3 Rd Proficient 8

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3rd Grade Reading Proficient Test 8

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Read the sentences.
A. The final score was Tigers 6 and Lions 5.
B. The Tiger outfielder slid into home plate, tying the game in the ninth inning.
C. The crowd cheered as the third out in the fourth inning was made.
D. The home team was taking the field for the start of the game.
Which letters put these sentences in the correct order?

a.	D, C, B, A	c.	B, A, C, D
b.	A, D, B, C	d.	C, A, D, B

Read the passage and answer the question.
It was a cold and cloudy day outside. The wind began to blow, and then small raindrops started to cover the ground. The wind howled through the trees, and we knew the storm was upon us.
What happened before small raindrops fell?

a.	The wind howled through the trees.	c.	The storm was upon us.
b.	It was a cold and cloudy day.	d.	The wind began to blow.

Read the passage and answer the question.
John and Michael left for the game around 4:00 p.m. Mary and Tanisha left about the same time to go swimming. The boys finished their game and came home to get an ice cold drink. The girls swam a little longer than the game lasted, but came home and popped some popcorn.
Which events happened at the same time?

a.	All of the kids came home at the same time.	c.	They all left around 4:00 p.m.
b.	All of the kids had their treats at the same time.	d.	They all went to the same place.

Read the sentences and answer the question.
A. I think I will read this book.
B. Sara is going to come over to study.
C. Last year, I got a new bicycle.
D. Tomorrow, we are going to the store.
Which sentence happened in the past?

a.	B	c.	D
b.	A	d.	C

Read the passage.
Sam bought a heart-shaped locket to give to his sister for her birthday. Sam’s sister told her friend at recess, “I’ve always wanted a locket, but I don’t have enough money to buy one.” Sam overheard what she said and smiled to himself.
What happened first?

a.	Sam smiled to himself.	c.	Sam’s sister had a birthday party.
b.	Sam bought a birthday present.	d.	Sam’s sister talked to her best friend.

Read the sentences.
a. The guard dribbled the ball, made a lay-up and tied the end of the game.
b. The people in the stands stood for the half time show.
c. The crowd cheered in the 3rd quarter as the center made a 3-point shot.
d. The home team was walking out on to the basketball court for the start of the game.
Which event happened last?

a.	d	c.	b
b.	a	d.	b

Read the story.
Climbing out of the car, my heart raced, as I was excited to begin our family hiking trip. I skipped up the trail happily. The sun shone brightly, and I was having a terrific time. Then the hill became steeper, but I still bounded up the trail. My parents were calling for me to slow down because we still had a long way to go. Sure enough, my legs began to burn, and my breathing was deeper. I had been hiking too quickly. I slowed down my pace, and started to feel more stable. We finished the hike, and I was glad I had listened to my parents because if I had kept up the fast pace, I would have never made it.
Which event occurred first and last?

a.	sun shown brightly; hill became more steep	c.	skipping up the trail; legs began to burn
b.	climbed out of the car; listened to my parents	d.	slowed down my pace; listened to my parents

Read the story above
What happened first?

a.	I bounded up the trail.	c.	My legs began to burn, and my breathing was deeper.
b.	My parents were calling for me to slow down.	d.	I slowed down my pace.

Read the story above
Which event took place in the middle of this passage?

a.	I slowed down my pace, and started to feel more stable.	c.	Climbing out of the car, my heart raced.
b.	I was glad I listened to my parents.	d.	I bounded up the trail.

10.

Literary Response and Analysis—Literary--RIT 191 - 200
Read the passage.
Jan and Todd were riding horses along the canal road, when suddenly, Jan’s horse got spooked. Her horse started jumping and bucking, and Jan could barely hold on. She started to scream for help, and Todd was frozen. He had no idea what to do to help Jan out. She fell off the horse and broke her right leg. The horse ran off down the road, and Todd started to cry.
How are Jan and Todd alike?

a.	Neither of them was prepared for this situation.	c.	They are both animal lovers.
b.	Jan and Todd are both experienced horse riders.	d.	They had medical and emergency training.

11.

Literary Response and Analysis—Inference--RIT 191 - 200
1. Read the passage.
Patty and her mother woke up early in the morning to plant the first flowers of the summer. They had been planning to plant new roses and various other flowers in the front garden for weeks. Today, it was finally nice enough outside to plant, and it would be fun to work together in the yard. When they were finished, the front of the garden was filled with beautiful colors and fragrant odors to please everyone who passes.
What can you infer from this passage?

a.	Patty and her mother love gardening.	c.	Spring is the best time to plant new flowers.
b.	Patty and her mother don’t like to work very hard.	d.	Roses are the prettiest flowers to plant.

12.

Choose the direction the passage is describing.
We planted the sunflower seeds so they would get full sun in the morning. By doing this, the sunflowers would get larger because the area was shady in the afternoon.
What direction were the sunflowers facing in the morning?

a.	north	c.	west
b.	south	d.	east

13.

Read the passage.
Sam sat at the bay window, sulking as he watched the rain come pouring down outside. The thunder roared and the lightening slashed through the sky ferociously. He put his hands over his eyes and thought about the baseball game he was missing because of this unpredictable weather. Why did they have to move to this awful place any way? In Texas, they never had this kind of unpredictable weather! I want to move back home!
What can you infer about Sam?

a.	He doesn’t like his new bedroom.	c.	He is homesick for the place he used to live.
b.	He is always unhappy during storms.	d.	He wanted to play in the rain.

14.

Read the passage.
Believing that personal experience is a writer’s richest resource, Theodore Taylor has held an amazing variety of jobs. He has been a merchant sailor and a naval officer, the manager of a prize fighter, a reporter and magazine writer, a movie publicist, producer, screenwriter, and a documentary filmmaker. These careers have taken him all over the world.
Who wrote the above paragraph?
A. Theodore Taylor
B. A Biographer
C. Taylor’s mother
D. Dictionary
Copyright Info: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. “The Cay”.

a.	Theodore Taylor	c.	Taylor’s mother
b.	A Biographer	d.	Dictionary

15.

Read the poem.
The flicker of light
It burns in the shadows.
How wondrous it is
The miracle of nature.
How can such a simple thing
Be such a wonder?
A bug? With lightening?
How can this be?
What a wondrous sight!
What is the author referring to in this poem?

a.	lightening bugs	c.	storms
b.	lightening	d.	nature

16.

Literary Response and Analysis—Literary--RIT 191 - 200
Read the passage.
I was once a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant when I was in nursery school and didn’t have no better sense than to dance on tiptoe with my arms in a circle over my head doing umbrella steps and being a perfect fool just so my mother and father could come dressed up and clap. You’d think they’d know better than to encourage that kind of nonsense. I am not a strawberry. I do not dance on my toes. I run. That is what I am all about. So I always come late to the May Day program, just in time to get my number pinned on and lay in the grass till they announce the fifty-yard dash.
What makes this paragraph interesting?
Copyright Info: Bambera, Toni Cade. “Raymond’s Run”, Elements of Literature: Second
Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1997.

a.	the author’s use of humor	c.	poetry
b.	the author’s use of foreshadowing	d.	using words that rhyme

17.

Read the passage.
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline.
Which words does the author use to hold the reader’s attention?
Copyright Info: Angelou, Maya. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Elements of Literature:
Second Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1997.

a.	for nearly a year	c.	the lady who threw me my first lifeline
b.	dirty and inedible	d.	I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church

18.

Read the passage.
The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley’s mood as he sat on the stoop of his building. His father’s voice came to him again, first reading the letter the principal had sent to the house, then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math.
The mood or feeling of this story is:
Copyright Info: Elements of Literature: Second Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1997.

a.	joyful	c.	amusing
b.	anger	d.	mystery

19.

Read the passage.
Bambara’s writing drew on the voices of her childhood: street-corner speechmakers, barbershop storytellers, performers at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater. She said her stories came from her imagination, though:
“It does no good to write autobiographical fiction, cause the minute the book hits the stand here comes your mama screamin how could you . . . . And it’s no use using bits and snatches even of real events and real people, even if you do cover, guise, switch-around, and change-up, cause next thing you know your best friend’s laundry cart is squeaking past but your bell ain’t ringing so you trot down the block after her and there’s this drafty cold pressure front the weatherman surely did not predict and your friend says in this chilly way that it’s really something when your own friend stabs you in the back with a pen. . . . So I deal in straight-up fiction myself, cause I value my family and friends, and mostly cause I lie a lot anyway.”
How does the author find ideas for her writing?
Copyright Info: Bambara, Toni Cade. “Meet the Wrier”, Elements of Literature: Second
Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1997.

a.	She interviews people.	c.	She travels to collect ideas for her writing.
b.	She draws on the voices of her childhood.	d.	She makes them all up.

20.

Read the passage.
On that first day, I ran down the hill and into the road (few cars ever came along it) and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the Store.
I was liked, and what a difference it made. I was respected, not as Mrs. Henderson’s grandchild or Bailey’s sister, but for just being Marguerite Johnson.
Childhood’s logic never asks to be proved (all conclusions are absolute). I didn’t question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention, nor did it occur to me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little talking-to. All I cared about was that she had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her favorite book. It was enough to prove that she liked me.
What can you infer about Marguerite?
Copyright Info: Angelou, Maya. “Mrs. Flowers.” Elements of Literature: Second Course. Holt,
Rinehart and Winston 1997.

a.	She liked to run.	c.	She and Bailey liked to make cookies.
b.	Marguerite needs someone to love and respect her for herself.	d.	There was a lot of traffic in her town.