67 pages 2 hours read

Kate DiCamillo

The Tiger Rising

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

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Chapters 1 - 5

1. What does Rob discover behind the old gas station? (short answer)

2. How does Rob keep from thinking about sad things?

A) He counts to fifty.

B) He shuts his thoughts in an imaginary suitcase.

C) He talks to his friends Norton and Billy.

D) He paints pictures.

3. Rob says he is the “best not-crier in the world” (6). Why doesn’t Rob cry?

A) Rob is afraid that he will look weak.

B) Rob worries his friends will think he is sick.

C) Rob keeps his emotions tightly controlled since his mother’s death.

D) Rob does not cry because he is happy.

4. How does Rob deal with the Threemonger brothers bullying him?

A) He sits and takes it.