The BFG Comprehension

What is the setting of the novel when it opens?

• In an apartment complex in Texas, United States

• In an orphanage in England

• On a farm in Scotland

• Near a city in Italy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why can't Sophie sleep?

• She fell asleep too early.

• The sun shine through her window and woke her up.

• She has a headache.

• The moon shined through a gap in her curtains.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Summarize what the giant does in front of the window across the street.

• He opens it up and takes out a bottle.

• He blew some bubbles from a flute into the window.

• He sings a song to the child inside and asks his name.

• He pours something into a trumpet and blows it through the window.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What motivated Sophie to hide under the covers?

• The giant saw her looking out the window.

• The giant heard her call his name.

• She heard an eerie noise.

• She felt sick.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When the giant was going home, how did he carry Sophie?

• in his ear

• in his suitcase

• wrapped up in her blanket like a basket

• curled up in his hand like a ball

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Sophie's mood change once she heard the giant's name?

• It went from happy to sad.

• It went from angry to scared.

• It went from scared to happy.

• It went from nervous to angry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What do the people from Panama taste like?

• hats

• pants

• vanilla

• banana

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the BFG call people?

• hamburger beads

• human beans

• happy beaches

• hungry beetles

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the giant have on his shelves?

• a few cans of beans

• cans and cans of soda

• rows and rows of glass jars

• many boxes of paste

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Sophie, by squirming around inside the blanket, managed to push the top of her head out through a little gap just below his hand.

Which are all the nouns in this sentence?

• blanket, hand

• squirming, managed, top, head

• push, head, through, gap, below

• Sophie, blanket, top, head, gap, hand

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4