Adapted from "The Twin Lambs"

What can be inferred about the brother lamb from paragraph 11?

• He is afraid his mother does not know his love for her.

• He competes for attention from the farmer.

• He thinks his sister does not love their mother.

• He believes he needs to do more to show his love for his sister.

Which quote supports the idea that the mother sheep worries about her children?

• Their mother loved them both and was as kind to one as to the other.

• His mother had to speak to him many times about this, for he was one of those trying children who will not mind when first spoken to.

• If she had been taken from her mother for even a few days, they could never again have had such sweet and happy days together.

• A few careless words from a selfish little lamb had made her heart ache.

Which quote supports the idea that the brother lamb is not forgetting about his idea to have his sister go away?

• Our twin lamb wanted to have his sister taken into the pen with the other three.

• The brother let himself think of it more and more.

• That made him impatient with even his mother, and he often answered her quite crossly.

• It seems to me," said the brother, "that we always have to stay close to you.

Which quote supports the idea that the sister lamb is not like her brother?

• His mother had to speak to him many times about this, for he was one of those trying children.

• I want to cuddle up to you every night and have you tell me stories about the stars.

• She thought he acted strangely sometimes, but she was so loving and unselfish herself that she did not dream of his selfishness.

• Sometimes, when she spoke to him, he did not answer at all, and that was just as bad.

What can be inferred about the mother sheep from paragraph 19?

• She worries that one twin may be sent to another pen.

• She has difficulty sleeping when it is cold.

• She is not happy living in the sheep shed.

• She is upset about the incident between her two children.