Little Grunt and the Big Egg Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a ________.
A) folktale
B) nursery rhyme
C) mystery
D) riddle
  • 2. How does Little Grunt get the huge egg home?
A) carries it on his back
B) makes a mat on which to drag it.
C) gets his family to help him carry it.
D) rolls it down a hill
  • 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) hatch the egg
B) ask more friends to brunch
C) be allergic to that kind of egg
D) make two omelets
  • 5. How does a baby dinosaur end up in the Grunt's cave?
A) The Ugga-Wugga Tribe brings it.
B) It walks into the cave
C) Chief Rockhead Grunt captures it.
D) It hatches from the egg
  • 6. Having George as a pet is a problem because George______.
A) sneezes all the time
B) bites people
C) gets too big
D) makes loud noises
  • 7. Little Grunt shows that he misses George by ______.
A) meeting him secretly
B) drawing pictures of him
C) looking for him in the swamp
D) talking about him all the time.
  • 8. What makes the cave shake?
A) an earthquake
B) George
C) a volcano
D) a storm
  • 9. Granny Grunt thinks Little Grunt should keep the baby dinosaur because _______.
A) it will make a great ride
B) Mama Grunt is serving pancakes for Sunday brunch
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) Papa Grunt asks him to resign
B) it is someone else's turn to be leader
C) he is tired of being the leader
D) he doesn't know how to help everyone escape
  • 11. The author wanted to show that George saves the Grunts quickly. To what did he compare George's speed?
A) to how high the steam comes out of the volcano
B) to the lava pouring down the volcano
C) to saying Tyrannosaurus Rex
D) to how long George's neck is
  • 12. What does the Grunt family learn by the end of the story?
A) People are smarter than animals.
B) Animals need people to take care of them.
C) Animals are stronger than people.
D) People and animals can help one another.
  • 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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