Question # 1
Correct answer:C. Caring
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.I dont like the way Alphonse looks.Damien Delaney
b.She not going to do anything to you crazy dog, I told him. Jennifer Vidales
c.She going shake her head again and tell us to go home. Damien Delaney

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
We read the article and checked for the answer. Ebony Perry





Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
The article said nothing about them. Ebony Perry


Question # 2
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.The vet,smiling summoned us. Ebony Perry
b."Sometimes",she said, with a reassuring smile. Ebony Perry
c.The vet, with stained eyes, says the lump is just a symptom of what's going on inside. Jennifer Vidales

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
We found our proof in the article. Damien Delaney



Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
there was no proof in the article


Question # 3
Correct answer: a. he grow up with the dog
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.The dogs name was alphonse was a present for my first birthday. Jennifer Vidales
b.this is why it so unfair that im 14 going 15 and 13 going on 94.Damion Delaney
c.Mom even somtime calls him baby. Like hes my brother. Ebony Perry

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
Find the proof in the article



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Question # 4
Correct answer:
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Question # 5
Correct answer:
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Question # 6
Correct answer:
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Question # 7
Correct answer:
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Question # 8
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Text-specific interpretive question number 1:Who do you think is more fortunate, Leona Helmley's dog or the dog of the author in "A Boy and his Dog"? Support your response with evidence from the text.


Read the following link: the dog in the book is more fortunate because he has love and is taken care of.


ONE LUCKY DOG