The Last Day of School

The Last Day of School

Comprehension Checkpoint

Multiple Choice

Who is the main character of this story?

• John Morgan

• the nurse

• Marisol

• the girl

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of the story?

• the last day of summer vacation

• the last day before spring break

• the last day of school before summer vacation

• the last day before a big birthday party

Multiple Choice

The reader can infer that everyone is excited to get their yearbook because:

• students keep asking Mr. Brown about the yearbooks

• all of the students cheer when Mr. Brown passes out the yearbooks

• all of the students stay inside during the kickball game to get their classmates to sign their yearbook

• all of the students bring special pens to sign the yearbooks with

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences from the story shows the first-person point of view?

• Mr. Brown stood up and cleared his throat.

• "Really?" John said, and his smile came back.

• I left school this year with a full yearbook and a new friend.

• He had gone to see the school nurse and had not come back.

Multiple Choice

How is this year different from last year for the main character?

• Last year, only her classmates signed her book; this year, all of the third graders will sign her book.

• Last year, all of the second graders signed her book; this year, only her classmates will sign her book.

• This year, she wants to play in the kickball game.

• Last year, there was no kickball game.

Multiple Choice

What problem does the main character have at the kickball game?

• She loses her yearbook.

• She hurts her knee sliding into home plate.

• She misses her turn to kick the ball.

• She is missing one signature in her yearbook.

Multiple Choice

What causes the main character to heard to the nurse's office?

• She feels worried about starting summer vacation.

• She feels sick and wants to get her temperature taken.

• She wants to get John Morgan's signature in her yearbook.

• She wants to get the nurse's signature in her yearbook.

Multiple Choice

How does John Morgan seem to feel when the main character finds him?

• tired

• sick

• sad

• excited

Multiple Choice

What causes John's mood to change at the end of the story?

• His knee feels better.

• The girl makes a plan with him.

• He is excited that it is summer vacation.

• The girl gives him her yearbook.

Multiple Choice

Why does the main character say, "Not a bad way to start the summer"?

• She made a new friend.

• She planned her party.

• She made John's knee better.

• She won the kickball game.