The Rescue Quiz

What sentence supports the idea that joining a book club could help someone make friends?

• Today more young people are forming their own book clubs.

• In many book clubs, each member takes a turn selecting the book for the group to read.

• In many ways, book clubs allow their members to think about new ideas.

• By spending time with them at book-club meetings, you will get to know all the members better.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is the most likely reason the poet includes lines 9 through 14?

• To show that the mother squirrel looks like her babies

• To describe why the mother squirrel often changes her mind

• To show that the mother squirrel likes to run

• To emphasize that the mother squirrel values all of her babies

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read lines 6 and 7. "She holds a furry ball with paws— A baby squirrel just half her size" What is the most likely reason the poet includes this imagery?

• To show that the baby squirrel will grow to look like its mother

• To suggest that the baby squirrel is sick

• To suggest that the baby squirrel is small and helpless

• To show that the baby squirrel likes to play games

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is the most likely reason the poet includes lines 15 and 16?

• To show that the baby squirrels are safe at last

• To show that the baby squirrels need a larger home

• To show that the baby squirrels are tired of climbing

• To show that the baby squirrels like one another

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

How does the windy setting contribute to the poem?

• The windy setting causes the mother squirrel to become afraid of storms.

• The windy setting makes a squirrel family leave the woods.

• The windy setting adds a feeling of mystery to the plot.

• The windy setting causes a problem the mother squirrel must solve.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which line from the poem best shows that the mother squirrel is kind?

• A gust of wind blew down her nest. (line 2)

• With pulsing tail and twitching nose, (line 3)

• A baby squirrel just half her size (line 7)

• She gently tucks her baby in (line 11)

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5