Stray

1. When Doris found the puppy, it was...

• Shivering

• Running Away

• Hiding

• Barking

1. Why wasn’t Doris at school?

• 1. It was Saturday.

• 1. Doris did not attend traditional school.

• 1. School was canceled due to snow.

• 1. Doris was not feeling well.

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

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

• 1. The pound was thirty miles away from the Laceys’ home.

• 1. Mr. Lacey’s car needed repairs.

• 1. The roads were too bad to travel.

1. Doris guessed that the puppy had some ____________ in it.

• retriever

• shepherd

• collie

• huskie

1. How did Doris’s parents respond when

she tried to talk about the stray at dinner?

• 1. They told her no.

• 1. They smiled and shrugged.

• 1. They ignored her.

• 1. They became angry .

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

• 1. begging for food.

• 1. lonely and wanting attention.

• 1. scratching at the inside of the door.

• 1. stretched out on the top step.

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

• 1. She was hungry .

• 1. Mr. Lacey called her for dinner.

• 2. She wanted to see the basement

     door.

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

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

• ”Are you hungry?”

• “You’d better feed that mutt before it dies of starvation.”

• “You didn’t take her?”
  

• “I wouldn’t leave an ant in that

  place.”