2.5 Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!

1. What is the title of this story?

• Turtles and Frogs
• Eagles and Eaglets
• Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!

2. What is the genre of this week's story?

• Fable
• Realistic Fiction
• Expository Text
• Narrative Nonfiction

3. In what state does the turtle begin her story?

• New York
• Florida
• Oklahoma

4. When there is danger in the story, what words always appear?

• "Turtle, Turtle, Go Away"
• "Turtle, Swim, Swim!"
• "Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!

5. What did the young people do to protect the eggs in the story?

• They sleep on the beach with eggs.
• They take the eggs inside.
• They put wire mesh around the nest.

6. The turtle stays small throughout the story.

• True
• False

7. Where does the turtle drift for months and dine on tiny plants and animals?

• in patches of seaweed
• at the beach
• in a cave

8. How does the turtle escape being trapped in the net?

• a shark saves her
• she doesn't escape
• an escape hatch

9. Where does the turtle go to lay her eggs?

• The ocean
• The same beach where she was born
• The coral reef

10. How does the baby turtle rip open her leathery eggshell?

• Mama turtle helps.
• She uses a special tooth.
• Young hands help.