The Tail by Joyce Hansen

When the narrator says that there are no kids Junior's age on the block, you can inter that

• Other kids don't like Junior.

• Junior has no one to play with.

• Tasha doesn't like younger kids.

• Tasha likes to play with Junior.

What does this passage from "The Tail" tell you about Junior?

Dimples decorated his round cheeks as he smiled and nodded at me every time Ma gave me an order. I knew he was just waiting for her to leave so he could torment me.

• Junior loves Tasha very much.

• Junior can be very troublesome.

• Junior likes to follow orders.

• Junior will do just what he is told.

What inference can you make from this passage in The Tail?

"Tasha," my ma broke into my happy thoughts, "your father and I decided that you're old enough now to take on certain responsibilities."

My heart came to a sudden halt. "Responsibilities?"

• Tasha is looking forward to her new responibilities.

• Tasha has just had a heart attack and needs to go to the hospital.

• Tasha doesn't know what the word "responsibilities" means.

• Tasha doesn't want any new responsibilities.

Ma's many orders to Tasha are an indirect characterization that reveals which fact about the mother?

• She is mean and critical.

• She is kind and gentle.

• She is strict but caring.

• She doesn't trust Tasha at all.

You can inter that when TAsha takes Junior to the park, she is hoping that

• Junior will not tell their mother.

• Junior will jump rope with the girls.

• She will lose him in the park.

• Junior will find a friend.

Tasha breaks on of her mother's rules when she

• washes the dishes

• leaves the block

• plays on the block

• helps Junior vacuum

In the park, Tasha gets very angry with Junior when he

• trips her as she is jumping rope.

• threatens to tell their mother about getting lost

• begs repeatedly to play with the older kids

• runs back to the apartments to hide.

What can you infer about Tasha's feelings for her brother from this passage in "The Tail"?

"...please let me find him. I will play any kind of game he wants. I'll never yell at him again."

• Tasha resents her brother.

• Tasha is afraid of her brother.

• Tasha loves her brother deeply.

• Tasha is annoyed by her brother.

What can you infer from this passage in "The Tail"?

We heard a rustling in the bushes and grabbed each other. "Probably just a bird," I said, trying to sound brave.

• Tasha is frightened

• Tasha is not afraid

• Junior is hiding in the bushes.

• Naomi is more scared that Tasha.

The big brown and gray shape that frightens Tasha is

• A wild dog.

• a dead tree truck.

• a lost child

• a flock of birds.