Button Lady Quiz

Which quotation from the story explains why Kitty Henry asked for a button?

• “Kitty Henry was the first customer of the day.” (paragraph 4)

• “I need a button for this blouse, please. The dog chewed it off.” (paragraph 4)

• “Pesky puppies will do that,” said the Button Lady. (paragraph 5)

• “Our goat got loose by my clothesline and ate four buttons off the mayor’s shirt.” (paragraph 7)

What is the meaning of the word pesky as it is used in the sentence?

• adorable

• dangerous

• hungry

• troublesome

According to the phrase next in line, who will be next to get buttons?

• a goat

• Henrietta

• a poor man

• Mayor Bowersox

Select two quotations that show the Button Lady wants to make her customers happy.

• “That will never do,” said the Button Lady. She reached into her button bag and pulled out one, two, three, four white buttons! (paragraph 8)

• “The Button Lady had just found a button for Mr. Merrysong’s vest, when a loud commotion drew everyone’s attention.” (paragraph 10)

• “The Button Lady refused to give up. ‘I’ll look in my button bag again. Maybe I missed it.’” (paragraph 22)

• “Look,” said the Button Lady, pointing to the road. A trail of buttons stretched as far as they could see, and there was something else. (paragraph 27)

• “The Button Lady climbed on her bicycle and called, ‘See you next spring!’” (paragraph 40)

Select the meaning of commotion as it is used in the sentence.

• animal

• crash

• horn

• noise

Select the word from paragraph 10 that provides a clue to the meaning of commotion.

• found

• button

• loud

• attention

How do the events in paragraph 26 build on the events in paragraph 23?

• The Button Lady notices the torn bag, so everyone begins looking for missing buttons.

• The Button Lady refuses to give up, so everyone begins looking for the missing buttons.

• Everyone runs towards the goat, so the Button Lady is excited to locate her missing buttons.

• Everyone begins looking for the buttons, so the Button Lady notices the buttons along the path.

Select the point of view of the person speaking in the paragraph.

• Paul

• narrator

• Button Lady

• king’s tailor

Select the pair of character traits that describe Paul.

• rude and pesky

• mean and greedy

• smart and helpful

• excited and playful

Then, select the paragraph that supports the answer to Part A.

• “The royal crown button! Hand it over,” demanded the tailor, holding out his hand.

• “A small voice said, ‘Let me try.’ The mayor’s son, Paul, reached into his pocket and pulled out a cherry gumdrop. ‘Want some candy?’ he asked the goat.

• “The goat sniffed the gumdrop, spit out the royal crown button, and gobbled up the treat.”

• “When they got back to the square, the first thing the tailor did was mend the hole in the Button Lady’s big bag of buttons. Then he returned to the castle with the royal crown button.”