Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Read the
passage.
It was a gloomy day.
My brother and I stared out the windows with frowns on our faces. Nothing would ever be the
same.
The mood or feeling of this story is:
a. | sad | c. | scary | b. | funny | d. | ridiculous |
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Read the
passage.
I am always hungry,
but I can do it now, I can get food and I know I can get food and it makes me more. I know what I can
do.
From the above passage, you can tell this writing is:
Copyright Info: Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Puffin Books,
1989.
a. | an
autobiography | c. | a personal
narrative | b. | a
novel | d. | prose |
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Read the
sentences.
a. Gorillas are
plant-eating creatures.
b. Gorillas can be found in Africa.
c. All gorillas are ugly, scary and
mean.
d. Scientists think gorillas could have been as tall as ten feet.
Which of the above
sentences are non-fiction?
a. | b, c, d | c. | a, b, d | b. | a, b, c | d. | none of the above |
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Read the
story.
Long ago, in the ancient
sea, there lived a small, yellow octopus. He was very smart and very sneaky. He liked to tease the
other fish and animals in the sea, and he was always telling them how he could get anyone to do
anything he asked. He was a very over-confident and cunning octopus. One day, a giant eagle was
flying over the waters, and the octopus waved to him, asking him to stop and visit. He told the eagle
that he wanted to be friends, and that he would
make the eagle very popular with all the other
animals, if the eagle would do anything the octopus asked. The eagle did not have any friends, so he
agreed. The following morning, the octopus bragged to all the other animals that he had a slave that
would take him flying or to do anything else he wanted. He continued to tease the other animals and
made them all feel very bad. That afternoon, the eagle came flying by, and the octopus asked him to
carry him in the eagle’s claws and fly around the sea looking for food. The eagle did this, but
it was very tiring and difficult. The eagle was in pain, but the octopus didn’t care. He was
only concerned about himself. One evening, when the octopus was sleeping, the other animals met and
talked to the eagle. They all became great friends, and the next day when the octopus demanded that
the eagle fly him around again to look for food, the eagle picked up the octopus and dropped him back
into the water with a huge splash. The other animals all cheered.
Why might the eagle have
dropped the octopus into the sea?
a. | The other animals asked him to so
the octopus would quit teasing them. | c. | The octopus wanted to be dropped. | b. | The octopus wanted new
friends. | d. | The eagle lost his
grip. |
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Read the
passage.
It was a rainy and
cold morning, but the children all wanted to play outside. Their mother told them to wear jackets and
hats, so they would not get sick or catch a cold. They all agreed, but as soon as they were out of
their mother’s sight, they took off their jackets and hats, so they could play football without
any bulky clothing on.
What do you think will happen?
a. | The children will go back
home. | c. | The children will win the game of
football. | b. | The children will get sick, because they were wet and
cold. | d. | The children will want to play a different
game. |
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Read the
passage.
During the meeting at
the school, the PTO met with the teachers and principal to discuss how they could raise money to buy
new playground equipment. The principal said it was going to cost $500.00, but the school budget only
had $250.00 left to spend for the year. The PTO said they would be able to kick in half of the money
necessary for the purchase.
What is the meaning of “kick in” in this
passage?
a. | The PTO will give them a
loan. | c. | The PTO will donate the
money. | b. | The PTO will help them organize
fund-raisers. | d. | The PTO does not have any
funds. |
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Read the
story.
It was a beautiful,
sunny day, and Sara wanted to go swimming. She got up early in the morning to ask her mother if it
would be okay to take her friend, Jenny, with them to the local swimming pool. Her mother was busy
getting breakfast ready, and she told Sara that would be fine, but she had to do all her chores and
eat a good breakfast first. Sara was delighted, and she hurried to make her bed, clean up her room
and straighten her clothes in the closet. Once she was finished, she heard her mother calling her for
breakfast. It was a wonderful breakfast, but she barely tasted it, because she was so excited to go
swimming. She immediately called Jenny to invite her, and they had a wonderful time at the pool that
day.
What kind of passage is this?
a. | folk
tale | c. | realistic
fiction | b. | historical fiction | d. | fable |
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Read the definition and
short passage.
Onomatopoeia—is defined as a formation of words by imitating sounds (Ex. Buzz).
The old copper tea kettle perched on the stove like a bird on a branch. Steam whistled from the top.
Grandma came bustling in the room to make tea for us.
Which of the above word(s) represents
onomatopoeia?
a. | perched on the stove like a bird on
a branch | c. | old copper tea
kettle | b. | bustling | d. | whistled |
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Read the
passage.
Friday was going to be a big day! It was the championship game of the season in
soccer, and Joe was the team captain. He wanted to lead his team to their first district championship
in the history of their school. They only had enough players to use 3 substitutes, so they always had
to be in excellent shape in order to play almost the entire games and run at their fastest speeds the
whole time. Alex was one of their fastest players, and Joe knew that without Alex, it was
be
difficult to win on Friday. The school held a huge pep rally to encourage the team and cheer
them on that morning. The cheerleaders were planning a special presentation during half time, and it
seemed that the entire community was going to be at the game to witness the historic victory. The
game was supposed to start at 5:00 that evening, so Joe asked all the players to meet in the locker
rooms at 3:30 to suit up and have a quick warm up before the game. Excitement and tension were in the
in air, and Joe was feeling both confident and nervous. He didn’t want to let everyone down. As
he walked up to the locker rooms to get ready for all the other players to arrive, he saw the coach
standing at the door. He looked very upset and told Joe that three of the players had come down with
the flu, and they would be unable to play in the game today. They didn’t have to forfeit the
game as long as the rest of the players were still willing to play, but this would mean they would
have to stay in the whole time and have no substitutes.
What would be the best solution?
A.
They should play the game and do their best.
B. They should just forfeit the
game.
C. Joe should ask the coach to make the sick players play, even if they are really
ill.
D.
Joe should quit the soccer team.
a. | They should play the game and do
their best. | c. | Joe should ask the
coach to make the sick players play, even if they are really ill. | b. | They should just forfeit the
game. | d. | Joe should quit the soccer
team. |
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Read the
passage.
Alice and Frank were
very hard workers, and they had lived on the same property for many years. They had four children,
Beth, Frances, Peter and Paul. Every morning, the entire family would wake up with the sunrise and
the roosters. Alice would start breakfast, Frank and the boys would clean the stalls and feed the
livestock and Beth and Frances milked the cows. After all the chores were finished, they would all
come back to the house for a nice, warm breakfast,
compliments of Alice.
What is the setting
of this passage?
a. | a city | c. | a farm | b. | a park | d. | a small neighborhood |
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Read the
passage.
There was a big test
in science that morning, and Peyton forgot to study. The class had known about the upcoming exam for
weeks, but Peyton wanted to spend his time watching television and playing touch football with his
cousins after school. He was planning to study the night before, but he completely forgot, because he
got so wrapped up in an educational movie on television. That morning, as he entered the classroom,
he felt sick. What was he going to do?
He looked across the room at his friend, Shelly. She had a
delightful smile on her face and looked completed confident. Peyton knew she had been studying for
this test for weeks, and she was going to do very well.
What is the main theme of this
passage?
a. | Playing football is a good past
time. | c. | Watching television is a waist of
time. | b. | Preparation is the key to confidence. | d. | Everyone can be forgetful at
times. |
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Read the
passage.
Doug was five years
old and just learning to ride his bike. He was off to a great start, but then he lost his balance and
crashed onto the grass. He was not hurt, but he started to cry, because it scared him. His father ran
to his side and checked to make sure he was okay. Then, his father laughed and said,
“It’s a good thing you didn’t hurt my grass!”
Why did Doug’s
father make this joke?
a. | to make Doug laugh and feel
better | c. | to remind Doug to be more
careful | b. | to make Doug cry more | d. | to be mean |
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Literary Response and
Analysis—Compare and Contrast--RIT 181 - 190
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. |
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Literary Response and
Analysis—Inference--RIT 181 - 190
Read the story.
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. Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black
Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas
summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. She was thin
without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right
for her as denim overalls for a farmer. She was our side’s answer to the richest white woman in
town.
Copyright Info: Angelou, Maya. “I know Why the Caged Bird
Sings,” Elements of Literature:Second Course. Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1997.
How
does Maya let us know the importance of Mrs. Flowers in her life?
a. | She says she threw her a
lifeline. | c. | She shopped at our
store. | b. | She was rich. | d. | She wore flowered hats. |
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Read the
fable.
A fox one day spied a
beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes
seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox’s mouth watered as he gazed longingly at
them.
The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped
he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to
fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain. Now he sat down and looked at the grapes
in disgust. “What a fool I am,” he said. “Here I am wearing myself out to get a
bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for.” And off he walked very, very
scornfully.
Copyright Info: Aesop. “The Fox and the Grapes.”
Elements of Literature: First Course. Holt,
Rinehart, Winston 1997.
Which
inference can be made after reading the fable?
a. | The fox does not like
grapes. | c. | The fox broke his
leg when he tried to jump. | b. | The fox wants to make grape juice. | d. | The fox pretended he did not like grapes after he saw that he couldn’t
get any. |
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Read the
paragraph.
“Until I was
eleven years old I attended an English school. I felt very American and often thought I had to speak
up for my country. At recess, for instance. The English children would sometimes tease me by making
fun of America. I never let that pass even if it meant a fight.”
Copyright Info: Fritz, Jean. “”Meet the Writer, I Wander About in
History . . .” Elements of Literature. Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1997.
What
is the person who wrote the paragraph trying to say?
a. | She did not care about
America. | c. | She wanted to go
back to America. | b. | She stood up for her country. | d. | She was a teacher in China. |
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Read the
passage.
I got up and walked to
the curb to see what the commotion was. About a block away I saw a crowd of little kids yelling, with
the dogs yipping and growling around someone who was walking down the middle of the street.
I
watched the group as it slowly came closer and saw that in the center of the strange procession was a
man wearing a tall black hat. He’s pause now and then to peer at something in his hand and then
at the houses on either side of the street. I felt cold and hot at the same time as I recognized the
man. “Oh, no!” I whispered. “It’s Grandpa!”
Copyright Info: “From Generation to Generation.” Elements of
Literature. Holt, Rinehart,
Winston 1997.
Who is the
narrator?
a. | the
grandfather | c. | the neighborhood
child | b. | the neighborhood child | d. | the policeman |
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Read the
poem.
The Runaway
Once when
the snow of the year was beginning to fall,
We stopped by a mountain pasture to say, “Whose
colt?”
A little Morgan had one forefoot on the wall,
The other curled at this breast. He
dipped his head
And snorted at us. And then he had to bolt.
We heard the miniature thunder
where he fled,
And we saw him, or thought we saw him, dim and gray,
Like a shadow against the
curtain of falling flakes.
“I think the little fellow’s afraid of the snow.
He
isn’t winter-broken. It isn’t play
With the little fellow at all. He’s running
away.
I doubt if even his mother could tell him, ‘Sakes,
It’s only weather.’
He’d think she didn’t know!
Where is his mother? He can’t be out
alone.”
And now he comes again with clatter of stone,
And mounts the wall again with
whited eyes
And all his tail that isn’t hair up straight.
He shudders his coat as if to
throw off flies.
“Whoever it is that leaves him out so late,
When other creatures have
gone to stall and bin,
Ought to be told to come and take him in.”
Copyright Info: Frost, Robert. “The Runaway.” Elements of
Literature. Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1997.
Why is the horse
afraid?.
a. | Another colt is chasing
him. | c. | He is
hungry. | b. | Another colt is chasing him. | d. | The people are watching him. |
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Read the
riddle.
What is black and white
and read all over? A newspaper.
What is the purpose of this riddle?
a. | to
educate | c. | he
inform | b. | to persuade | d. | to amuse |
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Literary Response and
Analysis—Literary--RIT 181 - 190
Read the story.
Maria opened her locker to get her books for class. It was
empty! What happened to her things? Was this a joke?
Whose experience is shared in this
passage?
a. | Maria’s | c. | a teacher’s | b. | a parent’s | d. | a custodian’s |
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