Stray

When Doris found the puppy, it was…

• a. shivering.

• b. running away.

• c. hiding

• d. barking

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Why wasn’t Doris at school?

• a. It was Saturday

• b. Doris did not attend traditional school.

• c. School was canceled due to snow.

• d. Doris was not feeling well

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Why couldn’t Mr. Lacey take the stray dog to the pound immediately?

• a. The pound was already closed for the day.

• b. The pound was thirty miles away from the Lacey's home.

• c. Mr. Lacey's car needed repairs.

• d. The roads were too bad to travel.

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Doris guessed that the puppy had some __________ in it.

• a. retriever

• b. shepherd

• c. collie

• d. husky

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How did Doris's parents respond when she tried to talk about the stray at dinner?

• a. They told her no.

• b. They smiled and shrugged.

• c. They ignored her.

• d. They became angry.

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When Doris would open the basement door, she often found the puppy...

• a. begging for food.

• b. lonely and wanting attention.

• c. scratching at the inside of the door.

• d. stretched out on the top step.

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Why did Doris have to go into the kitchen after she woke up?

• a. She was hungry.

• b. Mr. Lacey called her for dinner.

• c. She wanted to see the basement door.

• d. She did not want to see her parents.

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What did Mr. Lacey say right after Doris picked up a cold biscuit and headed out of the room?

• a. "Are you hungry?"

• b. "You'd better feed that mutt before it dies of starvation."

• c. "You didn't take her?"

• d. "I wouldn't leave an ant in that place."

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Who is the protagonist of the story?

• a. Doris

• b. the stray

• c. Mr. Lacey

• d. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey

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Which excerpt below does not include details about the setting?

• a. Icicles hung three feet or more from the eaves of houses...

• b. In January, a puppy wandered...

• c. Mr. Lacey was at the table, cleaning his fingernails with his pocketknife.

• d. Doris, whose school had been called off because of the snow…

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