Comprehension Owl at Home

Pa and the girl heard dogs bark when a..

• train whistle blew
• silly rooster crowed
• coyote began to howl
• child cried in the night

Pa told the girl that when they went owling, they needed to be - 

• hopeful
• strong
• quiet
• quick

What had the brothers said about owling?

• It worked best to wear snowshoes or skis.
• Pa might let the irl call the owls when she was older
• sometimes there was an owl and sometimes there wasnt
• many times someone would become lost in the dark woods

The following sentence is an example of what kind of figurative language?
The trees stood as giant statues.

• Idiom
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

After the owl answered Pa's call, Pa and the girl almost

• smiled
• jumped
• ran
• shouted

What does the word threading mean in the following sentence?
"An ecbo came threading its way through the trees."

• went away
• pass through
• sewing 
• called

What did Pa do as the owl was landing?

• He turned on the flashlight
• He his in the woods.
• He took a picture.
• He called for more owls to come.

After reading the book Owl Moon, you can conclude that

• The little girl is too scared to go owling again
• They did not see an owl.
• The child enjoying being with Pa and going owling.

The author's message, or theme, of this story could be acceptance because

• "Sometimes you see and owl and sometimes you don't"
• "When you owling you have to make your own heat."
• "You have to be brave when you go owling."

The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?
"I was a shadow as we walked home."

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• personification