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Lesson 18 The Dog Newspaper Comprehension

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author expresses the opinion that

a)

soldiers found B.J. when he was a puppy

b)

B.J.'s life was not as boring as the other dogs

c)

her Uncle Bill came home from the war

d)

she wrote The Dog Newspaper

2.

Which detail supports the main idea that B.J. was showered with loving attention?

a)

Uncle Bill got to keep B.J.

b)

The author read aloud to B.J.

c)

B.J. tore up the gingerbread house.

d)

B.J. was lost after the war.

3.

Read this sentence from the passage.

The gingerbread house was absolutely breathtaking.

Which word in the sentence above shows that it is an opinion.

a)

gingerbread

b)

house

c)

was

d)

breathtaking

4.

Which of these sentences from the passage states a fact?

a)

"The next issue was even worse."

b)

"B.J. still had not done anything newsworthy."

c)

"Issue number three was a publishing disaster."

d)

"Less than one month after its launch, the Dog Newspaper went out of business."

5.

Which sentence from the passage states a fact?

a)

"I need exciting plots, unique information, and fresh insights."

b)

"What was in it for them?"

c)

"He lived to be sixteen, a good long life for an orphaned puppy....."

d)

"B.J. took one more plane ride, from Minneapolis to Fresno where my parents moved shortly after I got married."

6.

Read this sentence from the passage:

I believed my writing career was over.

Which word from the sentence indicates that this is an opinion?

a)

I

b)

my

c)

career

d)

believed

7.

Who found B.J. when he was a puppy?

a)

A journalist

b)

Uncle Bill

c)

Peg Kehret

d)

Tim Jessell

8.

The genre of the story is

a)

a biography

b)

an informational text

c)

a folktale

d)

an autobiography

9.

When did Peg write her first publication?

a)

When she was ten

b)

When she was at the war

c)

When she was fifteen

d)

When she was in high school

10.

Why did the soldier name the dog B.J.?

a)

becuase he had a Big Jaw

b)

becuase he was a Big Job

c)

becuase he was a Beautiful Job

d)

because he could Bounce and Jump

11.

Where did B.J. live during the World War II?

a)

in United States

b)

in México

c)

in Germany

d)

in Asia

12.

Who was the only person who purchased issue four?

a)

grandma

b)

uncle Bill

c)

her next door neighbor

d)

grandpa

13.

B.J. destroyed her house made of a cardboard box, what was the picture of the house?

a)

onionbread

b)

donuts

c)

a cookie man

d)

gingerbread

14.

Which of these sentences states an opinion?

a)

Dog Newspaper went out of business

b)

Issue number three was a publishing disaster

c)

B.J. slept every night in the basement

d)

B.J. lived sixteen years

15.

B.J. was flown from Germany to

a)

Memphis

b)

Minnesota

c)

Minneapolis

d)

Montana