Read the story, The Perfect Pet, then darken the circles for your answers to questions 1 through 10 in the spaces provided on your answer document. Mark only one answer for each question. Directions: Choose the word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined word.
Easy to do
Cute
Always fun
Hard to do
Size
Noise
Wish to eat
Sleep
Her parents keep saying no.
She can’t decide between a horse and a dog.
She is afraid a pet won’t get along with her plant.
She has no room to keep a pet.
Work hard to earn money for a pet
Surprise her parents into agreeing to a pet
Get her parents to come up with an idea for a pet
Trade her plant for a pet
A dog
A cat
A fish
A monkey
She has lots of ideas and never gives up.
She gets upset easily.
She likes things to stay the way they are.
She never listens to anyone else.
Carolyn, the cactus plant.
A bug named Doug.
A monkey named Sam.
No pet at all.
Carolyn was too slimy.
Carolyn was too big.
Carolyn was too prickly.
Carolyn was too small.
It will track mud through the house.
It will jump all over the furniture.
It will bark too much.
It will need too much food.
In the bathtub
In the backyard
On the rug
At her friend’s house
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