A Pet for Calvin

It was great dirt, too—loose and loamy— and he liked to pick up a shovelful and run it through his fingers.

• poor in quality

• good for growing

• thick and claylike

• dry and very rocky

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

“Mother,” Mr. McCandless said, “don’t say things like that. We thought, maybe, with the new medicine, Calvin could tolerate—”

• give into

• put up with

• completely finish

• highly recommend

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

His fingers were inky, from keeping score in the ball game, and he left a black mark on the worm, which wriggled back into the hole.

• crawled

• slept

• tiptoed

• twisted

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

“Pretty close quarters for a worm,” his father said. “It’s used to a little more territory.”

• changes

• lamps

• room

• tents

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

All Calvin’s sensory receptors shivered and tingled, “Yes,” he said, his voice a little shaky. “I would know him anywhere,” and of course he would, because of the black mark he, Calvin, had put there, on this very worm.

• ached with pain

• shook with fear

• spun with confusion

• prickled with excitement

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What problem does Calvin have at the beginning of the selection?

• He needs to learn how to care for a worm.

• He wants treatment for his allergies to animals.

• He lost his pet worm in the garden.

• He feels like the only kid in the class without a pet.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which word best describes Calvin’s grandmother?

• timid

• funny

• brave

• talkative

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What do sensory receptors help worms do?

• see

• feel

• hear

• smell

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

How does Calvin recognize his worm?

• It has a black mark on it.

• It has a bump on its back.

• It is fatter than the other worms.

• It is longer than the other worms.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does Calvin plan to do at the end of the selection?

• plan to bring his worm to school one day

• let his worm go free in the graden

• give his worm to his grandmother

• collect more worms from the garden.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6