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