The Tiger Rising Study Guide

What is the setting of The Tiger Rising?

• Jacksonville, Florida

• Lister, Florida

• Louisville, Kentucky

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where do Rob and his father live in the story?

• a cottage on the beach

• a motel

• a trailer

• a cabin in the woods

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the name of the motel where Rob and his father live?

• Holiday Inn

• Beauchamp Resort

• The Kentucky Star

• The Florida Key

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did Rob and his father move to Lister?

• Rob's dad got a better job

• to be closer to Rob's doctor

• to escape the memory of his dead mother

• to be near the beach

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Sistine get her name?

• from her great aunt

• it was her mother's middle name

• from a city in Paris

• from a famous chapel in Italy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did Sistine and her mother move to Lister?

• Her father had an affair with his secretary.

• She wanted to be close to Rob.

• Her mother though it was a nice place.

• to get away from bullies

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did the principal send Rob home?

• He forgot his homework

• he stole from another student

• he got into a fight

• he had a rash on his legs

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How did Rob's mom die?

• car accident

• cancer

• tiger attack

• we don't know

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Rob find in the woods behind the Kentucky Star motel?

• a river

• a tiger

• wild horses

• a panther

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To whom does the tiger belong?

• Sistine

• Willie May

• Beauchamp

• Billy Threemonger

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9