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English
6th
grade
"The Pod" Short Story by Maureen Crane Wartski (Collections)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are the two main settings of this story?
Jesse's House & a convenience store
A Convenience Store & the beach
Jesse's House and a Road by the Ocean
A Restaurant & Swimming Pool
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who are the major characters in the story?
Jesse and his cousin Pete
Jesse and his mother
The mother and the cousin Pete
The dolphin and cousin Pete
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who were the minor characters in the story?
Jesse and the dolphin
The dolphin, Jesse's mother and cousin Pete
Jesse's Mother, the Dolphin, the Dolphin's Pod
Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
- 4. Drag and Drop
The plot of the story is:
(a) is annoyed at his cousin (b) for boring lectures about "fish" (marine mammals), but then Jesse is faced with having to (c) a (d) .
JessePeterescuedolphin - 5. Match
Match the following events as they occurred in the story.
Event 1
Jesse leaves the house to escape Pete's dull lecture and his family's party.
Event 2
Jesse finds a wounded, stranded dolphin and tries to rescue it.
Event 3
Jesse tries to call Pete for help. He wishes he had paid more attention.
- 6. Drag and Drop
The outcome of the story was that as Jesse remembers (a) lecture, Jesse saves the (b) and returns him to his (c) . (d) realizes that he needs to return to his own (e) .
Pete'sdolphinpodJessefamily - 7. Multiple Choice
What does the word "irritably" mean?
being happy
disgusted
very excited
showing annoyance
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the word "impulse" mean?
a sudden urge
a desire to sing
doing something wrong
being very tired
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the word "monologue" mean?
a short, quick speech
a long speech
an incomplete sentence
a solo singing act
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does the word "empathy" mean?
feeling sorry for someone
showing pity
identifying with someone else's feelings or situation
being very thristy
- 11. Multiple Choice
What's another word for a "contraption"?
a new computer
a device
a trap for an animal
a math question
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the word "disoriented" mean?
not resting well
confused
the inability to eat
feeling content
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