Chapter Twelve
FCAT-TYPE QUESTIONS
Answer the questions below, basing your answers on Chapter Twelve of the serial story, “Fly-in Fox Tales.”
1. What might happen if an animal eats more than one cube of the rabies vaccine?
A. It can get a stomachache.
B. It might develop rabies.
C. It will fall asleep.
D. It might start acting silly.
2. Read the following sentence from Chapter Twelve. Then answer the question below.
Tom Cat opened the bag. Rico and Marisol each took a quick sniff; both backed away grimacing.
Which of the following best describes the children’s reaction to the odor of the bait food?
A. They liked it and then wanted to taste the food.
B. They sniffed the food and then laughed.
C. They made faces to show their disgust.
D. They didn’t really react to it.
3. Read the following sentence from Chapter Twelve. Then answer the question below.
Well, out here in the Preserve, it’s not practical to take wild animals to the vet for rabies vaccines.
In the above sentence, what is the word vet a shortened form of?
A. veto
B. veteran
C. veterinary
D. veterinarian
[WRITING PROMPT] In Chapter Twelve, Mr. Tom Cat asks Marisol and Rico if they’ve ever had a dog or a cat as a pet, and whether they made sure it had its rabies vaccines. Write a paragraph explaining what pet owners must do in order to care for a pet properly.