A) dogs will attack each other if not separated by fences
B) dogs are better than people
C) dogs cannot be trusted because they are wild creatures
D) some dogs have a complex set of humanlike emotions

A) Animals can teach people how to find food
B) Animals can teach people how to be better human beings
C) Animals show us how to avoid getting hurt
D) Paulsen's dogs are smarter than he is

A) because he feels most comfortable in the extreme cold
B) to indicate the cold will play a major role in the plot
C) to show that winter can be as beautiful as spring
D) to get it out of the way early on

A) refuses to take part in the May Day races
B) pretends that her accomplishments do not require any effort
C) constantly wins first prizein class spelling bees
D) knows how to play the piano very well

A) encourage Raymond to enter the spelling bee
B) persuade Raymond to stop running
C) encourage Raymond to keep running
D) give Raymond her ribbons and medals

A) Squeaky worries that she won't win the race
B) During the big race, Raymond runs outside the fence
C) Squeaky wins many awards, but Raymond has nothing
D) Squeaky challenges people who make fun of Raymond

A) stay in one place and his family's need to move
B) play the trumpet and his lack of musical ability
C) leave his family and the family's need of his work
D) leave Mexico and his desire to stay in California

A) enjoys moving with his family during harvest
B) feels pity for the sharecropper who hires his father
C) does not enjoy moving from place to place
D) wants to be a farmer when he grows up

A) going around and around in a circle
B) an electrical connection
C) the family's travels as migrant workers
D) a mystical connection among family members

A) be taken to the palace to work as slaves
B) be left in the mountains to die alone
C) serve Lord Higa to save the village
D) be shipped to a different country to live

A) "...will be taken care of in a village for other old people."
B) "...will be sent to America."
C) "...will be treated with the respect and honor they deserve."
D) "...will be allowed to live out their years quietly."

A) make all the old people disappear
B) make a drum sound without beating it
C) make a silk thread weave through several holes
D) make a rope of ash

A) He lacks self-confidence
B) He is fun-loving and lazy
C) He feels sorry for himself
D) He is brave and intelligent

A) a wooden crate
B) warm sun
C) birds
D) palm trees and coconuts

A) Timothy's knife
B) a signal fire
C) Stew cat
D) attacking birds