Use your notes from the passage to complete questions 1-10 below

1. What is one inference that can be made from this story?

a. The characters in the story hate animals.
b. The characters in the story are all in 7th grade.
c. The characters in the story ate lunch that day.
d. The characters in the story are not afraid of bats.

2. Define the word “inaudible” using the following sentence.

“They are mostly silent but even when they do speak they have a very quiet,
almost inaudible, voice. “
a. Annoying
b. Impossible to hear
c. High-pitched
d. Loud

3. Why did the author say the bat would be a good pet until the spring?
a. Because the bat hibernates all winter and they wouldn’t have to feed it.
b. Because they didn’t have a lot of school days in the winter and could take
care of it then.
c. Because they were moving away in the spring and would have to get rid
of it anyway.
d. Because they don’t use the refrigerator very often in the winter.

4. Define the word “dormant” using the following sentence.

“A dormant volcano has not erupted in over 2,000 years.”

a. Lively
b. Large
c. Inactive
d. Ugly

5. What happened after they hung the towels in the attic? 

a.  Sonar continued to fly around the room
b.  Sonar clung to the towel and stayed
c.  The characters ran downstairs
d.  Sonar flew out the window  
6.    The following sentence was taken from the story The Bat in the Refrigerator.
"She had been jolted from her home and, in her hibernating state, could not find
another."

The word jolted means  

a.  Running
b.  Excited
c.  Removed
d.  Electric

7.       What other title would fit this story?

a.  Batman Returns
b.  Bat on the Loose 
c.  Bat Farm
d.  Wild Animals in Homes

8. Complete the “cause and effect” chart with details from the story.

Cause Effect
Sonar had no home
to continue
hibernating in.
Someone took Sonar
out of the
refrigerator and did
not put her back.

Virginia noticed that

Sonar liked to rest on
“rough things"
9. Sonar has three “homes” in the story. Describe, in paragraph form, where the bat
lived in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

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10. The characters in this story faced many problems. They had to work together and
decide what the best plan was.

What is the main idea of this passage? Include at least 2 details from the story to
support your main idea.
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