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