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Cats and Dogs - Questions

Short Answer
In your own words, answer the questions below.
 

 1. 

What is the general topic of the essay?
 

 2. 

What is the specific topic of the reading?
 

 3. 

What are some features of cats that the writer discusses?
 

 4. 

What are some features of dogs that the writer discusses?
 

 5. 

According to the writer, what are common stereotypes about cats?
 

 6. 

According to the writer, what is a common stereotype about dogs.
 

 7. 

Based on the passage, can you infer that the writer is a kind person? Explain your answer.
 

 8. 

What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
 

 9. 

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
 

 10. 

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
 

 11. 

Now that you have read “Cats and Dogs,” what do you think the meaning of the word “stereotype” in paragraph 1 is?
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 12. 

When the writer was growing up, why didn’t her family own a cat?
A)
Dogs are friendlier than cats.
C)
The writer was afraid of them.
B)
The writer’s father was allergic to them.
 

 13. 

What kind of dog did the writer’s family NOT own?
A)
a poodle
C)
a labrador
B)
a Chihuahua
 

 14. 

What is the name of the writer’s friend who owns a dog?
A)
Wagster
C)
Jasper
B)
Aimee
 

 15. 

What is the best meaning of the word “messy” in paragraph 2 is ___.
A)
clean
C)
orderly
B)
untidy
 

 16. 

What is the meaning of the word “experience” in paragraph 3?
A)
happening
C)
face
B)
living through
 

 17. 

What is the meaning of the word “distant” in paragraph 4?
A)
friendly
C)
aloof
B)
far off
 

 18. 

What is probably the best meaning of the verbal phrase “dropped by” in paragraph 4?
A)
fell
C)
go down
B)
visited
 

 19. 

What word does the pronoun “them” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A)
family
C)
cats
B)
dogs
 

 20. 

What word does the pronoun “he” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A)
Rover
C)
dog
B)
carrier
 

 21. 

What does the pronoun “it” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A)
stereotype
C)
cat
B)
Aimee
 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 22. 

The word “bark” in paragraph 3 refers to the sound that a dog makes.
 

 23. 

Based on the passage, you can infer that the writer likes cats better than dogs.
 

 24. 

The noun “Chihuahua” in paragraph 1 is capitalized because it refers to a specific person or place.
 

 25. 

The writer’s grandmother thought that all dogs were friendly.
 



 
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