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) 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 pen
B) a party hat
C) a poem
D) a fork
  • 4. In paragraph 9, why does Samantha feel "more courageous?"
A) Samantha is angry and wants to go home.
B) Samantha knows how to write better than Miss Emily.
C) Samantha sees that she and Miss Emily have something in common.
D) Samantha really doesn't care what Miss Emily thinks.
  • 5. In paragraph 15, the reader can conclude
A) Samantha was not impressed with Miss Emily.
B) Miss Emily Dickinson's writings were not something she easily shared with others.
C) Samantha no longer wanted to be a poet, but a book writer.
D) Miss Emily didn't understand children's writing.
  • 6. The noise Bobby heard the first night was
A) the barn owl flying
B) a monster in the barn
C) the barn owl making a nest
D) the barn owl screeching
  • 7. The word baffled means
A) shy
B) confident
C) confused
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 wanted to take a walk.
D) Bobby's dad knew the barn was empty.
  • 9. What is a 'nocturnal predator?"
A) an animal that hunts at night
B) a monster looking for food
C) an animal that hunts inside barns
D) another name for a screeching owl
  • 10. How will Bobby feel the next time he hears the screeching noise?
A) calm
B) confused
C) scared
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