Sarah Plain and Tall
  • 1. My father built the barn near the ____________ of pine trees to make it warm for the horses.
A) windbreak
B) conch
C) alarmed
D) rustle
  • 2. We could hear the soft _______ of the leaves in the trees when the wind blew
A) alarmed
B) paddock
C) rustle
D) windbreak
  • 3. The pony ran in circles around the ________.
A) windbreak
B) alarmed
C) conch
D) paddock
  • 4. The shivering puppy seemed to be __________ by the loud thunder
A) conch
B) smuggled
C) rustled
D) alarmed
  • 5. Aunt Helen found a big ___________ shell on the beach in the islands.
A) windbreak
B) paddock
C) conch
D) rustle
  • 6. Sarah agrees to come for a month because she ______________.
A) wants to see how life on the farm will be
B) has relatives that live near the farm
C) won a trip out west
D) likes to travel
  • 7. Why does papa brush his hair and put on a clean shirt to pick up Sarah?
A) Sarah wants him to wear a blue shirt or she won't come to the farm.
B) He wants to look nice for Sarah
C) He doesn't have any other clothes to wear
D) He doesn't have time to go shopping for a suit
  • 8. Where does Sarah want Seal, her cat, to stay?
A) in the barn
B) in her room
C) in Maine
D) inside the house
  • 9. How is the shell of the moon snail special?
A) It is smooth and white
B) It is curled and smells of salt
C) It's large and rough
D) Is it black with white striped
  • 10. The author says that Caleb rolled his marble on the porch back and forth, back and forth, because she wants the reader to ____________.
A) realize Caleb and Anna were waiting for a long time
B) know how to roll marbles
C) see that Caleb has a toy
D) practice reading the words
  • 11. Who it the story teller in this story?
A) Papa
B) Anna
C) Sarah
D) Caleb
  • 12. Where does the story take place?
A) in the Midwest
B) on a porch
C) in Maine
D) by the sea
  • 13. Who loves Sarah first?
A) Papa
B) Anna
C) the dogs
D) Caleb
  • 14. What do Caleb and Anna hope will happen?
A) that Seal will live in the house
B) that Papa and Sarah will get married
C) that Sarah will move back to Maine
D) that Sarah's brother, William, will come to visit her
  • 15. Why does Caleb smile at the name of the flower Sarah has never seen?
A) Caleb is surprised that Sarah has never seen the flower
B) Caleb thinks that the flower has a funny name
C) Caleb wants Sarah to be a bride and marry Papa
D) It's one of Caleb's favorite flowers
  • 16. Why do Papa and Caleb start saying ayuh?
A) because they already know some expressions from Maine
B) because they are making fun of Sarah
C) because the want Sarah to feel at home
D) because Sarah asks them to
  • 17. How does Anna know that Sarah cut Papa's hair?
A) Sarah announces that it is finally hair-cutting time
B) Anna sees Sarah cutting it
C) Anna sees Papa tossing pieces of hair into the wind
D) Papa tells Anna and Caleb about it
  • 18. Why does Sarah brush her hair long and free and tie it back?
A) to show Anna that they are alike in some ways
B) to find out if her hair is longer that Anna's
C) to feel the wind blow in her hair
D) to see if she needs to cut her hair
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