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“Jenna and the Black Cat” Questions

1. Erica considers Jenna to be the kind of person who a. is proud of her schoolwork. b. cannot think straight. c. often helps others. d. doesn’t like soccer.

2. One theme of the story is that a. fears can be put aside in an emergency. b. bad luck comes in threes. c. superstitions are ridiculous. d. good friends always help each other.

3. Which of the following sentences supports the theme of the passage? a. Jenna was afraid of the ghost tree, but she still helped the kitten. b. Jenna volunteered as a tutor after school and worked at an animal shelter. c. Jenna told Erica to shake salt over her right shoulder after Erica walked under a ladder. d. Jenna wouldn’t wear the same color shirt two days in a row.

4. In the sentence, “After getting the salt to toss over her shoulder, Jenna and Erica began the walk from the mall back to Jenna’s house,” the pronoun “her” refers to a. Jenna. b. Erica. c. both Jenna and Erica. d. none of the above.

5. Write a paragraph about a different story you know that illustrates the same theme. If you can’t think of a story, make one up.

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