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WorksheetsA Naughty Little Comet Pair Passage\
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 16mins
This poem is mostly about a young comet who_____________
The imagery in stanzas 5-9 helps the reader to understand
the young star is not sure about how to live in the Milky Way
the mother star is excited about her young star
the young star is clearly aware of what it is doing
the Sun is in a hurry to destroy the young star
Read the following lines from the poem
She told her of the ogre, Sun, who loved on stars to sup,
And who asked no better pastime than in gobbling comets up.
The poet describes the sun in this way to make it seem (a)
Which line from the poem best supports that the star did not listen to his mother? (a)
The reader can conclude that the naught little comet
was destroyed
became a meteor
went back to the Milky Way
collided with Mars
What lesson did the young comet learn in the poem?
support your answer.
Read the dictionary entry below
1. not solid
2. insincere
3. hungry
4. concave
which definition best fits the meaning of Hollow as it is used in paragraph 2? (a)
Read the sentence from paragraph 3
Anything unusual was always alarming.
The author uses this sentence to show how people________
Were excited about new and peculiar things
gave away things that were unfamiliar
allowed themselves to sound alarms at oddities
were afraid of things they didn't know about
How does the author reveal the peoples fear of the comets?
by explaining the people's theory about the sun's rotation
by including the prayer they said three times a day
by comparing the university's ideas to the Church's ideas
By describing what people of the Middle Ages wondered about.
Which sentence shows that the people in the Middle Ages were eager to learn?
Astronomy was looked upon as an exceedingly practical study because it was by this science that the festivals of the Church were dated
They studied the observations made by the wise men of the East for many centuries and learned a great deal.
In the Middle Ages, however, people believed that the sun revolved around the earth.
No one knew whence they came or whither they were going.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3
Then came the added horror of the comet, and no one cold tell what awful calamity this might portend.
In this sentence the author (a)
What does the author mean when he says in the story, "Their movements(the stars) had something to do with human affairs."?
(a)
What is an ogre?
A star in the sky that rotates around the sun.
an ugly giant in children's stories
a flower that stinks
a fire that is bright to look at
