Grade 3 Multiple Choice (NYS Assessments 2018)

Grade 3 Multiple Choice (NYS Assessments 2018)

Multiple Choice

1. What does the word "assistant" mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• helper

• leader

• neighbor

• friend

Multiple Choice

2. Which sentence from the passage shows a cause and effect relationship?

• "But there is one parrot who speaks more that a hundred word and actually understands their means." (paragraph 1)

• (Teaching Alex to speak words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly." (paragraph 3)

• "In this way, Irene is finding out what sorts of things Alex's brain can do." (paragraph 3)

• "He can also make comparisons, such as smaller or bigger and same or different, between objects." (paragraph 4)

Multiple Choice

3. Read the sentence from paragraph 4.

Alex can identify over 40 kinds of objects, five different shapes, five materials, and seven colors and he can use his knowledge to solve problems and answer questions.

What is the best meaning of the word identify used in this sentence?

• feel

• look at

• pick up

• recognize

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4. How does the photograph add to the information in the passage?

• It shows one way that Irene works with Alex.

• It shows that Irene does not talk with Alex.

• It shows that Alex is able to count objects.

• It shows a few objects that Alex cannot name.

Multiple Choice

5. What part of the passage best shows how Alex feels about Irene?

• paragraph 9

• paragraph 10

• paragraph 17

• paragraph 18

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6. Which detail best supports the main idea of the passage?

• Irene's parrot is named Alex.

• Alex can find a green object when asked.

• Irene sometimes puts Alex on her shoulder.

• Alex has a croaky parrot voice.

Multiple Choice

19. In paragraph 1, what does Stella mean when she says, "I feel like a sider in a web"?

• Stella is untangling the stings.

• Stella is confused by the strings.

• Stella is surrounded by the tangled strings.

• Stella is winding the strings around her spool.

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20. IN paragraphs 6 through 8, what do you know as a reader that Robby does not know?

• Stella wishes she could trade her kite for a jellyfish kite.

• Stella has to run to make her kite fly.

• Paper plate kites are easier to fly than other kites.

• Paper plate kites are easier to make than shark kites.

Multiple Choice

21. Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

If she could catch a tiny breeze, her kite would fly.

What does "catch" mean as it is used in this sentence?

• stop and hold a moving object

• bring in while hunting or fishing

• get an illness

• find and use

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22. What happens after Stella trips over the sharks fin and falls into the dirt?

• Stella tries to fly her kite again.

• Stella takes Robby's paper plate home with her.

• Stella's kite points downward and refuses to fly.

• Stella points at a kite shape like a monster truck.

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23. What do the details in paragraph 17 show about Robby?

• He is at the park most weekends.

• He is a thoughtful friend to Stella.

• He is better at flying kites than Stella.

• He is creative with paper plates.

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24. What happens because Stella cannot fly her shark kite?

• Stella tries to fix her kite.

• Stella notices a pink jellyfish kite.

• Stella gets into the car with her mother.

• Stella tries the paper plate kite.