Common Assessment 3: Inferencing
  • 1. Why is Miss Emily so friendly to Samantha?
A) She respects Samantha for being a poet and understands her.
B) Samantha was the only girl at the party.
C) Samantha's mother asked her to be nice to Samantha.
D) Miss Emily wanted to impress her sister.
  • 2. In paragraph 1, what can the reader conclude about the year 1848?
A) Poems were not very popular.
B) Young girls didn't get to have much of a say in what they did.
C) Young girls didn't know how to write.
D) People always had parties to meet new people.
  • 3. "Upon noticing the book and quill in the woman's hands, Samantha figured that she must be Miss Emily." (paragraph 4) What can the reader conclude is a 'quill?'
A) a poem
B) a party hat
C) a fork
D) a pen
  • 4. In paragraph 9, why does Samantha feel "more courageous?"
A) Samantha really doesn't care what Miss Emily thinks.
B) Samantha knows how to write better than Miss Emily.
C) Samantha is angry and wants to go home.
D) Samantha sees that she and Miss Emily have something in common.
  • 5. In paragraph 15, the reader can conclude
A) Samantha was not impressed with Miss Emily.
B) Miss Emily didn't understand children's writing.
C) Miss Emily Dickinson's writings were not something she easily shared with others.
D) Samantha no longer wanted to be a poet, but a book writer.
  • 6. The noise Bobby heard the first night was
A) a monster in the barn
B) the barn owl flying
C) the barn owl screeching
D) the barn owl making a nest
  • 7. The word baffled means
A) scared
B) confident
C) shy
D) confused
  • 8. What can the reader conclude is the reason Bobby's dad goes with Bobby to the barn?
A) Bobby's dad knew Bobby was scared.
B) Bobby's dad wanted to take a walk.
C) Bobby asked him to.
D) Bobby's dad knew the barn was empty.
  • 9. What is a 'nocturnal predator?"
A) an animal that hunts inside barns
B) a monster looking for food
C) another name for a screeching owl
D) an animal that hunts at night
  • 10. How will Bobby feel the next time he hears the screeching noise?
A) scared
B) confused
C) calm
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