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Horton Hatches an Egg

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the bird in this story?

a)

Mayzie

b)

Marcy

c)

Mary

d)

Macy

2.

Which of the following is not a reason Horton gives for not wanting to sit on Mayzie's egg?

a)

He doesn't have feathers.

b)

He is too big.

c)

He doesn't have wings.

d)

He is too tired

3.

Mayzie eventually persuades Horton into sitting on the egg for her.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was the weather like the first night that Horton sat on the egg?

a)

It snowed

b)

There was a terrible storm

c)

It was really hot.

d)

It was perfect (not too hot and not too cold)

5.

Where did Mayzie take her vacation to?

a)

New York

b)

Palm Island

c)

Paris

d)

Palm Beach

6.

The phrase that Horton uses many times throughout the book is, "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one hundred percent"

a)

True

b)

False

7.

When Horton sees the hunters what does he do?

a)

He runs

b)

Stays where he is

c)

He breaks the egg

d)

He cries

8.

What happens at the circus when Mayzie and Horton met up again?

a)

Mayzie takes the egg back

b)

The egg hatches

c)

Mayzie becomes part of the circus

d)

The egg gets lost

9.

What hatches out of the egg?

a)

An elephant

b)

An elephant-bird

c)

A bird

d)

An alligator

10.

Horton takes the elephant-bird home with him at the end of the story.

a)

True

b)

False