Kensuke's Kingdom Comprehension Quiz

Who was the main character sailing with at the beginning of the story?

• his grandparents

• his cousins

• his parents

• his neighbors

What was the name of the main character and his dog?

• Michael and Spot

• Sam and Chase

• Matt and Champ

• Michael and Stella

What did Michael see one morning he emerged from his cave?

• his parents

• a boat with a strange red-brown sail

• a ship

• a whale

How was Michael feeling at the beginning of the story?

• enraged

• content

• sleepy

• unhappy

What caused searing, stinging pain in the back of Michael's neck, then his back, and then his arms?

• a large great white shark

• a large stingray

• a large, translucent white jellyfish

• a large, white octopus

How does Michael describe the cave?

• small and full of clutter

• dark and gloomy

• like the inside of a boathouse

• like an open-plan house

What did Kensuke spend many hours doing?

• cooking and watching the ocean

• making medicine for jellyfish stings

• kneeling at the table and painting

• searching for seashells

What did Kensuke make for Michael?

• painting

• spear

• boat

• work bench

Michael experienced paralysis after being stung by the jellyfish. What does the word paralysis mean?

What did Michael say spearing a fish for the first time was like?

• sailing with his parents again

• winning a goal for the Mudlarks

• teaching Stella a trick

• leaving the island