"The BFG" pg. 3-19 Comprehension Questions

Who is the first person that we meet in "The BFG"?

• Sophie

• the Giant

• the snozzcumber

• the Bloodbottler

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is our first setting?

• the dormitory

• the Giant's home

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why can Sophie not sleep?

• There was too much silence.

• Her roommate was snoring.

• a moonbeam was shining directly through the window onto her face.

• There was too much noise.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is "The Witching Hour"?

• When the moon became visisble.

• Sunset

• Daylight

• It was a very special moment in the middle of the night when every child and grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and the world was theirs for a while.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Why do you think you would be punished for going to the lavatory?

Answer explanation

No one was supposed to get out of bed for anything.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Sophie decides to look out the window. What does she see?

• Something or someone coming up the street.

• Nothing at all.

• One of her friends.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the use of the word "dormitory" in the sentence below?

The other children in the dormitory had been asleep for hours.

• a room for sleeping.

• a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private baths.

• a residential community inhabited chiefly by commuters.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

What does the word "lavatory" mean?

• a vessel (such as a basin) for washing.

• a room with conveniences for washing and usually with one or more toilets.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the black figure doing outside?

• It was skipping down the street.

• It was stopping in front of each house to peer into the windows.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.5.2

According to the author's description of the giant, why can it not be human?

• It was 4 times as tall as the tallest human.

• It is too short.