The Knight at Dawn

The Knight at Dawn

KG - 2nd Grade

12 Qs

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The Knight at Dawn

The Knight at Dawn

Assessment

Quiz

English

KG - 2nd Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RL.2.1, RI.1.4, RI.9-10.9

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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension for "The Knight at Dawn," which is the second book in Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series. Designed for grades K-2, this assessment evaluates students' ability to recall specific story details, understand character motivations, and follow plot sequences in early chapter book fiction. Students need foundational reading skills including literal comprehension, basic inference making, and the ability to distinguish between key story elements such as characters, setting, and major plot events. The questions require students to remember specific details about Jack and Annie's medieval adventure, from identifying the main characters and understanding why they returned to the treehouse, to following their journey through the castle and their eventual escape. Success on this quiz demonstrates that young readers can track narrative elements across multiple chapters and retain important story information. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying early elementary reading comprehension. The assessment serves multiple instructional purposes in primary grade classrooms, functioning effectively as a post-reading comprehension check, homework assignment, or formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding of the text. Teachers can use this quiz during guided reading sessions to facilitate discussions about story elements, or assign it independently to assess individual student comprehension of the Magic Tree House series. The question format supports emerging readers by providing multiple choice options that reduce the writing demands while still evaluating comprehension skills. This type of assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1, which require students to ask and answer questions about key details in texts, and supports the development of foundational reading skills essential for building lifelong literacy habits.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the names of the main characters?

Jack and Jill
Jack and Annie
Jack and Joanie
Jack and Jamie

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Jack and Annie return to the treehouse?

Jack forgot his backpack.
Annie forgot her glasses.
Annie wanted to read more books and go on a new adventure.
Jack wanted to paint the walls.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Annie use as her magic wand?

A magic wand
Her hairbrush
A microphone
A flashlight

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What time of day did the siblings enter the treehouse?

dawn
night
afternoon

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After the treehouse finished spinning where did Jack and Annie end up?

at the circus
in the medieval times
in a volcano
in the land of dinosaurs

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.2.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is not part of a castle?

feasts
drawbridge
moat
armory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jack and Annie see when she turned on her flashlight?

a helmet
a feast
horses
knights' armor

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

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