Lob's Girl Multiple Choice Questions

Part A: “For the rest of the day she was so cross and unlike herself that Tess and Tim were quite surprised, and her mother gave her a dose of senna.”

The word cross is used to describe 

• Sandy's appearance

• Sandy's attitude

• Sandy's beliefs

• Sandy's health

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 Part B: Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to part A?

• “Tess and Tim were quite surprised”

• “her mother gave her a dose of senna”

• “unlike herself”

• “For the rest of the day”

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 Part A. What is the meaning of melancholy as it is used in the paragraph below?

“Sandy had found out that Mr. Dodsworth was to catch the half-past-nine train. She went out secretly, down to the station, nodded to Mr. Hoskins, the station master, who wouldn’t dream of charging any local for a platform ticket, and climbed up on the footbridge that led over the tracks. She didn’t want to be seen, but she did want to see. She saw Mr. Dodsworth get on the train, accompanied by an unhappy-looking Lob with drooping ears and tail. Then she saw the train slide away out of sight around the next headland, with a melancholy wail that sounded like Lob’s last good-bye.”

• Sorrowful

• Tragic

• Excited

• Fearful

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 Part B: Which two pieces of evidence best support your answer to Part A?

• “Then she saw the train slide away out of sight…”

• "accompanied by an unhappy-looking Lob with drooping ears and tail.”

• “wail that sounded like Lob’s last good-bye.”

• …”there was a crash from the kitchen.”

• “Lob whined, Don walked out of the house, the twins burst out crying, and Sandy crept up to her bedroom afterward and lay with her face pressed into the quilt, feeling as if she were bruised all over."

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. Part A: What does the word frenzy mean in the paragraphs below?

“4 Suddenly, history repeating itself, there was a crash from the kitchen. Jean Pengelly leaped up, crying, “My blackberry jelly!” She and the children had spent the morning picking and the afternoon boiling fruit. 5 But Sandy was ahead of her mother. With flushed cheeks and eyes like stars she had darted into the kitchen, where she and Lob were hugging one another in a frenzy of joy. About a yard of his tongue was out, and he was licking every part of her that he could reach.”

•  calmness

    

•  cheerfulness

    

• panic

   

• outburst

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 Part B: Which piece of evidence best supports your answer to Part A?

• “...there was a crash from the kitchen. Jean Pengelly leaped up, crying…”

• “She and the children had spent the morning picking and the afternoon boiling fruit.”

• “With flushed cheeks and eyes like stars, she had darted into the kitchen, where she and Lob were hugging each other…”

• “Then he flopped down on the hearthrug and slept in front of the fire they had lit because it was a cold, wet evening, with his head on Sandy’s feet.” 

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. Part A: What is the meaning of the phrase eyes like stars as it is used in paragraph 5? 

“5 But Sandy was ahead of her mother. With flushed cheeks and eyes like stars she had darted into the kitchen, where she and Lob were hugging one another in a frenzy of joy. About a yard of his tongue was out, and he was licking every part of her that he could reach.”

• Her eyes were shining with tears of sorrow.

• Her eyes were small and far away.

• Her eyes were twinkling with excitement.

• Her eyes were made up like a movie actress.

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 Part B: Which phrase from paragraph 5 best supports the answer to Part A?

• “. . . ahead of her mother.”

• “. . . darted into the kitchen . . . ”

• “. . . in a frenzy of joy.”

• “. . . a yard of his tongue . "

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Part A: Read the sentence from paragraph 16. 

“She need not have bothered, though.”

How does this sentence contribute to the passage?

• It shows the tension that exists in the main character’s family.

• It suggests that the main conflict in the story is not resolved.

• It develops the idea that nothing else will help the main character feel better.

• It points to the beginning of the resolution of the major events in the passage. 

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 Part B: Which event contributes to the passage in a similar way as the sentence from paragraph 16?

• Sandy’s secret visit to the train station.

• Lob’s owner arriving to take his dog home.

• the first time Lob appears at the Pengelly house.

• the way Mrs. Pengelly reacts to the mess Lob makes in her kitchen. 

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