Hound Dog True (Prologue - Chapter 8)

1.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What genre is Hound Dog True?

Historical Fiction

Realistic Fiction

Poetry

Non-fiction

2.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What is the author's purpose in Hound Dog True?

To inform

To entertain

To persuade

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What grade is Mattie in?

3rd

4th

5th

6th

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where does Mattie live now?

In the big city with Mama

On a farm with Mama and Uncle Potluck

With her grandparents on a farm

In an apartment building with Dad

5.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What is the name of Mattie's neighbor

Miss Honey

Miss Sweet

Miss Bonnet

Miss Candy

6.

Multiple Choice

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What kind of job does Uncle Potluck have?

Custodian at a school

A plumber

A construction worker

A teacher

7.

Multiple Choice

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What does the word "potluck" mean?

lucky to find the gold coins

choice for whatever is available

crazy and weird

8.

Multiple Choice

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What does the word "apprentice" mean?

to be thankful for something

someone very smart

being a professional worker

someone learning a skill from someone else

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does Mattie use her new notebook for?

As a diary

To write stories

To take notes about being a custodial apprentice

To draw pictures of Quincy and Moe

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What personification is used by Uncle Potluck to describe the light bulb?

The bulb is ash gray.

Puts his hat to his heart

So white it matches the chalk on the board.

Gave its life in service of illumination

11.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What does the metaphor; "hiding behind the skirts of Mama Night" mean.

Behind the trees

There is an old women there

Behind the clouds

In the sky

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What figurative language is this an example of: "Star grew bigger and bigger until she touched the ceiling and filled the coatroom and Mattie knew Star could swallow her whole."

simile

personification

hyperbole

metaphor

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are Mattie's pajama buttons' names?

Eenie, Meenie, and Miney

Hewey, Dewey, and Lewey

One, Two, and Three

The buttons don't have names

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why doesn't Mattie want to have a sleepover with Quincy?

Quincy is a stranger.

Because Mama wants her to

She thinks Quincy is more mature than her.

Quincy ruined her notebook of stories at school.

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The best words to describe Mattie at this point in the book are...

confident, friendly

insecure, shy

happy, brave

timid, brazen

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