Little Grunt and the Big Egg Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a ________.
A) mystery
B) riddle
C) nursery rhyme
D) folktale
  • 2. How does Little Grunt get the huge egg home?
A) rolls it down a hill
B) carries it on his back
C) gets his family to help him carry it.
D) makes a mat on which to drag it.
  • 3. When the big egg arrives at the cave, everyone is _______.
A) angry
B) disappointed
C) nervous
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) hatch the egg
D) be allergic to that kind of egg
  • 5. How does a baby dinosaur end up in the Grunt's cave?
A) The Ugga-Wugga Tribe brings it.
B) Chief Rockhead Grunt captures it.
C) It hatches from the egg
D) It walks into the cave
  • 6. Having George as a pet is a problem because George______.
A) gets too big
B) makes loud noises
C) sneezes all the time
D) bites people
  • 7. Little Grunt shows that he misses George by ______.
A) drawing pictures of him
B) talking about him all the time.
C) meeting him secretly
D) looking for him in the swamp
  • 8. What makes the cave shake?
A) an earthquake
B) a volcano
C) a storm
D) George
  • 9. Granny Grunt thinks Little Grunt should keep the baby dinosaur because _______.
A) the baby dinosaur is cute
B) every boy needs to have a pet of his own
C) it will make a great ride
D) Mama Grunt is serving pancakes for Sunday brunch
  • 10. Chief Rockhead gives up his job as leader because ______.
A) he doesn't know how to help everyone escape
B) it is someone else's turn to be leader
C) Papa Grunt asks him to resign
D) he is tired of being the leader
  • 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 the lava pouring down the volcano
C) to how high the steam comes out of the volcano
D) to saying Tyrannosaurus Rex
  • 12. 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.
  • 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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