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Reading Comprehension
Volume 5, Number 3, September 20, 1999
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Trogmire Troll was
dealing with a crisis. The new girl in class really liked him a lot.
Trogmire was not happy about it.
Trogmire’s
good friend, Tremor Troll, tried to comfort him.
“What’s the big deal? I think Treasure Troll is
kind of cute. And she seems to be nice enough.”
Trogmire
swallowed his last bite of poison sumac salad and glared at Tremor.
“Then why don’t you ask her to be your
girlfriend? There she is, sitting all by herself at the other end of
the cafeteria. March over there and ask her to be your
sweetie-poo!”
“She’s
crazy about you, not me,” Tremor replied.
“Well,
I don’t want any girlfriend, especially not a weird pesky one
like her!” Trogmire growled.
Tremor
wouldn’t give up. “The only thing pesky about her
is that she keeps writing you those notes and she stares -”
“Yucky
love notes!” Trogmire interrupted. He took another sip of
mole milk. “Did you notice those strange brown eyes? Why
aren’t they normal red or pink?”
Tremor
took another look at Treasure. “I think her face is a lovely
shade of green. And her dark green curly hair is quite pretty. Besides,
she’s very sweet and that’s what really
matters.”
Trogmire
stuck out his tongue. “I think I’m going to be
sick! I’d better save my dessert for later.” He
crammed a small bag of Maggot Munchies into his even smaller shirt
pocket. “The fact is, I have a problem. That girl is getting
on my nerves!”
Tremor
followed Trogmire's example and decided to save his dessert for later.
However, he carefully placed the bag into his lunch box. “Do
you have any ideas about how to solve your problem?” Tremor
asked.
“I’m
going to be mean and rude to her,” Trogmire announced.
“I’ll call her names and make ugly faces at
her.”
“That’s
how you treat everyone,” Tremor reminded his friend.
Trogmire
nodded. “It’s time that Treasure got to know the
real Trogmire Troll!”
1. How did Treasure Troll feel about Trogmire Troll?
a.
She didn’t like him because he was rude.
b. She was
annoyed by his strange appearance.
c. She
didn’t have any strong feelings about him.
d. She liked
him a lot.
2. How did Trogmire feel about Treasure?
a.
He felt annoyed.
b. He enjoyed
the attention.
c. He
wasn’t aware that she existed.
d. He was
crazy about her.
3. Who did Trogmire want for a girlfriend?
a.
No one
b.
Tremor’s sister
c. Treasure
Troll
d. A weird
girl from another class
4. Which statement is true?
a.
Trogmire pretended to be rude in order to make Treasure stop liking him.
b. Tremor
thought that looks were more important than personality.
c. Tremor
thought that Treasure was cute.
d. Trogmire
offered his dessert to Treasure to make her sick.
For Discussion:
Has someone ever liked you a lot more than you liked him or her?
What
did you do about it? What’s
the right thing to do?
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