Quick Check: The Cat and the Tunnel

What examples from the text demonstrate Sarah’s powers in the realm?

• She summoned her mom, and she turned Thomas into a boy.

• She turned the creatures into ducks, and she made the mill appear.

• She made the cave and tunnel appear, and she made the quacking duck lights appear.

• She found her mom, she found Qynn and Odie, and she started the fire.

What problem does Sarah have that involves her mom?

• She fights with her mom all the time.

• She doesn’t know where her mom is.

• She thinks the monsters have captured her mom.

• She doesn’t want to see her mom anymore.

Which of the following words means to unravel or get worn at the edge?

• fray

• summoned

• pummels

• commotion

What happened before Sarah and Jake could run away from the creatures?

• The tunnel sprang from the ground.

• The tunnel ended in front of a familiar house.

• The cat attacked the creatures.

• Jake got lost, and Sarah had to go find him.

How do the ducks with lighted bills solve a problem for Sarah and Jake?

• The ducks scare away the octopus creatures and keep everyone safe.

• The ducks make everyone else feel happier with their incessant quacking.

• The ducks light up the tunnel so the others can see where they are going.

• The ducks help the others see an important message on the tunnel walls.

What is the effect of Sarah imagining a cave similar to the Cave of the Lost?

• A group of quacking ducks suddenly appear and scare off the creatures.

• Sarah and Jake are immediately transported back to the Cave of the Lost.

• The creatures fall into a cave that opens up right beneath them.

• A real cave appears before them, exactly as she imagined.

How is Thomas different from before?

• He couldn’t speak before, and now he can.

• He used to be a boy, and now he is a cat.

• He used to be a coward, but now he is brave.

• He was a grey cat before, and now he is white.

Why does Jake always seem oblivious to danger?

• He is younger and sees everything as an adventure.

• He doesn’t think any of this is real, so it doesn’t matter.

• He has seen far scarier things than what is currently happening.

• He is stronger than everyone else and nothing scares him.

Which of the following events is the resolution of this part of the story?

• Sarah and Jake flee into a tunnel with the octopus creatures following close behind.

• Thomas the cat attacks the octopus creatures to create a diversion for the others to escape.

• Sarah and Jake find a peaceful house that might offer safety from the octopus creatures.

• Thomas asks Sarah to create a cave-in to slow down the octopus creatures following them.

Which of the following words means called someone toward you?

• weathered

• visualize

• fray

• summoned