- 1. What would make the best title for this passage?
A) A Mess to Clean Up
B) An Italian Sticky Battle
C) A Trip to Europe
D) An Ancient Argument
- 2. Which detail would fit best with the main idea of paragraph three?
A) where Sicily is located on the map
B) why oranges are used instead of other fruit
C) what the visitors' red hats look like
D) how the team members are chosen
- 3. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A) the legend behind the fruity festival
B) where all the rotten oranges come from.
C) what to pack when going on a long trip
D) an unusual battle that takes place in Italy
- 4. Reading Skills Review: This was Kathy's first babysitting job. She was so excited, but she was really nervous. Kathy's parents made her attend a babysitting workshop before she could babysit her neighbor's five-year-old son, Matthew. Kathy knew this was a lot of responsibility, but she thought she was ready. Kathy marched confidently to Matthew's house and waved goodbye to Matthew's parents. It seemed as soon as his parents left, Matthew fell and hit his chin on the coffee table. Without panicking, she remembered what she learned in her babysitting class and applied first-aid. The author wants to show that:
A) Matthew should not run in the house.
B) Kathy is ready to babysit.
C) Coffee tables can be dangerous.
D) Kathy needs to attend more babysitting workshops.
- 5. Reading Skills Review: Jake's mother tells him to take an umbrella with him when he is leaving for school. However, Jake doesn't think it is necessary. What can you infer about the weather?
A) It is snowing.
B) It is raining.
C) It is going to rain.
D) It is cold.
- 6. Reading Skills Review: Tomatoes were once considered poisonous. Some brave people finally took a bite of a tomato, and they survived. Now, we use tomatoes in our salads and sandwiches. Do you ever use tomato sauce or ketchup? These products are made of tomatoes. If it weren't for these brave individuals, you might not be able to enjoy ketchup with your French fries. The author's purpose is to:
A) inform
B) entertain
C) create a mysterious mood
D) persuade
- 7. Reading Skills Review: Being a dentist is the best job to have.
A) opinion
B) fact
- 8. Reading Skills Review: Daniel is reading a scary book. It reminds him of the movie he just saw about zombies. Daniel is using what reading strategy?
A) making connections
B) inferring
C) summarizing
D) predicting
- 9. Reading Skills Review: The plot of a story can best described as:
A) who wrote the story
B) where the story takes place
C) the main people or animals in a story
D) the events that occur in a story
- 10. Reading Skills Review: If COMPOSE means to create, then DECOMPOSE means to take apart.
A) true
B) false
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