Dr Doolittle

Based on the information in paragraphs 6 and 7, choose the sentence that BEST describes Dr. Dolittle.

• He does not like the people who live in his small town.

• He feels more appreciated by animals than patients.

• He is happier being around animals than people.

• He resents his sister for not taking his side.

How do these sentences support a main idea of the story?

Then he sold his piano, and let the mice live in a bureau-drawer. But the money he got for that too began to go, so he sold the brown suit he wore on Sundays and went on becoming poorer and poorer.

• They teach that even the rich can become poor.

• The teach how to be resourceful when times are tough.

• They show that the Doctor's priority is to care for his animals.

• They show why the Doctor now regrets the decisions he made.

Part A: Which word BEST describes how Sarah Dolittle feels about her brother?

• proud

• annoyed

• confident

• disappointed

Part B: Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the answer to Part A?

• proud
• annoyed
• confident
• disappointed

• The house he lived in, on the edge of the town, was quite small; but his garden was very large and had a wide lawn and stone seats and weeping-willows hanging over.

• His sister, Sarah Dolittle, was a housekeeper for him; but the Doctor looked after the garden himself.

• His sister used to grumble about all these animals and said they made the house untidy.

• And the money he saved up grew littler and littler.

Analyze how the public's opinion of Doctor Dolittle changes throughout the story and how that change reveals the theme.

Include details from the story to support your answer. Write your answer on the lines provided.

• In the beginning, the public admires Doctor Dolittle. When he is seen in town, "...everyone would say, 'There goes the Doctor! - He's a clever man.'" Kids and dogs would follow him around. By the end of the story, though, the public's attitude toward the Doctor changes. Now they say, "...Look at him now - He hasn't an money and his stockings are full of holes!" However, the kids and animals treated him the same as when he was rich. This reveals the theme that true friends accept you no matter what. Whether you are rich or poor, a real friend treats you the same.

• The public's opinion of the Doctor changes from the beginning to the end of the story. This reveals that the theme of the story is real friends accept you no matter what.

• The people in the story look at Doctor Dolittle as a rich and smart man.