Little Grunt and the Big Egg Comprehension
  • 1. When the baby stopped crying, our house became nice and _______________.
A) erupting
B) lava
C) peaceful
D) escape
  • 2. Our neighbors asked us to eat __________ with them.
A) peaceful
B) escape
C) lava
D) brunch
  • 3. We used four eggs to make an ______________.
A) erupting
B) omelet
C) escape
D) earned
  • 4. Because the volcano was ___________, people had to leave.
A) peaceful
B) escape
C) aimed
D) erupting
  • 5. The hot ___________ gushed out from the volcano.
A) lava
B) omelet
C) escape
D) brunch
  • 6. The firefighter tried to ____________ from the burning rooftop.
A) peaceful
B) brunch
C) escape
D) erupting
  • 7. This story is most like a ________.
A) nursery rhyme
B) riddle
C) mystery
D) folktale
  • 8. How does Little Grunt get the huge egg home?
A) rolls it down a hill
B) carries it on his back
C) makes a mat on which to drag it.
D) gets his family to help him carry it.
  • 9. When the big egg arrives at the cave, everyone is _______.
A) disappointed
B) excited
C) angry
D) nervous
  • 10. Mama Grunt decides the egg is so big that she will _______.
A) make two omelets
B) ask more friends to brunch
C) hatch the egg
D) be allergic to that kind of egg
  • 11. How does a baby dinosaur end up in the Grunt's cave?
A) The Ugga-Wugga Tribe brings it.
B) Chief Rockhead Grunt captures it.
C) It walks into the cave
D) It hatches from the egg
  • 12. Having George as a pet is a problem because George______.
A) makes loud noises
B) bites people
C) sneezes all the time
D) gets too big
  • 13. Little Grunt shows that he misses George by ______.
A) looking for him in the swamp
B) drawing pictures of him
C) talking about him all the time.
D) meeting him secretly
  • 14. What makes the cave shake?
A) a volcano
B) a storm
C) George
D) an earthquake
  • 15. Granny Grunt thinks Little Grunt should keep the baby dinosaur because _______.
A) it will make a great ride
B) Mama Grunt is serving pancakes for Sunday brunch
C) every boy needs to have a pet of his own
D) the baby dinosaur is cute
  • 16. Chief Rockhead gives up his job as leader because ______.
A) it is someone else's turn to be leader
B) Papa Grunt asks him to resign
C) he is tired of being the leader
D) he doesn't know how to help everyone escape
  • 17. The author wanted to show that George saves the Grunts quickly. To what did he compare George's speed?
A) to saying Tyrannosaurus Rex
B) to the lava pouring down the volcano
C) to how long George's neck is
D) to how high the steam comes out of the volcano
  • 18. What does the Grunt family learn by the end of the story?
A) Animals need people to take care of them.
B) People are smarter than animals.
C) People and animals can help one another.
D) Animals are stronger than people.
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