Question

read the passage.
buster pressed his nose against the window. he knew annie was coming home. soon, she stepped out of her car, and buster sprang up, barking. snowball was sleeping, curled up next to the door.
when annie entered, snowball woke up and purred loudly as she rubbed against annies leg. then, buster tore across the room and brushed the cat aside. annie stroked snowballs back, but buster started to whine and dance, shaking his tail. annie laughed and did her best to greet both pets.
based on the passage, compare and contrast buster and snowball.

	buster	snowball
happy to see annie
watchful

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the passage for each trait:

Jealous:

• Buster: When Annie stroked Snowball, Buster “tore across the room and brushed the cat aside” and whined, showing jealousy. So Buster is jealous.
• Snowball: No action shows jealousy; Snowball purred and rubbed against Annie, so not jealous.

Happy to see Annie:

• Buster: “sprang up, barking” and “danced, shaking his tail” when Annie arrived, showing happiness.
• Snowball: “purred loudly as she rubbed against Annie’s leg” when Annie entered, showing happiness.

Watchful:

• Buster: “pressed his nose against the window” waiting for Annie, showing watchfulness.
• Snowball: “was sleeping, curled up next to the door” – not watchful.

Filling the table:

	Buster	Snowball
Happy to see Annie	✔️	✔️
Watchful	✔️	❌

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze the passage for each trait:

Jealous:

• Buster: When Annie stroked Snowball, Buster “tore across the room and brushed the cat aside” and whined, showing jealousy. So Buster is jealous.
• Snowball: No action shows jealousy; Snowball purred and rubbed against Annie, so not jealous.

Happy to see Annie:

• Buster: “sprang up, barking” and “danced, shaking his tail” when Annie arrived, showing happiness.
• Snowball: “purred loudly as she rubbed against Annie’s leg” when Annie entered, showing happiness.

Watchful:

• Buster: “pressed his nose against the window” waiting for Annie, showing watchfulness.
• Snowball: “was sleeping, curled up next to the door” – not watchful.

Filling the table:

	Buster	Snowball
Happy to see Annie	✔️	✔️
Watchful	✔️	❌