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