Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Authored by Tanya MS]
English
6th - 7th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and language arts skills centered around the story "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses," targeting middle school students at the 6th and 7th grade levels. The assessment evaluates students' ability to analyze literary elements including setting, character development, plot structure, conflict, and climax while demonstrating comprehension of vocabulary in context. Students must identify key story details, interpret figurative language and descriptive passages, understand character motivations and traits, and recognize how authors use exposition to provide background information. The quiz also tests grammar knowledge, specifically verb tenses including present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms, alongside vocabulary skills such as determining word meanings through context clues and recognizing multiple meanings of common words. Students need strong literal and inferential comprehension skills, the ability to cite textual evidence to support their answers, and foundational knowledge of narrative structure and grammatical concepts. Created by Tanya MS, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6 and 7. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes in the English language arts classroom, functioning effectively as a summative assessment following a complete reading of the text, a review tool before major examinations, or homework to reinforce literary analysis skills taught during class discussions. Teachers can utilize individual sections for targeted practice, such as using the vocabulary questions for warm-up activities or the plot structure questions for formative assessment of students' understanding of narrative elements. The combination of comprehension and grammar questions makes this quiz particularly valuable for integrated language arts instruction, allowing educators to assess both reading comprehension and language mechanics simultaneously. This quiz aligns with Common Core State Standards including RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.3, L.6.1, L.6.4, L.7.1, and L.7.4, supporting curriculum objectives for middle grade literature study and language development.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Where do both the opening and closing scenes of "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses" take place?
on a cliff that overlooks a corral
at the edge of a small frontier town
on a wide, treeless plain
in a dream that the main character has
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses," what hobby sends Bob Lemmons out onto the plains?
rounding up a herd of wild horses
finding an injured colt
capturing a runaway
locating new pastureland for a herd of horses
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which statement is true about Bob Lemmons, according to "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses"?
He can't read words, but he can write messages using pictures
He can't read animals tracks, but he can round up wild horses alone.
He can't read words, but he can read animal tracks.
He can't ride a horse, but he can find herbs of wild horses
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses," why can't Bob Lemmons light a fire at night?
The horses will see it
The horses will smell the smoke on him
The horses will run from it
The horses will try to put it out.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses," how does Bob Lemmons take control of the herd?
He puts ropes on the horse and leads them to the ranch and into corral
He kills the rattlesnake and thereby wins the trust of the horses
He leads the horses into a ravine during a storm and traps them
He has his horse defeat the stallion and take its place as the leader
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
If an audience milled around before a speech, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of milled
People were applauding
People were waiting quietly in their seats
People were wandering around
People were standing in line for tickets
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
If a mouse skittered under a table, what did the mouse most likely do? Base your answer on the meaning of skittered.
muched noisily
shook in terror
tiptoed quietly
dashed quickly
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
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