The Dog Newspaper L18

Based on details from the text, what kind of character traits does the narrator possess?

• • shy and reserved

• • outgoing and curious

• • humorous and friendly

How does the scene described on this page help you understand the meaning of the word destruction? (select all that apply)

• • The author describes a burned-out building.

• • The author describes a picture of ruin from the war. 

• • The author tells that the mother dog and all the puppies except one died in the bombing.

Do you think B.J.'s background is different from the other neighborhood dogs?

• Yes

• No

Which details from the text support the decision the soldiers made to send B.J. to the United States? (Select all that apply.)

• • The German people had a lot to do to rebuild their country.

• • The German people would not want to bother with a dog, especially one who belonged to the Americans.

• • It was not very expensive to fly a dog from Germany to the United States.

What does the author mean by "showered him with loving attention?" 

• • She loved him and was excited to have him there. 

• • She gave him a lot of loving attention.

• • She washed him often to clean him up. 

How does the illustration on this page relate to what is going on in the story? (Select all that apply.)

• • It helps explain the details of the author's second story in the Dog Newspaper.

• • It gives us a visual description for how B.J. tore up the gingerbread house. 

The author's opinion is that, except for the first issue, she did not provide anything interesting for her audience.  

What facts support this opinion? (Select 3 that apply)

• • She wrote stories about the neighborhood dogs.

• • She wrote about what a great dog B.J. was.

• • People stopped buying her paper.

• • Her mistake was always putting her dog on the front page. 

How do you know that the author is looking back on the events that she describes?  (Select 3 that apply.)

• • She talked about how the neighborhood dogs didn’t do anything special.

• • She refers to the events as happening “THEN.”

• • She NOW realizes what her mistakes WERE.

• • She describes what happened to B.J. AFTER the events of her story.