Owney, the Post Office Dog

Owney, the Post Office Dog

Author: Joe Wheeler

© 2004 by Pacific Press®

Readability Level 10.4 / Points 18

Word Count: 62,400

160 pages

1. Owney traveled mostly by _____. (pg 13)

a. boat / b. carriage / c. pony express / d. train

2. Ralphie, the wolf died of _____. (pg 30)

a. the bubonic plague / b. a gun shot wound / c. old age / d. rabies

3. Kent was upset with his family because they _____. (pg 38, 39)

a. gave away his puppy / b. lost his things
c. took his things / d. all of these

4. Kent kept his dogs in _____. (pg 33)

a. a corral / b. his bedroom / c.a kennel / d. a laundry chute

5.Vuki’s owners had trouble with _____. (pg 42)

a. controlling their tempers / b. finding work
c. knowing how to care for a dog / d. speaking English

6. Vuki died from wounds when he saved _____. (pg 56)

a. his enemy’s little girl / b. his friend Billy
c. his owner’s horse / d. a rancher’s sheep

7. The boy was upset that Wolf could not _____. (pg 62)

a. get a trophy / b. play with him
c. see / d. stay in his room

8.Wolf was famous because he _____ even though he had been poisoned. (pg 71

a. fought off a thief
b. protected the family’s sheep herd
c. saved a drowning child
d. warned the family of a house fire

9. Harvey had received Caesar from a _____. (pg 81)

a. circus / b. farmer / c. hermit / d. zoo

10. Scottie mostly buried himself in mud after he was _____.

a. bit by a snake / b. hit by a car
c. poisoned by some meat / d. shot by a rifle

11.Scotty taught Davis _____. (pg 95)

a. courage / b. how to handle money
c. responsibility / d. to try to look his best

12.Don was such a gentleman dog that he stayed with Tom even though _____. (pg103)

a. Tom had not abandoned him / b. Tom had fed him
c. Tom had shot him / d. Tom had poisoned him

13.The dog, Tad, led Bobbie to his _____.(pg 111)

a. car / b. daughter / c. mother / d. puppies

14.Captain Kidd’s owner was really _____.

a. lonely / b. rich / c. shy / d. all of these

15.Milly May was reluctant to go get Captain Kidd because he was_____. (pg 115)

a. always beating her dogs to the best ribbons and trophies
b. mean and bit her
c. sick and might infect her dogs
d. none of these

16.Annie lived at the train station during _____.

a. the Dust Bowl / b. the Great Depression
c. World War II / d. all of these

17.Ruth didn’t want to get rid of Maestro because he reminded her of her _____. (pg 128)

a. best girl friend / b. faith in God
c. husband / d. parent and childhood

18._____ gave Ruth a new puppy. (pg 134)

a. Her son / b. Maestro / c. The Vet / d. all of these

19.Another name for dogs is _____.

a. canines / b. hounds / c. mutts / d. all of these

20.Don helped them chase lions they wanted to _____.

a. capture in cages and take to zoos
b. lasso to protect them
c. shoot because they were killing sheep
d. not stated
Correct answers: / 1-d 2-b 3-d 4-c 5-d 6-a 7-a 8-a 9-a 10-a 11-c 12-c 13-c 14-d 15-a 16-d 17-c 18-c 19-a 20-d