Questions: The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme

What were the rooks doing when the bulldozers came?

• They were sizzling by the pond.

• They were afraid of the bulldozers.

• They were building egg baskets.

• They were scattering up the tree trunks and branches.

What does the phrase ‘egg baskets’ refer to?

• egg baskets

• egg in a baskets

• nest

What were the green flies doing?

• They were sizzling by the pond

• They were scattering up the tree trunks and branches.

• They were afraid of the bulldozers.

• They were building egg baskets.

What was the cold-eyed toad doing?

• was sleeping.

• Waiting to eat the green flies.

• was afraid of the bulldozers.

The word “them” refers to the

• foxs

• rooks

• squirrels

• green flies

What were the squirrels doing when the bulldozers came?

• They were sizzling by the pond.

• They were afraid of the bulldozers.

• They were building egg baskets.

• They were scattering up the tree trunks and branches.

What was the fox doing when the bulldozers came?

• The fox was sleeping.

• The fox was by the pond.

• The fox was afraid of the bulldozers.

• The fox was sizzling by the pond.

"Destruction of nature" is the theme of the poem.

• True

• False

The setting of the poem is in an urban area.

• True

• False

"Consideration" and "respect" are the moral values of the poem.

• True

• False