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Good Morning Gorillas

Authored by Annette Freeman

English

2nd - 3rd Grade

CCSS covered

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Good Morning Gorillas
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension of the children's book "Good Morning Gorillas" from the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. The questions are appropriate for 2nd and 3rd grade students, targeting key literacy skills including story sequence, character analysis, cause and effect relationships, and plot development. Students need strong literal comprehension abilities to identify specific story events, understand character motivations and actions, and recall important details from the narrative. The quiz requires students to demonstrate their understanding of story elements such as setting challenges, character interactions, problem-solving sequences, and thematic messages. Students must be able to distinguish between multiple plot points and accurately recall how characters respond to various situations throughout the adventure story. Created by Annette Freeman, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 2 and 3. This comprehension quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student understanding after completing the novel, whether used as a chapter-by-chapter check or a final assessment of the entire book. Teachers can implement this quiz as a guided reading follow-up activity, independent reading accountability measure, or formative assessment to gauge comprehension before moving to higher-level analysis activities. The quiz works effectively for homework assignments, small group discussions, or individual practice sessions that reinforce reading skills. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1, which require students to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in literary texts, as well as CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3, focusing on character description and story sequence comprehension.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why couldn't Jack and Annie see much when they came to the rainforest?

It was covered in a fog.
It was the middle of the night.
They were too high up in the tree.
There were too many branches.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the small gorilla do when Annie and Jack found her?

She played peekaboo and clapped her hands.
She ran in circles around them.
She did a somersault and then stood on her hands.
She waved a stick in the air and screamed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Annie fell out of the tree when ---

Bu-bu pusher her out of the tree.
she stepped onto a wet branch and slipped
she tried to swing to another tree
the branch she was hanging onto snapped

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened when Jack went back to get the flashlight and umbrella?

He fell into a hole and couldn't climb out of it.
He tore his pants on a tree limb.
It became dark, and he couldn't see.
Bu-bu stole his notebook from him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Bu-bu led Jack to the gorillas, the giant gorilla --

picked up Jack and carried him away
sniffed Jack and pushed him down
growled and beat on his chest
ran away from the group of gorillas

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jack's book tell him to do to safely go close to the gorillas?

act like a gorilla
offer the gorillas branches with leaves
walk very slowly
chatter like a gorilla

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened when the gorillas were eating breakfast?

Ho-ho's mom fed Jack berries.
Annie went for a ride on the giant gorilla's back.
Bu-Bu took Jack's book and ripped out the pages.
Annie ate leaves the same way the gorillas did.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

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