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Seuss Springbreak name:---------------------------------------------------- date:--------------------------------------- “Who was Dr. Seuss ?” Spring Break Reading Read each question. Select or Explain the correct answer. Circle the bolded letter prior to the sentence that would best answer the following question. 1. How did World War II affect the country in which Seuss’ family immigrated from? A. In 1940, Ted was worried and unhappy about what was going on in the world around him. B. World War II had broken out in Europe. C. His parents’ home- land, Germany was now controlled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. D. Hitler wanted to rule all of Europe. E. Most Americans still hoped the United States could stay out of the war, but not Ted. 2. Fill in the blank with the best homophone. Although Ted was voted “Least Likely to Succeed” by his Dartmouth University peers, he _______ _________ of the most prestigious awards offered by Princeton University; an honorary doctorate degree for his work as an children’s author. A. pair, peer b. earned, one c. won, one d fine, fine 3. Explain what “Prohibition" was in 2-3 sentences. pg#__________ ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Where did Theodore meet Helen Palmer? pg# ______ a. Ted’s friend from college. b. Princeton University. c. Dartmouth University. d Oxford University. name:---------------------------------------------------- date:--------------------------------------- 5. How did Ted get the job working for Flit? pg# ____ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ——————————————---------------------------------------------------------- ——————————————----------------------------------------- 6. Why did Ted eventually move to New York after dropping out of Oxford? (Explain using 2-3 sentences) pg#-------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ——————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————— Match the vocabulary word with its definition #7-9. 7. salary ___________ a. a place to buy or sell small parts of a company 8. wealth ___________ b. regular payment for doing a job 9. stock market ___________ c. abundance of riches or valuable possessions Circle True or False. Support your response with evidence from the text. 10. True or False — Dr. Seuss’ story “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street” is about an elephant taking care of a bird’s egg. pg #________ ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— name:---------------------------------------------------- date:--------------------------------------- 11. How did Dr. Seuss deal with the sad news of not being able to have children? pg# ___________ A. he worked longer hours. B. he created an imaginary daughter. C. he drew pictures of an invented daughter in his books D. he adopted a child. 12. Why is chapter 6 titled “Private SNAFU”? (Explain using 2-3 sentences) ——— -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ——————————————————————————— ———————————————————————————————— 13. Why did Dr. Seuss end most of his children’s books with a question? pg# ____ ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— 14. What is the main idea of the text on pg 75? (explain in 2-3 sentences) ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— 15. “Who was Dr. Seuss?” was written in 3rd person. There is a narrator explaining about Dr. Seuss’ life and work. How do you think the narrator feels about Dr. Seuss’ work as a children’s author? (explain in 2-3 sentences) Support your answer with evi- dence from the text. pg#_________ ————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————.
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