Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

“Feathers” 

Reading Check

1. What type of animal is Joey?

2. What does Olla keep a plaster cast of in her house?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does the narrator respond after meeting Bud’s baby?  

2. What wish does the narrator make at the end of his evening at Bud’s house?

“Chef’s House” 

Reading Check

1. What does Edna begin wearing again during her summer near the ocean?

2. What does Chef inform Wes and Edna they must do?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What effect does their brief time together at Chef’s house have on the relationship of Wes and Edna?  

“Preservation” 

Reading Check

1. Which appliance in Sandy’s house has stopped working?  

2. Where does Sandy’s husband spend almost all his time?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Where does Sandy plan to go shopping, and what memories does it bring back for her?