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T.J. The Siberian Tiger Cub

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What genre is this story?

a)

autobiography

b)

realistic fiction

c)

fantasy

d)

informational text

2.

What kind of animal is T.J.?

a)

Bali tiger

b)

Sumatran tiger

c)

Siberian tiger

d)

Indian tiger

3.

How did the zookeepers watch Buhkra and her cub?

a)

through a large window in her cage

b)

with a video camera

c)

they watched from the other side of the cage

d)

they watched from an opening above the cage

4.

Buhkra bated her teeth at the zookeepers. What does bared mean?

a)

showed that she was hungry

b)

showed them in a playful way

c)

smiled

d)

showed them in an angry way

5.

What unexpectedly happened to Buhkra?

a)

she died of cancer

b)

she escaped

c)

she was sent to another zoo

d)

she died from a heart attack

6.

After five days of not eating, what were the doctors forced to do?

a)

force T.J. to eat

b)

give T.J. milk in a bottle

c)

feed T.J. with a spoon

d)

give T.J. dry food

7.

What challenge did T.J. face after learning to live with humans?

a)

he had to learn to live by himself at the zoo

b)

he had to learn how to growl

c)

he had to learn how to hunt

d)

he had to learn how to share

8.

Where did T.J. end up living?

a)

a zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado

b)

a zoo in Billings, Montana

c)

a zoo in San Antonio, Texas

d)

a zoo in San Diego, California

9.

T.J. went to the fence and chuffled. What did that show Cindy?

a)

he was lonely

b)

he was hungry

c)

he was growing up

d)

he remembered her

10.

What is the passage mostly about?

a)

what tigers do in the wild

b)

how tigers care for each other

c)

a tiger that learned to hide and hunt

d)

a tiger that grew up to be big and healthy

11.

When T. J. arrived at the hospital, he was curling up in a corner and ignoring food. What does ignoring mean?

a)

moving in circles

b)

staying away from

c)

sharing with others

d)

finishing too quickly

12.

How did T.J. behave after he started getting used to the hospital?

a)

He became very playful.

b)

He snarled at the doctors.

c)

He ate only human baby food.

d)

He made friends with other animals.

13.

Why was T.J. moved to a zoo in Montana?

a)

because his father lived there

b)

because he had begun to lose weight

c)

because the zoo needed to fill its new tiger area

d)

because he liked splashing in the tiger pool at the zoo

14.

How is the information in the passage mostly arranged?

a)

in time order

b)

as a list of facts

c)

in order of importance

d)

as questions and answers

15.

Babies or young children are kept here

a)

bared

b)

assistant

c)

nursery

d)

pounce

16.

Someone who helps another person

a)

assistant

b)

nuzzled

c)

refused

d)

bared

17.

Suddenly jumping on something

a)

refused

b)

bared

c)

nuzzled

d)

pounce

18.

Did not take something

a)

pounce

b)

nuzzled

c)

refused

d)

nursery

19.

Showed teeth in an angry way

a)

bared

b)

assistant

c)

nursery

d)

nuzzled

20.

Touched another animal with the nose and mouth

a)

nursery

b)

refused

c)

nuzzled

d)

pounce