Summer Reading Assignment – 6th Grade
The Penderwicks
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Choose the correct answer for each question.
1.
Skye first met Jeffery when she –
A. crashed into him in the hedge tunnel
B. climbed into the tree house in the oak tree
C. ran into the gazebo to escape the rain
D. saw him fishing in the creek
2. When Rosalind was helping with the rosebush, Skye forgot about the –
A. hide-and-seek game she was playing with Batty
B. shirt she was ironing for Daddy
C. bath water she was running for Hound
D. cookies she was baking for Jeffrey
3. How did Jeffrey become Batty’s first hero outside her own family?
A. He caught Harry’s cat and pulled the bluebird from her mouth.
B. He caught her as she was falling from the apple tree.
C. He drew the bull’s attention so that she and Skye could escape
D. He chased away the dog that had attacked Hound.
4.
Why did Churchie take Rosalind and the other girls to Arundel’s attic?
A. To find the stories that had been written years earlier about their cottage
B. To hunt for Jeffery’s old golf clubs so they could play with them
C. To show them photo albums of Arundel when Jeffrey’s mother was young
D. To pick out dresses for them to wear to Jeffrey’s birthday party
5.
What announcement did Mrs. Tifton make at Jeffrey’s party?
A. Jeffery would be moving to New York as soon as she sold the house.
B. She had fired Cagney and would be hiring a more reliable gardener very soon.
C. Jeffery would attend military school and become a soldier like her father.
D. She had secretly married Dexter, and he was moving to Arundel.
6. Jeffrey snatched Batty from “the jaws of death” as she tried toA. jump off the roof of the garden shed to test her wings
B. climb up to the bird’s nest to return its egg
C. scramble onto the pony she saw in the field
D. cross the road to her real home
7.
Why did Skye go back into the room when Mrs. Tifton was scolding Jeffrey?
A. To return the candy from Batty’s pocket
B. To defend her mother’s honor
C. To find Batty’s missing shoe
D. To offer to clean up the broken glass
8.
What did Rosalind do after she saw Cagney kissing a girl?
A. She fell into the lily pond.
B. She backed into the rosebush.
C. She knocked over the angel statue.
D. She dropped her bucket of berries.
9. Batty locked the screen door on Mrs. Tifton and Dexter after –
A. Mrs. Tifton said she was looking for Jeffrey
B. she saw the broken vase in Mrs. Tifton’s hands
C. Dexter held up a letter for Mr. Penderwick
D. Dexter kicked her wagon off the porch
10. What did Batty do after she had her father stop the car one last time?
A. She put her favorite stone on Carla’s grave under the rosebush.
B. She ran to Mrs. Tifton to give her a big hug.
C. She took Yaz out of his cage and gave him back to Cagney.
D. She took off her wings and gave them to Jeffrey.
11. In Jane’s book that she writes at the cottage, who does Sabrina Star rescue?
A. Adam
B. Arthur
C. Alex
D. Arnold
12. Whose face does Skye make into a target when she shoots arrows?
A. Mrs. Tifton
B. Yaz
C. Dexter
D. Cagney
13. What did Mrs. Tifton and Dexter give Jeffrey for his birthday?
A. A book of composers
B. A rosebush
C. Golf clubs
D. A map
14. What color was Arundel cottage?
A. Yellow
B. Blue
C. Green
D. White
15. What do the Penderwick sisters call it when only the older ones hold a private
meeting?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SRJO
MOOPS
GROOPS
SNOOPS