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