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Common Assessment 3: Inferencing
Contributed by: Wright
  • 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 know how to write.
B) Poems were not very popular.
C) People always had parties to meet new people.
D) Young girls didn't get to have much of a say in what they did.
  • 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 party hat
B) a fork
C) a pen
D) a poem
  • 4. In paragraph 9, why does Samantha feel "more courageous?"
A) Samantha is angry and wants to go home.
B) Samantha really doesn't care what Miss Emily thinks.
C) Samantha sees that she and Miss Emily have something in common.
D) Samantha knows how to write better than Miss Emily.
  • 5. In paragraph 15, the reader can conclude
A) Miss Emily Dickinson's writings were not something she easily shared with others.
B) Samantha was not impressed with Miss Emily.
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 screeching
B) the barn owl flying
C) a monster in the barn
D) the barn owl making a nest
  • 7. The word baffled means
A) confident
B) shy
C) confused
D) scared
  • 8. What can the reader conclude is the reason Bobby's dad goes with Bobby to the barn?
A) Bobby's dad wanted to take a walk.
B) Bobby's dad knew Bobby was scared.
C) Bobby's dad knew the barn was empty.
D) Bobby asked him to.
  • 9. What is a 'nocturnal predator?"
A) a monster looking for food
B) an animal that hunts inside barns
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) calm
C) confused
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