Mid Year 5th Grade Review Part 1

"The Haughty Princess"

Multiple Choice

1.) Determine the point of view from which this selection is narrated.

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Multiple Choice

2. Why did the author most likely write this selection?

• to persuade students to be kind

• to inform students of unkind remarks

• to entertain students with a lesson on pride

• to instruct students on finding tricks

Multiple Choice

3.) Read the following.

She was kept very busy at the palace, and she came home every night carrying leftover food wrapped in papers in her side pockets.

Which of the following words from the sentence is a conjunction?

• at

• and

• in

• side

Multiple Choice

4.) In paragraph 10, what does the word piteously mean?

• miserably

• cheerfully

• happily

• excitedly

Multiple Choice

5.) How does the princess change from the beginning to the end of the story?

• from humble to prideful

• from happy to sad

• from regret to anger

• from prideful to humble

"The Endless Tale"

Multiple Choice

6.) What is the genre of this selection?

• fiction

• drama

• nonfiction

• poetry

Multiple Choice

7.) What is the reward for a storyteller that could tell a story that would last forever?

• He gets to marry the princess.

• He gets to become a servant of the King.

• He gets to live in the servant's quarters.

• He doesn't have to marry the princess.

Multiple Choice

8.) Select the best summary of "The Endless Tale."

• The King wants his daughter, the princess, to marry someone who can tell a long story. The first storyteller does not please the King, so a second storyteller comes and the princess listens to his story. She and the Lords and Ladies beg for the King to spare the first storyteller's life.

• The princess wants to find someone to marry, so she listens to the storytellers to find the one with the best story.

• The storytellers go to the King's castle to have the princess decide who she will marry.

• The King will give his daughter in marriage to a storyteller whose story will never end, but, so far the stories all had endings, but at last a wise storyteller met with success. His locusts were on a thousand grain journey that would never end.

Multiple Choice

9. 9.) Read the following.

For three months I have listened to it.

Which of the following is the verb tense used in the above sentence?

• simple present tense

• present perfect tense

• simple past tense

• past perfect tense

Use both selections for the next questions.
"The Haughty Princess"
"The "Endless Tale"

Multiple Choice

10.) Which sentence shows comparison to the endings of both selections?

• Both princesses made their fathers give up on the marriage plans.

• Both princesses were so selfish the men went away.

• Both princesses were given in marriage to clever men.

• Both princesses continued to look for the right prince.

Multiple Choice

11.) What effect do the settings have on the plots of the selections?

• The settings let the Kings determine the climax in each selection.

• The settings show the Kings have beautiful daughters.

• The settings let the Kings be narrators in these selections.

• The settings let the Kings determine the symbolism in the selections.

Multiple Choice

12.) Which statement best compares the characteristics of the Kings?

• Both Kings were curel and unloving to all int he kingdom.

• Both Kings selfishly thought of themselves.

• Both Kings wanted to find worthy husbands for their daughters.

• Both Kings wanted to punish their daughters.

"The Duel"

Multiple Choice

The genre of this selection is:

• drama

• poetry

• biography

• nonfiction

Multiple Choice

A reader can identify the genre of the selection by

• the length of the selection

• the topic of the selection

• the point of view of the selection

• by the short lines of the selection

Multiple Choice

13.) The reader can tell the author has used this genre to

• explain the way to keep dogs and cats apart.

• use facts to describe the nature of dogs and cats.

• entertain with rhythm and rhyme.

• persuade pet owners to train their pets.

Multiple Choice

14.) The word row, as used in line 16 of the selection, is a/an

• antonym.

• synonym.

• analogy.

• homograph.

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15.) Select the main idea of lines 28-36 of this selection.

• After an all-night disagreement, the dog and cat destroyed one another.

• The Chinese plate claimed there was a crime during the night when the dog left.

• The Dutch clock saw the cat steal away in the night.

• After an all-night of eating together, the cat and pup left.

Multiple Choice

16.) The author used onomatopoeia in lines 10-11 to

• draw attention to the start of the conflict.

• explain he way animals communicate.

• support the conflict between the clock and the plate.

• identify the setting of the drama.

Multiple Choice

17.) Read the following.

The gingham dog and the calico cat

Side by side on the table sat;

The prepositional phrases in the above sentence have the effect of

• identifying the subjects

• identifying locations

• identifying the actions

• identifying the sizes

Multiple Choice

18.) All the following details support the idea the narrator heard about the events in the selection except:

• "I wasn't there;"

• "I'm only telling you what the old Dutch clock declares is true."

• "Don't fancy I exaggerate-"

• "The old Dutch clock it told me so,"

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