Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Read the passage.
a. | Tommy does not like the house. | c. | The boxes are very
full. | b. | Tommy is very tall compared to the house. | d. | There are other people in the
house. |
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Read the passage.
What is the intent in this
passage?
a. | to describe the library | c. | to describe the
school | b. | to describe the librarian | d. | to describe the principal |
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Read the passage.
This passage is most likely from
a:
a. | journal | c. | play | b. | novel | d. | essay |
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Read the passage.
What is the purpose of this
passage?
a. | to describe how to milk the cows | c. | to describe what life is like on a
farm | b. | to show how hard life is in the city | d. | to show that he hated doing
chores |
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Read the story and answer the question.
What type of writing is
this?
a. | autobiographical | c. | a tall tale | b. | a legend | d. | poetry |
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Read the passage.
What type of writing is
this?
a. | poetry | c. | folk tale | b. | non-fiction | d. | essay |
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Read the passage and answer the question.
What does
the author mean by the use of the word “masterpiece”?
a. | When someone paints a fence, it is always called a masterpiece. | c. | Masterpieces are
usually artistic paintings found on fences. | b. | Painted works of art are sometimes called
masterpieces, when someone considers
the piece a great model. | d. | he author used the word masterpiece
incorrectly, because masterpieces are only found in art museums. |
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Read the poem and answer the question. The lines of this
poem are an example of:
a. | personification | c. | rhyme | b. | simile | d. | metaphor |
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Read the passage and answer the question.
What does the author
portray in this paragraph?
a. | a science fiction setting | c. | a tall tale
setting | b. | a historical fiction setting | d. | a mystery
setting |
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Read the passage.
What type of writing is
this?
a. | essay | c. | book review | b. | newspaper article | d. | non-fiction |
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Read the passage.
What was the author telling the reader
about Joshua’s future?
a. | Life in the future would be grand. | c. | He would have a chance to run
away. | b. | He would be rich and famous. | d. | Life in the future would be filled with doom
and anguish. |
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Read the passage.
What does the underlined figure of
speech mean in this passage?
a. | Alice is a funny person. | c. | Jenny likes
cats. | b. | Alice told Jenny’s secret. | d. | Cats should not be kept in
bags. |
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Read the passage.
What can you guess about Marc’s
grandfather?
a. | He lacked confidence in Marc’s ability to win because Marc was
weak. | c. | He thought Marc was an ox. | b. | He had confidence in Marc’s ability to
win because Marc was strong. | d. | He thought Marc was wrestling an ox. |
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Read the passage.
What does the penny symbolize for
Frank?
a. | hope | c. | sadness | b. | despair | d. | death |
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Read the passage.
How does his mother’s comment
make Peter feel?
a. | relaxed | c. | hopeless | b. | hopeful | d. | empathetic |
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Literary Response and Analysis—Problem Resolution--RIT 211 –
220
Read the passage.
What should Sally do to stay safe?
a. | Go into the nearest house or store and ask for help from an adult. | c. | Just keep walking
and hope for the best. | b. | Stop walking and approach the strange
man. | d. | Go into the trees and
hide. |
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Word Analysis—Antonyms, Homonyms, Synonyms--RIT 201 – 210
Read
the passage.
Then Miss Hopley did a formidable thing. She stood up. Had she been standing when
we entered, she would have seemed tall. But rising from her chair, she soared. And what she carried
up and up with her was a buxom superstructure, firm shoulders, a straight sharp nose, full cheeks
slightly molded by a curved line along the nostrils, thin lips that moved like steel springs, and a
high forehead topped by hair gathered in a bun. Miss Hopley was not a giant in body, but when she
mobilized it to a standing position she seemed a match for giants. I decided
I liked
her.
Which sentence is the best example of the opposite of this description of Miss
Hopley?
Copyright Info: Not enough information. Barrio Boy, page
127. (Teacher authors: Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
a. | Miss Hopley lay motionless on the floor. | c. | Miss Hopley was a match for giants
when she moved. | b. | Miss Hopley rose from her chair, soaring over others. | d. | Miss Hopley had a pointy nose and full
cheeks. |
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Complete the sentence.
The farmer went into the fields to _____ his
seeds.
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Word Analysis—Contextual Meaning and Vocabulary--RIT 201 –
210
Read the passage.
Then he jumped. The head was lying a little clear of the water jar,
under the curve of it; and as his teeth met, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red
earthenware to hold down the head. This gave him just one second’s purchase, and he made the
most of it. Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog—to and fro on
the floor, up and down, and round in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body
cartwhipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and
banged against the tin side of the bath.
Copyright Info: Not enough
information. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Page 11. (Teacher authors: Phillips,
Blackman,
Felts).
What does the word battered mean?
a. | attacked | c. | baseball equipment | b. | bread dough | d. | lathered |
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Read the sentence and choose the best synonym for the underlined
word.
In the gloom of the rainy dawn, Kayla scanned the horizon searching for the
long-promised arrival of the horse-drawn carriage.
a. | searched | c. | glanced | b. | looked | d. | noticed |
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