Reading practice test 1NW

Reading practice test 1NW

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Multiple Choice

1) Which item could best be used in place of a drinking straw?

• a) a string

• b) a ribbon

• c) a pencil

• d) a broom

Multiple Choice

2) Which item belongs on the blank line?

• a) paper

• b) glue

• c) marker

• d) tape

Multiple Choice

3) The bullets at the top of

the page are a list of —

• a) characters

• b) ideas

• c) choices

• d) steps

Multiple Choice

4) Which of these belongs in the empty box?

• a) Fasten the curtain to the

  stage

• b) Set up a light behind the stage

• c) Use a marker to color the puppets

• d) Attach a straw to the puppets

Multiple Choice

5) What question is NOT

answered by the

information provided in

the passage?

• a) Where can you find skinks?

• b) How large can an iguana get?

• c) What does the gecko like to eat?

• d) When does the

  chameleon's color change?

Multiple Choice

6) Which concluding

sentence best fits the

article?

• a) A Komodo dragon is a lizard that can grow to be

  more than ten feet long.

• b) The science teacher learned about many types of

  lizards in college.

• c) Lizards are interesting

  creatures in how they

  look,act, and are named.

• d) Baby lizards hatch from eggs in the same way as

  baby birds.

Multiple Choice

7) According to the

information provided in

the passage, which lizard is most often chosen as a pet?

• a) gecko

• b) skink

• c) chameleon

• d) iguana

Multiple Choice

8) What helps the gecko walk upside down?

• a) The length of its tongue

• b) The little pads on its toes

• c) The color of its skin

• d) The flexibility of its tail

Multiple Choice

9) Another word for pouncing as it is used in paragraph 8 is

• a) sitting

• b) scratching

• c) walking

• d) jumping

Multiple Choice

10) Which sentence from the story supports the idea that something unusual is going to happen?

• a) Michael heard Dad’s car door slam shut in the

  driveway.

• b) His dad always worked until five o’clock on

  weekdays.

• c) “Handle what?” Michael asked as he walked into the

  kitchen.

• d) Michael bounded down the stairs to greet his father.

Multiple Choice

11) In paragraph 1, what does the word peered mean?

• a) traveled by foot

• b) looked closely

• c) jumped up quickly

• d) kept a secret

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12) In paragraph 5, which meaning of the word handle is used?

• a) To touch, pick up, or carry with the hands

• b) A person's nickname or code name

• c) A part of an object to be grasped or held by the hand

• d) To manage, deal with, or be responsible for

Multiple Choice

13) What happens right after Michael sees the puppy that his father brought home?

• a) Michael's father thinks of puppy names.

• b) Michael begs to keep the puppy.

• c) Michael's father brings a puppy home.

• d) Michael names the puppy Jumper.

Multiple Choice

14) Which guide words would appear on a dictionary page containing the word "mess"?

• a) mercury, mermaid

• b) messenger, messy

• c) mesh, message

• d) meow, merchant

Multiple Choice

15) What question does line 3 answer?

• a) What does the poet do to get her schoolwork right?

• b) Why is the poet's writing an awful mess?

• c) What keeps the poet's world bright?

• d) What would the poet rather be doing?

Multiple Choice

16) In line 6, what does the word yack mean?

• a) talk

• b) sleep

• c) study

• d) eat

Multiple Choice

17) Read the following line from the poem. "I zoom through my assignments,"

Another word for zoom as it is used in this line is —

• a) wonder

• b) drag

• c) drive

• d) rush

Multiple Choice

18) Read this line from the poem.

I never check my spelling and ...

Which meaning of the word check is being used?

• a) fabric with a pattern of squares

• b) a written order to pay money

• c) a mark indicating completion

• d) look over for errors