Biweekly Unit 3 Week 2

Biweekly Unit 3 Week 2

Cause and Effect

Multiple Select

Which statements best explain why Eddie makes the green juice?

Pick TWO choices.

• He likes to do strange things.

• He wants to make his sister nervous.

• He wants to play a joke on his family.

• He thinks his mother will like the juice.

• He is tired of drinking the same boring juice.

Multiple Select

Read the sentence from the story.

Her stomach turned at the thought of drinking something that

was green.

What does the phrase “her stomach turned” explain

about Marcy?

• She feels sick.

• She feels angry.

• She feels thirsty.

• She feels hungry.

Multiple Select

What is the effect of the following cause"

Marcy does not like to try

new things.

• Eddie wants Marcy to drink the green juice.

• Marcy does not want to try the green juice.

• Eddie thinks it is fun to try new things.

Multiple Select

What is the effect of the following cause:

Eddie thinks it is fun to try new things.

• Marcy does not like to try

  new things.

• Eddie wants Marcy to drink the green juice.

• Marcy does not want to try the green juice.

Multiple Select

Read the sentences from the passage.

“I like it!” Marcy exclaimed. “I think you hit the nail on the head!”

What does the phrase “hit the nail on the head” mean?

• Marcy thinks Eddie did something silly.

• Marcy thinks Eddie did something wrong.

• Marcy thinks Eddie did something just right.

• Marcy thinks Eddie did something with a tool.

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Why does Marcy drink the green juice after Eddie calls it

his masterpiece?

• She is curious about how it tastes.

• She is tired of listening to him talk about it.

• She is thirsty from helping her parents make dinner.

• She is nervous that he will be mad if she doesn’t drink it.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your

answer in part A?

• “She held her breath in disgust as Eddie took a drink.”

• “‘I think it’s the best juice I’ve ever made and would even call

  my creation a masterpiece.’”

• “He extended the glass in her direction, and Marcy stared thoughtfully at the glass.”

• “‘What ingredients did you put in it to make it green and still

  give it this amazing flavor?’”

Multiple Select

Choose the paragraph in which Elle tells Nola why she will not have

a piñata at her party.

• “I’d love to come to your birthday party,” Nola told Elle at school the

  next day. “What shape of piñata are you going to have?”

• Oh, we won’t have a piñata,” Elle replied.

  “Why not?” Nola asked, surprised.

• “My brother can’t eat sugar,” Elle replied. “So I don’t like eating

  candy and things like that either. But we’ll play lots of good games,

  and my mother makes great fruit treats.”

• Nola hid her disappointment from Elle. But later that day, she talked

  with her friend Ami about it. “How can you have fun at a party

  without a piñata?” she asked. “How can you have a party without

  candy?”

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Read the sentence from the passage.

“Let’s not let the cat out of the bag and make it a big surprise

for everyone!”

What does the phrase “let the cat out of the bag” mean as it is

used in the sentence?

• surprise a cat

• give away a secret

• keep a gift in a bag

• play a trick on someone

Multiple Select

Part B: Which word in the sentence is the best clue about what

the phrase “let the cat out of the bag” means?

“Let’s not let the cat out of the bag and make it a big surprise

for everyone!”

• make

• big

• surprise

• everyone

Multiple Select

Which sentences tell what happens when the piñata bursts? Pick

TWO choices.

• Candy falls out of the piñata.

• Ami grabs all the butterflies.

• All the kids cheer in happiness.

• The butterflies fall out of the piñata.

• The butterflies do not fall out of the piñata.

Multiple Select

Read the sentences from the passage.

At first Nola was all thumbs. But as she carefully watched Ami’s

hands and practiced, her butterflies became as good as Ami’s.

What does the phrase “all thumbs” tell about Nola?

• Her hands are very sore.

• She is quick with her hands.

• Her hands are very powerful.

• She is clumsy with her hands.

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Which sentence best describes the lesson of the passage?

• It can be fun to try new things.

• Everyone should have a second chance.

• Friends do not always agree on everything.

• Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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Part B: Which detail from the passage best supports your answer

in part A?

• The kids take turns hitting the piñata.

• The girls give Elle the piñata at the party.

• Nola tells Ami that the butterflies are much better

  than candy.

• Elle tells everyone to try to catch as many butterflies

  as they can.