Benchmark 3 Test Prep

​ Benchmark 3 Test Prep

Saving the Sea Turtles

Multiple Choice

1 I had come to a different world. There were no electric lights, running water, or telephones. Huts with leafy roofs stood near the ocean's edge. By the edge of the thick rain forest, a wooden outhouse rested on the sand.

What is the meaning of rested as it is used in the sentence from paragraph 1?

• build

• grown

• settled

• slept

Multiple Choice

PART A

2 I had just landed on a protected beach in British Guyana. When the sea turtles who were born here come back to lay their eggs, eager poachers try to steal the eggs and sell them for profit. But that was changing.

What is the meaning of poachers as it is used in paragraph 2?

• people who explore

• people who help

• people who destroy

• people who take

Multiple Choice

PART B

Which quotation from the passage helps the reader determine the meaning of poachers?

• "...steal the eggs and sell them for profit."

• "...works to save the sea turtles from extinction."

• "...helping him save the turtles."

• "...on the sand, I caught every egg..."

Multiple Choice

extinction: to be gone or no longer living

Why is there a footnote included in the passage?

• to help the reader understand the topic of the paragraph

• to help the reader understand the author's point of view

• to help the reader understand the location of a word

• to help the reader understand the meaning of a word

Adelita's Amazing Journey

Multiple Choice

1 On August 10, 1996, a loggerhead sea turtle named Adelita was about to make navigation history. Ten years earlier, she'd been caught by a fisherman in the Pacific Ocean near Baja, Mexico. Adelita had spent the last ten years in a water tank. Over time, she grew into a 223-pound adult with a wide head and a humongous appetite. She was outgrowing her tank.

Based on the meaning of the prefix out-, what is meaning of the word outgrowing in paragraph 1?

• moving quickly

• leaving slowly

• becoming bigger

• eating a great amount

Multiple Choice

8 Nichols explains it like this: "A sea turtle can perceive Earth's magnetic fields. Just like we sense gravity and know which way is up or down, a sea turtle senses 'home'." After living in Baja for most of her life, Adelita never forgot the way back to the spot where she was born.

What is the meaning of the word senses as it is used in the sentence from paragraph 8?

"Just like we sense gravity and know which way is up or down, a sea turtle senses 'home'."

• a joyful emotion

• a good decision

• a special feeling

• a strong smell

The Button Lady

Multiple Choice

5 "Pesky puppies will do that," said the Button Lady. She reached into her big bag of buttons and pulled out the perfect match.

"Pesky puppies will do that," said the Button Lady.

What is the meaning of the word pesky as it is used in the sentence?

• adorable

• dangerous

• hungry

• troublesome

Multiple Choice

Read paragraph 7

7 Mayor Bowersox's wife, Henrietta, was next in line. "Our goat got loose by my clothesline and ate four buttons off the mayor's shirt. The poor man has been safety-pinned ever since."

According to the phrase next in line, who will be next to get buttons?

• a goat

• Henrietta

• a poor man

• Mayor Bowersox

Multiple Choice

Part A

Read the sentence from paragraph 10.

The Button Lady had just found a button for Mr. Merrysong's vest, when a loud commotion drew everyone's attention.

Select the meaning of commotion as it is used in the sentence.

• animal

• crash

• horn

• noise

Multiple Choice

Part B

Select the word from paragraph 10 that provides a clue to the meaning of the word commotion.

• button

• loud

• halted

• dust