Where the Wild Things Are Quizzes

Where the Wild Things Are Quiz: "Where the Wild Things Are"

1 What kind of suit does Max wear to make mischief?
A wolf suit

A "wild thing" suit

A mouse suit

A dog suit
2 What is Max's first kind of mischief?
Chasing the dog with a fork

Hammering nails into the walls to build a fort

Wearing a wolf suit

Spilling his supper
3 What is Max's second kind of mischief?
Chasing the dog with a fork

Wearing a wolf suit

Hammering more nails into the wall

Spilling his supper
4 What does Max's mother call him in response to his mischief?
"Monster"

"Silly boy"

Nothing

"Wild thing"
5 What does Max say to his mother?
"I'll eat you up!"

"I want my dinner!"

"Wild thing"

"I don't want my dinner!"
6 What does Max's mother do to punish him?
Sends him to bed without dinner

Throws away his dinner

Ignores him

Throws away his wolf suit
7 What happens when Max is sent to his room?
He gets very hungry.

A forest grows.

He falls asleep.

He continues making mischief.
8 What happens to the walls of Max's room?
They get larger and larger.

They turn into wild things.

They become covered in vines.

They disappear.
9 What appears in the ocean for Max?
Another wild thing

His dinner

His own private boat

His mother
10 Where does Max sail off to?
Where the wild things are

In search of food

Home to his mother

To play with his dog
11 What do the wild things do when Max arrives?
Welcome him with a hug

Ignore him

Roar, gnash their teeth, and show their claws

Give him dinner
12 How does Max tame the wild things?
By giving them dinner

By staring into their eyes without blinking

By ignoring them

By chasing them with a fork
13 What do the wild things do once they are tamed?
Dance for Max

Give Max dinner

Send Max home

Make Max their king
14 What happens after Max is crowned king of the wild things?
They go to sleep.

They all play together.

Max goes home.

They eat dinner together.
15 How does Sendak depict Max's adventures with the wild things?
In pictures

He does not show their adventures.

In words

In pictures and words
16 What halts Max's adventures with the wild things?
The wild things fall asleep suddenly.

Max falls asleep suddenly.

Max boards the ship and goes home.

He sends them to bed without their supper.
17 How do the wild things sleep?
Sitting underneath trees

In tents

In one huge hammock

In individual beds
18 What does Max feel when the wild things go to bed?
Angry at his mother

Afraid of the wild things

Lonely and in need of love

Content and sleepy
19 What is the last straw for Max that makes him give up his status as king of the wild things?
He becomes even more lonely.

He smells good things to eat from far away.

The wild things snore.

He can't get to sleep.
20 How do the wild things react when Max tries to leave?
They are excited and happy for him.

They ignore him.

They make a fuss because they don't want him to leave.

They want to go with him.
21 How does Max travel back home?
By ship

By airplane

A wild thing carries him on its back.

By foot
22 Where does Max return to?
His classroom at school

His living room at home

The wild things' forest

His very own bedroom at home
23 What does Max find waiting for him at home?
His supper

His mother

His dog

The wild things
24 How does the narrator describe Max's supper?
Moldy

Still hot

Frozen

Unappealing
25 How do Sendak's illustrations depict Max in the final scene?
With a smile on his face

With tears in his eyes

Eating dinner

Asleep

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