Part A

In “How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe,” what inference can be made about the cat's behavior while the family is still on the island?


She often gets food for herself.

She sometimes stays out all night.

She is afraid of certain things on the island.

She is used to going in and out of the house.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the inference in Part A?


“The cat had always been so coddled and pampered by the children that she had had no need to forage for herself.”

“Fortunately for her, she had learned to hunt the marsh mice and grass sparrows for amusement.”

“Still and desolate in the bright sunshine and the tearing wind, the house frightened her.”

“She could not understand the tight-closed shutters, or the blind, unresponding doors that would no longer open to her anxious appeal.”