacuum

• so the character of the squirrel can be introduced

• so Flora can see what is happening from her window

Answer explanation

If the story took place anywhere else, Flora would not have been able to see what was going on and rushed to help.

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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

Answer explanation

The problem Mrs. Tickham has is on page 29. Mrs. Tickham shouts “Help,” she said. “I think I've killed a squirrel.”

On page 30, the highlighted part describes Flora shaking the vacuum and the squirrel pops out. She did not turn it off or pull him out. She then remembers something she already read in her comic and then gives him CPR.

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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.

Answer explanation

In a summary you want to tell the most important details. If you left out Ulysses getting stuck in the vacuum, the rest of your summary wouldn't make sense.

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At the end of the story, Ulysses thinks the light behind Flora’s head is setting the whole world on fire.

What does the phrase setting the whole world on fire tell the reader about Ulysses?

• He thinks Flora is beautiful.

• He thinks the sun is too bright.

• He now sees Flora’s hair is bright red

• He now sees things in a different way

Answer explanation

The words in italics on page 39 show us Ulysses thinking. He is now seeing things in a different way.

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