The Story Elements of the Text 2: “Fluffy Bunny Rabbit”

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After a long day The rabbit was obviously dead. Chris The neighbour replied, “we
at the office, panicked!“ just found him dead in his
Chris came If my neighbors find out my dog killed cage one day. But the
home one day their bunny, they’ll hate me forever,” he strange thing is that the day
and found his thought. So he took the dirty, chewed up after we buried him, we
dog with the rabbit into the house, gave it a bath and went out to dinner and
neighbor’s pet blow-dried its fur. someone must have dug
rabbit in his Chris knew his neigbors kept their him up, gave him a bath
mouth. backdoor open during the summer, so he and put him back into the
sneaked inside and put the bunny back cage!”
into the cage, hoping his neighbors
would think it died of natural causes.
A couple of days later Chris and his
neighbour saw each other outside.“
Did you hear that Fluffy die?” the
neighbour asked.“
Oh. Uhmm... Sorry to hear that. What
happened?” Chris mumbled.
Task 2b
Answer these questions.
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1 What does the story tell us? D. A boy who tried to maintain
A. A rabbit and a dog. neighborhood.
B. A boy who petted a rabbit.
C. Neighborhood in America.
D. A boy who tried to maintain neighborhood.
E. A boy who was angry with his neighbors
because their dog killed his rabbit.
2 What was his dog doing when Chris found it? E. The dog was carrying a dead
A. The dog was barking at a thief. rabbit in his mouth.
B. The dog was digging the neighbor’s field.
C. The dog was eating the rabbit.
D. The dog was killing the rabbit.
E. The dog was carrying a dead rabbit in his
mouth.
3 What did Chris think of his neighbor’s rabbit? B. It was killed by his dog.
A. It was alive.
B. It was killed by his dog.
C. It was funny.
D. It was stinky because it was already dead.
E. He was upset because his neighbor did not
bury it
4 How did Chris cover up the death of the rabbit? A. By cleaning it and then putting it
A. By cleaning it and then putting it in his in his neighbor’s house
neighbor’s house.
B. By burying it in the backyard.
C. By throwing it into his neighbor’s rubbish bin.
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D. By bathing it and then burying it.
E. By replacing it with his own rabbit.

5 How did Chris get into his neighbor’s house? C.Sneaking through the backdoor
A. Breaking the side window of the house.
B. Breaking the front door of the house.
C. Sneaking through the backdoor.
D. Using the key hidden below the doormat.
E. Passing the front gate of the house.

6 What actually happened to the rabbit? E. It died and buried in the

A. The dog ate the rabbit. backyard before the dog
B. The dog found it died. found it
C. Chris unconsciously killed it.
D. Chris’s neighbour killed it and buried it before
the dog found it.
E. It died and buried in the backyard before the
dog found it.
7 “If my neighbors find out my dog killed their B. Chris worried if his neighbors
bunny, they’ll hate me forever.” (line 4) were angry with
The sentence implies ... him.
A. Chris wanted his neighbors to know that his
dog killed the rabbit.
B. Chris worried if his neighbors was angry with
him.
C. Chris hated his neighbor so that he killed the
rabbit.
D. Chris let his dog eat the rabbit.
E. Chris was happy because his dog could kill the
rabbit.
8 The word “him” in line 13 refers to ... C. The rabbit.
A. The dog
B. Chris
C. The rabbit
D. Chris’s neighbor
E. Chris’s rabbit
9 “ We just found him dead in his cage one day. But A. The rabbit was dead before the
the strange thing is that the day after we buried dog dug it out.
him, we went out to dinner and someone must
have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him
back into the cage.”
What does the statement mean?
A. The rabbit was dead before the dog dug it out.
B. Someone consciously killed the rabbit and hid
it.
C. Someone found a dead rabbit and then buried
it.
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D. Chris put it back to its cage because his dog
killed it.
E. His neighbor did not know that the rabbit was
dead in its cage.
10 What actually happened was ... C. The rabbit did not die because of
the dog.
A. The rabbit was dead because the dog killed it.

B. Chris ordered his dog to get the rabbit.

C. The rabbit did not die because of the dog.

D. Chris’ neighbor thought that the rabbit was still

alive.

E. Chris’ neighbor actually wanted the rabbit

dead.