Question # 1
Correct answer:C:Caring (Group)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.on page 246 he cares for the dog because he wants to take him to the vet again (ashley Perez)
b.Because when the vet tells the boy that the dog has cancer the way she expresses herself shows that she feels the pain and really does care.(KAtyA RODRiGUEZ)
c. she is caring because it says that one minute she is smiling and the next she is crying, it says that she becomes so involved with her patients. (melanie gutierrez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
we read each answer choice and as we went through each of them we went back to the story & eliminated the ones that didn't make any sense at all.(GROUP)






Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
a:needy-she doesn't need anything and it just doesn't make any sense at all.(group)
b:patient-she wasn't waiting on anything. (group)
c:sickly-she wasn't the one that was sick the dog was.(group)


Question # 2
Correct answer:B:he knows the dog is dying.(group)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.he is going to die so hes going to live his life without the dog (ashley perez)
b.The vet told him that the dog was going to die so since he had already been informed that the dog was in pain he wanted to be by his side,spend some time with him for one last time. (KAtyA RODRiGUEZ)
c.the vet told him that the dog is dying and that he has cancer. also he wanted to sleep with the dog because he knew that it was his last day(melanie gutierrez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:because the boy and the dog grow up together and it will hurt him to see the dog die, because it was like his brother to him:(ashley perez)

WE WENT BACK TO THE TEXT. WE READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH AGAIN. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO ANSWER WE ELIMINATED THE ANSWER CHOISES THAT DIDNT MAKE SENSE. AND THATS HOW WE FOUND OUR ANSWER.(KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ]




Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
A) HE WANTED TO TELL THE DOG WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEFORE THE DOG DIED NOT BECAUSE HE FELT SORRY. (KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ]
c) HE KNOWS THAT THE DOG HAS CANCER BUT HE DOESNT KNOW WHEN EXECTLY THE DOG IS GOING TO DIE. SO HE WOULDNT BE TELLING HIM HIS STORY IF HE WASNT DYING.(KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ]
D) HE HAS BEEN IN PAIN AND HE COULD OF TOLD HIM THAT BEFORE, BUT HE IS TELLING HIM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE DOG IS GOING TO DIE.(KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ)


Question # 3
Correct answer: A: HE GREW UP WITH THE DOG(GROUP)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a. HE HAS HAD THE DOG SINCE HE WAS ONE YEAR OLD UNTIL NOW THAT HE IS ALMOST 15. SO HE HAS HAD THE DOG FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS. ALSO HE WAS THE ONLY CHILD SO HE GOT USED TO THE DOG BEING THERE FOR HIM AS A BROTHER.[KAtyA RODRiGUEZ]
b. HIS DAD GAVE HIM THE DOG ON HIS 1ST BIRTHDAY. SO HE HAS BEEN HAVING THE DOG SINCE THEN. NOW HE IS ALMOST 15 AND THE DOG IS ALMOST 14. HE IS THE ONLY CHILD SO THE DOG WAS THE CLOSEST THING HE HAD TO A BROTHER.(MELANIE GUTIERREZ)
c.

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
WE WENT TO PAGE 244 READ THE 4TH PARAGRAPH AND IT SAID THAT HE HAD GOTTEN THE DOG ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY. SO HE GREW UP WITH THE DOG. WE WENT BACK TO THE ANSWER CHOICES AND COMPARED THEM TO THE READING AND ELIMINATED THE ONES THAT DIDNT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH HIM TREATING THE DOG LIKE HIS OWN BROTHER. (KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ)



Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
b) HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM TREATING THE DOG LIKE HIS BROTHER[KAtyA RODRiGUEZ MELANIE GUtiERREZ]
C) THIS JUST DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL, NEVER MENTIONS THE DOG BEING POLITE. [KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ]
D) THE DOG BEING IN PAIN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DOG BEING LIKE A BROTHER TO HIM. THE DOG STARTED BEING IN PAIN UNTIL HE GOT OLDER, AND HE HAS BEEN CLOSE TO HIM SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE. [KAtyA RODRiGUEZ AND MELANiE GUtiERREZ]
Question # 4
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:




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Question # 5
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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c.

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Question # 6
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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c.

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Question # 7
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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c.

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Question # 8
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.
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c.

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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:
ONE LUCKY DOG
A boy and his dog because he got treated like he was his own brother and the boy didnt just love the dog because he was lonely because he cared and he grew up with the dog. Unlike the "Queen Of MEAN" she was an old lonely women that no one liked and the only thing she had was the dog. also she was crazy and heartless because she left most of her wealth to her dog instead of her family who she has known forever not like the dog who she didnt have as long time with. (KAtyA RODRiGUEZ MELANiE GUtiERREZ)