Pax by Sara Pennypacker Assessment Quiz Revised Edition

1. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. He stretched up from his boy’s lap and sniffed at threads of scent leaking in through the window, which told him they were now traveling into woodlands. The word choice in the sentence shows the —

• A. fox’s ability to know where they are
• B. fox’s dislike of being in the car
• C. way the boy feels about the fox
• D. way the fox feels about the boy

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2. Read the following from paragraph 1. The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. By the vibrations, he learned also that the road had grown coarser. What does sensitive mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• A. Able to understand how other animals feel
• B. Able to have deep feelings or emotions about the boy
• C. Able to perceive small changes in the environment
• D. Able to see things for a long distance

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3. Which two inferences can be made from the information in paragraph 7? TURN TO PAGE 310 and read paragraph 7.

• A. The boy and his father will soon be separated.
• B. The boy’s comfort is very important to the fox.
• D. The fox does not know the boy very well.
• E. The boy is traveling somewhere away from home.

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4. In the final paragraphs, what does the fox see that distracts him from returning to the boy? Refer to page 312.

• A. birds
• B. jack rabbits
• C. lightning bolts
• D. squirrel, squirrel, squirrel

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5. Which of the following quotes show that the fox loves the boy?

• A. "He leaped to the window and scratched at it"
• B. "Whatever his boy needed--protection, distaction, affection-- he would have offered."
• C. "The father roughly set the fox down, and the fox bounded out of his reach."
• D. "The fox hung limp and vulnerable in the man's grasp..."

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6. Which two statements can be determined about the fox from his reaction in paragraphs 10–11? READ THOSE PARAGRAPHS.

• A. He is very trusting of the boy.
• D. He studies humans carefully.
• B. He likes the boy’s father.
• C. He is not easily scared or upset.
• E. He hates being in the woods.

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7. Resolution - What do reader's learn about the boy's feelings toward the fox in paragraph 23-24

• The boy is glad to be rid of the fox.
• The boy is unsure how he feels and is trying to figure out his emotions.
• The boy loves the fox and will desperately miss him.
• The boy was hoping that he would get a pony to replace the fox.

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8. The suitcase with the boy's belongings is a clue that the boy and his father are doing what?

• A. moving
• B. burying a treasure
• C. going to the mall
• D. picking up trash by the road

9. What word was the boy saying that was different than the fox was used to? The boy repeated this word numerous times.

• A. "Maybe"
• B. "Yes"
• C. "No"
• D. "Later"

10. At the end of the story we learn that

• A. the boy trips and hurts himself.
• B. the boy and father abandon the fox in the woods.
• C. the toy soldier gets lost in the woods.
• D. the boy, his fox and the father go home.

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