Island Boy
Author: Barbara Cooney
Reading Level: 5.0
Number Words: 3900
Question: 10
Point Value: 1
Question 1
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Who dug the well?
Pa
Ma
the children
men from town
Question 2
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The island was called __________.
Tibbets Island
Greenland
Blue Spruce
Dog Island
Question 3
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There were _____ children in the family.
12
10
no
too many
Question 4
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_________ taught the children to read and write.
Ma
Pa
Matthais
A teacher from the mainland
Question 5
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When Matthais was looking for eggs, he found __________.
a baby seagull
a dollar
a baby seal
a baby frog
Question 6
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Matthais called his seagull Toad because __________.
he liked to hop
he was ugly
he had warts
he was green
Question 7
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Matthais got a job as a ______________.
cabin boy
farmer
teacher
dog catcher
Question 8
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When Matthais stopped sailing, he lived _________.
on Tibbetts Island
on the mainland
in Boston
near a big city
Question 9
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When Matthais was old, he sold ____________.
vegetables to the summer people
the island
his ship
newspapers
Question 10
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When Mathais died, they buried him _________.
under the red astrakhan tree
in the sea
on the mainland
on Egg Rock