Chapter Eight
FCAT-TYPE QUESTIONS
Answer the questions below, basing your answers on Chapter Eight of the serial story, “Fly-in Fox Tales.”
1. Read the following sentences from Chapter Eight. Then choose the best answer the question below.
Kit’s ancestors had been brought to North America by British colonizers in the 1700’s. While the gray fox was indigenous to the continent, Kit’s genus, Vulpes vulpes, had been imported specifically to further the brutal English sport of fox hunting.
What does the phrase indigenous to mean?
A. brought by accident to
B. threatened in
C. native to
D. doing well in
2. After finishing his squirrel supper, why does Kit go to the creek?
A. He’s still hungry and is searching for more food.
B. He’s thirsty.
C. He wants to watch Rico.
D. His family has gathered there.
3. Read the following sentence from Chapter Eight. Then answer the question below.
Rico squinted into the shadows expecting to see a turtle trudging to the water’s edge.
Which word is closest to the opposite of trudging?
A. walking slowly
B. sliding
C. sprinting
D. tramping
[WRITING PROMPT] In Chapter Eight, the author voices an opinion that the red fox was imported to the United States to “further the brutal English sport of fox hunting.” Make a list of everything you know about fox hunting. Then, explain in a few sentences why you think fox hunting is—or is not—brutal.