The Last Tigers

What has Skyler always been afraid of?

• water

• snakes

• the dark

• being alone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

When does this story take place?

• about 30 years into the future

• in the distant past

• in the present

• a year from now

What does frantic mean in the sentence "... her father's friend Nina called three times that afternoon, the phone conversations increasingly frantic" ?

• worried

• honest

• long

• quiet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Since they can't use the front gate, how does Skyler get the tigers out of the preserve?

• in a helicopter

• hidden in a truck

• through a drainage pipe

• burrowing under the fence

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How does Skyler feel when she sees the Python?

• angry

• daring

• helpless

• scared

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which sentence from the story supports the answer to question 5?

• "Then she sees it, coiled in the light of her cell phone."

• "Her trembling hand grips the sound-beam, thumb on the button."

• "Skyler takes a deep breath, stepping over the Python's limp body."

• "Charlie, Lulu, Snake won't hurt you" she sings.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

What are TWO reasons Skyler must save the tigers?

• There will be no Malayan tigers left if they die.

• The preserve cannot exist without tigers.

• Tiger hearts make an important medicine.

• She loves them and doesn't want them hurt.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What do you think the tigers' future lives will be like?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What are the elements of plot?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What makes a complete sentence?

• subject, predicate, and a period

• a run on

• a comma splice

• a fragment

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A