Horton Hatches an Egg

What is the name of the bird in this story?

• Mayzie

• Marcy

• Mary

• Macy

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

Which of the following is not a reason Horton gives for not wanting to sit on Mayzie's egg?

• He doesn't have feathers.

• He is too big.

• He doesn't have wings.

• He is too tired

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Mayzie eventually persuades Horton into sitting on the egg for her.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

What was the weather like the first night that Horton sat on the egg?

• It snowed

• There was a terrible storm

• It was really hot.

• It was perfect (not too hot and not too cold)

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

Where did Mayzie take her vacation to?

• New York

• Palm Island

• Paris

• Palm Beach

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The phrase that Horton uses many times throughout the book is, "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one hundred percent"

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Horton sees the hunters what does he do?

• He runs

• Stays where he is

• He breaks the egg

• He cries

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

What happens at the circus when Mayzie and Horton met up again?

• Mayzie takes the egg back

• The egg hatches

• Mayzie becomes part of the circus

• The egg gets lost

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

What hatches out of the egg?

• An elephant

• An elephant-bird

• A bird

• An alligator

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

Horton takes the elephant-bird home with him at the end of the story.

• True

• False