WorksheetsThe Night the Bed Fell
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What starts the confusion in “The Night the Bed Fell”?
Burglars enter the narrator’s aunt’s house.
Briggs Beall stops breathing while he sleeps.
The cot the narrator is sleeping on collapses.
Gracie Shoaf throws her shoes down the hall.
What can you conclude about Briggs Beall in “The Night the Bed Fell”?
He is sleeping soundly through the yelling.
He has stopped breathing.
He is dreaming of demons.
He is awakened easily by the mother.
In “The Night the Bed Fell,” why does the narrator’s mother tug on the attic door?
She is checking to see if Grandfather is asleep in the attic.
She believes her husband’s bed has collapsed on top of him.
She needs her husband’s help because Briggs has stopped breathing.
She needs her husband’s help because her son’s cot has collapsed.
How would you describe the members of the narrator’s family in “The Night the Bed Fell”?
slow and lazy
unusual and humorous
witty and clever
wild and dangerous
The narrator supposes that the high-water mark of his youth in Columbus, Ohio, was the night the bed fell on his father.
True
False
The narrator`s father had decided to sleep in the attic for one week.
True
False
The narrator`s father did want to stay away from his family, and can think better at the attic.
True
False
The narrator`s mother said, the old wooden bed up is safe to sleeping.
True
False
The narrator and his mother, heard ominous creackings as the narrator`s father:
Took the shower
Crawled into bed
Talking with someone on the phone
This family member thought that when he was going to sleep his breath cease when he was asleep:
None A or B
Thomas Cook
James Thurber
He had been accustomed to setting and alarm clock to ring at intervals until morning, but the narrator persuaded him to abandon this.
Jared Knauff
Briggs Beall
Stefan Bell
