Puppy Bowl Quiz

What is a major difference between the Super Bowl and the Puppy Bowl?

• The Puppy Bowl is played in a stadium with footballs.

• The Puppy Bowl has field goals in the end zones.

• The Puppy Bowl is played by puppies.

• The Puppy Bowl is televised.

What happens when a puppy drags a toy to the end of the field during the game?

• The game continues without interruption.

• A volunteer plays with the puppy.

• The referee announces a touchdown.

• The puppy is given a treat.

Where do the puppies, kittens, and other animals featured in the Puppy Bowl come from?

• They are all pets of the staff members.

• They are selected from a national competition.

• They all come from animal shelters.

• They are bought from breeders specifically for the event.

Which detail from the selection supports the idea that people enjoy watching the Puppy Bowl?

• Animals are filmed months before the Super Bowl takes place.

• The Puppy Bowl is seen by as many as 12.4 million viewers every year.

• Animal shelters throughout the country send pictures of animals.

• The Puppy Bowl can be seen on the same day as the Super Bowl.

The main purpose of this selection is to —

• compare football players with puppies

• describe how puppies learned to play a human sport

• persuade the reader to adopt a pet from an animal shelter

• provide facts about a popular animal show

Which sentence from the selection expresses the author's opinion?

• With their big eyes and clumsy ways, puppies are very cute to watch on a football field.

• The cable channel decided to create a show that viewers would find interesting.

• Of course, there is a major difference between the Super Bowl and the Puppy Bowl.

• Petfinder.com reports that the Puppy Bowl increases the overall number of adoptions nationwide.

What do all the Puppy Bowl participants have in common?

• They are all the same breed.

• They are all the same size.

• They are all used to playing games.

• They are all available for adoption.

Read the following information about the origin of the word supervise. This information helps the reader know that the word supervises in paragraph 6 means —

• encourages

• judges

• determines

• watches

The author organizes the information in paragraph 3 by —

• explaining why a game played by puppies is better than the same game played by humans

• listing the reasons a cable channel created a show with puppies

• comparing the puppy football game with a real football game

• showing all the ways that puppy football is entertaining to watch

One of the main goals of the Puppy Bowl is to —

• promote finding new homes for different kinds of pets

• encourage the public to spend more time watching real football

• encourage viewers to play games with their own pets

• show that puppies can do many of the same things humans do