from The Moffats

1. Part A: Which phrase best describes Mr. Brooney's horse?

• small but dangerous

• useful but unpredictable

• elegant and calm

• heavy and slow

Part B: Identify three sentences from the text that best support your answer in Part A. Write your evidence in the text below.

Why does Mr. Brooney's horse wriggle his ears?

• He hears Sylvie sing a high note.

• He is bothered by a pesky fly.

• He is impatient waiting for Mr. Brooney.

• He is listening to Jane talking to him.

Read these sentences from the story. They tell Jane's thoughts about the horse.

He had wings and could carry her away.

He was the wooden horse of Troy and many men could step out of him.

He was a bridge that she could walk under.

What can readers infer about Jane based on her thoughts?

• She is fond of Mr. Brooney's horse.

• She wants to run away.

• She is very imaginative.

• She wishes she lived in another time.

Which phrase best describes the setting of the story?

• a neighborhood in the past

• a farm in the past

• a playground in the present

• a big city in the past

5. Which of these key details belongs on the blank line?

• She watches her brothers play on stilts.

• She helps her mother dust the parlor.

• She walks underneath the horse.

• She rides the horse down the street.

6A: Which sentence is the best description of Mama's response to Jane's actions?

• Mama is too busy dusting the front parlor to notice what Jane is doing.

• Mama does not see Jane because she is in the kitchen with Sylvie.

• Mama is proud of Jane for taking a risk and being so brave.

• Mama is shocked and upset with Jane for not being more careful.

6B: Which sentence from the story best supports the correct answer to Part A?

• "At that moment when Jane was walking under the horse, Mama came to the window of the front parlor and shook her duster out vigorously."

• "Mama was speechless with amazement and dropped the duster out of the window at the sight."

• "Joe and Rufus saw her from the other side of the yard and became all tangled up in their stilts in consequence."

• "Sylvie, who was practicing her singing way back in the kitchen, was the only one who did not see her."

Type in the FOUR details that show be included in a summary of the story. (Or type in their letters)

Which statement BEST describes a theme of the story?

• Never walk under a horse.

• Some risks are dangerous but worth taking.

• Mr. Brooney's horse is a beautiful creature.

• Sometimes Jan'e smother worries too much.