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