Sable by Karen Hesse

Why didn't Mam want Tate to keep Sable?

• He was too big.

• She had been attacked by a dog when she was young.

• Eden the cat didn't like dogs,

• Pap was afraid of dogs,

Why did Tate call the dog Sable.

• She wanted to name it something with the letter S.

• He always sat under the table and it rhymed,

• His coat reminded Tate of the trim on Mam's sweater which was made of sable.

• The neighbor used to have a dog named Sable,

Tate's great-grandmother raised dogs. Which breed?

• Golden Retrievers

• Alaskan Malamutes

• Poodles

• Elkhounds

When making a bed for Sable what did Tate use from the house?

• her old coat

• Grandma Marshall's dirty blanket

• an old stained quilt from Grandmam Betts

• the blanket from her own bed

Where did Sable sleep?

• in Tate's bedroom

• in the kitchen

• Pap's shop

• on the front porch

What bad habit did Sable do while Tate was at school?

• continue barking until Tate got home

• bringing junk home she found

• run to and wait at Tate's school

• dug holes in the yard

When the neighbors started complaining about Sable what did Mam and Pap do?

• took her to Mr. Cobb to keep

• built a fence

• gave her to Dr, Winston

• left her in the woods

What did Tate decide to do when she and Pap returned from Dr. Winston's without Sable?

• study extra hard

• build a fence

• get a job to buy a dog

• play with her friends from school

Who offered to take Tate to Concord?

• Pap

• Dr. Winston

• Mr. Cobb

• Mam

How did the story end? 3 or 4 sentences