Unit 3 Review

Unit 3 Review

Multiple Choice

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the

• thesis

• summary

• theme

• plot

Multiple Choice

There was a ragged old woman following behind me as I walked down each aisle. She had a strange look on her face, as her missing teeth distorted her smile. I rushed to try to avoid her, as I was a little nervous about what she might do. Come to find out, I dropped some money and she was trying to return it to me.

• Old people are always mean

• don't judge a book by its cover

• you should be aware of others

• it takes courage to stand up to bullies

Multiple Choice

Kim had gone through her closet with her mom over the weekend. She remembered a new girl at school who always seemed to wear the same pants over and over. Kim wondered what she could do with the clothes. She handed the new girl a bag as she passed her in the hallway.

• sacrifice is difficult sometimes

• it's better to give than to receive

• friendship is the most important thing in life

• it's important to be honest

Multiple Choice

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.

The summary of this passage is:

• San Francisco has many neat things to do.

• It seldom snows in California.

• Many people choose to live in California.

• The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

Multiple Choice

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

Multiple Choice

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

• The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

• The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

• The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

• The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

• The stairs were slippery when they walked.
• The stairs squeaked when they walked.

Multiple Choice

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

Multiple Choice

Mary is a human calculator.

• Mary talks like a robot.

• Mary is very good at math.

• Mary needs a calculator to help her in math.

Multiple Choice

John's solution to the mistake was just a band-aid.

• John got hurt and was bleeding

• John likes putting stickers on things

• John's solution wasn't going to fix things, just cover them up.

• John often makes mistakes

Multiple Choice

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

Multiple Choice

Is alliteration used in the poem?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is alliteration used in the poem?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

The Great Library

The Great Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, was a public library. In ancient times, people called it a wonder.

The books were not like our books. They were scrolls. They were made of paper. They were round like a tube. The library had many thousands of scrolls.

The library wanted as many books as it could get. Kings would write to other kings. They would ask for books. Sometimes they didn’t return them.

Books were bought. Sometimes the librarians stole books for the library.

Sadly, the library burnt down. But it was a model for libraries we know today. It was the first great library.

What might be a good heading for the next paragraph for this reading?

• “Kings in Egypt”

• “Tubes Are Books!”

• “Libraries Since Alexandria”

• “Stealing Books”

Multiple Choice

The Great Library

The Great Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, was a public library. In ancient times, people called it a wonder.

The books were not like our books. They were scrolls. They were made of paper. They were round like a tube. The library had many thousands of scrolls.

The library wanted as many books as it could get. Kings would write to other kings. They would ask for books. Sometimes they didn’t return them.

Books were bought. Sometimes the librarians stole books for the library.

Sadly, the library burnt down. But it was a model for libraries we know today. It was the first great library.

Why did kings write to other kings to get books?

• The librarians told them to.

• The library was important to them.

• The library was a wonder.

• Kings everywhere did this.

Multiple Choice

Dorothy was warned that the Wicked Witch of the West was a malevolent lady, and she should avoid her at all cost.

• strange

• evil

• angry

• unfirendly

Multiple Choice

The Latin word ob, meaning “in the way,” helps the reader understand that the word obstructs in the sentence below means —

The construction truck parked on the freeway often obstructs traffic during rush hour.

• blocks

• reverses

• defeats

• lengthens

Multiple Choice

Use this dictionary entry to answer question.

pop, (verb)

1. to open wide 2. to move quickly 3. to make a short, sharp sound 4.to let go of

Read this sentence.

I could hear the car's tire pop when it drove over the nail.

Which dictionary entry gives the BEST meaning for the word pop?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Multiple Choice

Jane stretched her arms out and laid down in the grassy field. The sun warmed her skin and the breeze tussled her hair. The insects hummed and worked and while the world turned, Jane did nothing at all. She took a deep breath and let it fall from her lungs. The river trickled its secrets and the sounds of nature blended into the symphony of the spring.

What is the mood of this paragraph?

• guilty

• sad

• frightening

• relaxed

Multiple Choice

The night it happened was one we will never forget. The wind was screeching outside as rain pounded against the window. We had lost electricity hours ago and had nothing but candles to light the house. The battery powered radio we had was broadcasting a warning to lock your doors and stay inside; there was a killer on the loose. What is the MOOD of the passage?

• Joyful

• Sad

• Scary

• Lonely

Multiple Choice

The free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wings

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

• This stanza has a fearful mood

• This stanza has a baffled mood

• This stanza has a joyful mood

• This stanza has an irritated mood