Ask and Answer Questions: The Lost Kitten

What problem does Emma find in the story?

• She loses her backpack on the way home.

• She hears a kitten meowing under a bush.

• She cannot find her way home from school.

• She is scared of a big dog on the street.

What does Emma do to help the kitten?

• A) She leaves it under the bush.

• B) She calls animal control.

• C) She takes it home and feeds it.

• D) She ignores the kitten and walks away.

How does the kitten feel at the end of the story?

• Hungry

• Scared

• Happy and comfortable

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Emma walks home from school every day.

• A kitten is lost and Emma helps it.

• Kittens like to drink milk.

• Emma does not like animals.

What does the word "curled" most likely mean in the sentence: "After eating, the kitten curled up on Emma’s lap and purred."?

• Ran away

• Lay down in a ball

• Jumped up

• Made a noise

How does Emma know the kitten is scared?

• She hears it meowing and sees it hiding under a bush.

• She sees it playing with a ball.

• She watches it sleeping peacefully.

• She notices it eating happily.

Emma’s action of taking the kitten home tells us that she is:

• kind and caring

• adventurous

• indifferent

• curious

The kitten purrs at the end of the story because:

• it is scared.

• it is hungry.

• it is happy.

• it is sleepy.

What evidence from the text shows that the kitten was hungry?

• The story says the kitten "looked hungry and scared," and it ate when Emma gave it food.

• The kitten was playing with a ball of yarn.

• The kitten was sleeping peacefully.

• The kitten was purring loudly.

What would have happened if Emma had not helped the kitten?

• The kitten would have been lost.

• The kitten would have found another helper.

• Nothing would have changed.

• Emma would have found another animal to help.