The Last Dog Assessment

Make Inferences. Choose all the words and phrases that describe the setting of this story.

• a. in the future

• b. ancient

• c. high technology

• d. Friendly

• e.  inside a large dome

Draw conclusions. Choose the statement that is probably true about the people who live in the dome.

• a. They are afraid of everything that happens because they have no emotions.

• b. They live protected from the outside world because of terrible events in the far away past.

• c. They are probably going to destroy the dome soon because so many of them are unhappy

After drawing your conclusions in question 2. Tell why you believe your choice is true.

Where is Brock at the beginning of "The Last Dog"?

• a. He is inside a research lab

• b. He is beside a running brook

• c. He is as the gates of a sealed dome

• d. He is near a quarantine station

Before Brock goes outside for the first time he

• a. studies dogs in school

• b. runs away from home

• c. meets a stray puppy

• d. asks permission to leave

How was Brock raised as a child?

• a. without a mother

• b. inside a spaceship

• c. on another planet

• d. with many pet dogs

The last thing Brock does in the story is

• a. turn off his scanner

• b. drink fresh water from a brook

• c. choose to bring Brog home with him

• d. bite Brog hard on the tail

Read this excerpt from "The Last Dog" "It was, he pulled the scanner from his outside pouch and checked it, "hot". Oh, that was what he was feeling. Hot. He remembered "hot" from a virtual lesson he's had once on deserts. Based on Brock's use of the scanner, make an inference, and identify what is most likely true about people who live in the dome.

• a. They tend to forget what they learn in lessons.

• b. They know little about extreme sensations

• c. They have difficulty identifying words

• d. They prefer to feel cold rather than hot.

What is most likely the meaning of mutation in the following sentence: Some cats have a mutation that causes them to have six toes on each paw.

• a. The mutation is a genetic variation.

• b. The mutation is a special talent

• c. The mutation is a serious illness

• d. The mutation is something common in cats

What is the main conflict in the story?

• Brock is fighting with the people in the dome

• Brock doesn't like living inside the dome

• Brock is trying to get his podfellows to go outside with him

• Brock is trying to save the dog