Wolf Island Comprehension Test

What is the genre of the story, Wolf Island?

• Myth

• Folktale

• Informational Text

• Realistic Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

The author most likely wrote this selection to:

• persuade the reader to visit an island full of wolves

• entertain the reader with a story about wolf family that floated away from their home and how a food chain was impacted when the family of wolves was missing

• entertain the reader with a story about some cute wolves who loved to travel

• describe what the reader needs to take care of a family of wolves

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What did the wolf pups find at the edge of the water?

• a human

• a canoe

• a raft made of logs

• some deer

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence from the story best explains why the family of wolves left the island?

• The pups found a strange object at the edge of the water.

• Finally, it came to rest on the shore, and the wolf family scrambled onto dry land.

• Spring grew into summer on the island, and summer into fall.

• The pups couldn't turn the raft back, and the pups were too scared to swim, so the adult wolves swam out to the raft and climbed aboard.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was the first thing that happened on the island after the wolves left?

• There wasn't any food food for the animals.

• The wolves had no food.

• The deer population rose.

• The deer were becoming sick.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

Read the diagram.

Which sentence best complete the diagram?

• The owls had less to eat.

• The rabbits and mice had less to eat.

• Snow began to fall.

• The wolves returned to the island.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.7

Because the squirrels had collected a store of nuts for the winter______________________.

• they curled up themselves and went to sleep.

• they stayed awake to make sure that the other animals wouldn't eat their food.

• they had to find food in the snow.

• the deer tackled them and took their store of nuts.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did the owls fly over the mainland?

• They were searching for other owls that could share their food with them.

• They were searching for tall trees to build their nests.

• They were looking for mice to eat.

• They were exercising by flying long distances.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

Why were the wolves so thin and hungry on the mainland?

• The wolves would not eat because they wanted to go back home to the island.

• They were scared to go out and look for food.

• There was no food to hunt on the mainland.

• They had not found a home or food, because the other wolf families on the mainland di not want to share with them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Analyze the illustration on page 320, does this illustration show the island or the mainland?

• It shows the mainland because you can see all the wolves.

• I shows the island because you can see all the wolves eating.

• It shows the island because you can see many deer searching for food.

• It shows the mainland because you can see the thin and hungry wolf family.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7