Little Grunt and the Big Egg Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a ________.
A) mystery
B) nursery rhyme
C) riddle
D) folktale
  • 2. How does Little Grunt get the huge egg home?
A) carries it on his back
B) rolls it down a hill
C) makes a mat on which to drag it.
D) gets his family to help him carry it.
  • 3. When the big egg arrives at the cave, everyone is _______.
A) disappointed
B) nervous
C) angry
D) excited
  • 4. Mama Grunt decides the egg is so big that she will _______.
A) ask more friends to brunch
B) make two omelets
C) be allergic to that kind of egg
D) hatch the egg
  • 5. How does a baby dinosaur end up in the Grunt's cave?
A) The Ugga-Wugga Tribe brings it.
B) It hatches from the egg
C) It walks into the cave
D) Chief Rockhead Grunt captures it.
  • 6. Having George as a pet is a problem because George______.
A) bites people
B) makes loud noises
C) gets too big
D) sneezes all the time
  • 7. Little Grunt shows that he misses George by ______.
A) talking about him all the time.
B) meeting him secretly
C) drawing pictures of him
D) looking for him in the swamp
  • 8. What makes the cave shake?
A) George
B) a storm
C) an earthquake
D) a volcano
  • 9. Granny Grunt thinks Little Grunt should keep the baby dinosaur because _______.
A) Mama Grunt is serving pancakes for Sunday brunch
B) it will make a great ride
C) every boy needs to have a pet of his own
D) the baby dinosaur is cute
  • 10. 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
  • 11. The author wanted to show that George saves the Grunts quickly. To what did he compare George's speed?
A) to how long George's neck is
B) to how high the steam comes out of the volcano
C) to the lava pouring down the volcano
D) to saying Tyrannosaurus Rex
  • 12. What does the Grunt family learn by the end of the story?
A) Animals are stronger than people.
B) People and animals can help one another.
C) People are smarter than animals.
D) Animals need people to take care of them.
  • 13. Is this story about real or imaginary people and things? Explain how you know.
  • 14. Why is the dinosaur's name changed to Georgina?
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