Lexile Test Practice
Authored by DENISE HEALY
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9th - 11th Grade
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Looking at these eighteen questions, this quiz focuses on reading comprehension through vocabulary in context and main idea identification. The questions are appropriate for grades 9-11, requiring students to use sophisticated inference skills and demonstrate understanding of nuanced vocabulary within complex passages. Students must analyze context clues from multi-paragraph excerpts covering diverse topics including natural science, sports, history, geography, and literature to determine the meaning of key terms or identify central concepts. The passages demand advanced reading comprehension skills, as students encounter complex sentence structures, varied writing styles, and content that spans from biological processes to historical figures like Robert E. Lee and Samuel Adams. Success on this assessment requires students to synthesize information across sentences, understand implicit meanings, and select precise vocabulary that captures subtle distinctions in meaning. Created by Denise Healy, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 9 and 11. This quiz serves as excellent preparation for standardized reading assessments, particularly those that measure lexile levels and reading comprehension skills. Teachers can use this versatile assessment tool for multiple instructional purposes: as a diagnostic pre-assessment to gauge students' current reading levels, for regular practice sessions to build vocabulary and comprehension skills, or as formative assessment to monitor progress throughout a reading unit. The quiz works effectively as homework assignments that allow students to practice close reading strategies independently, or as warm-up activities that activate prior knowledge before introducing new texts. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1, which require students to determine word meanings through context analysis and cite textual evidence to support comprehension of complex informational texts.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
When caterpillars know that it is the right time, they each go and spin their own white cocoon. Then they slip inside and fall asleep. While they sleep, they dream the dreams of the Dream Tree. When they wake up, they have been transformed into beautiful butterflies.
Caterpillars rely on _____ to spin their cocoons.
instinct
instructions
dreams
neighbors
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Junior knew that being a professional ballplayer was going to take some getting used to. He was here to mature and to improve, and his progress would be gradual. Still, as the weeks went by, the stress began to take its toll. He went into a slump at the plate. It seemed that he could not hit the ball. His batting average fell all the way to .175. For the first time since he'd started playing baseball, he was not having fun.
His performance was _____ .
offensive
extraordinary
unimpressive
average
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
She carried an armful of grass and climbed up again on the fence. None of the horses noticed her at first. Eventually some of them seemed to smell the grass and came over to where she was perched on the fence.
The horses became _____ .
sleepy
sleek
interested
fat
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
I had learned to ride before I could walk, and had grown up intending to be a jockey. But the fates weren't kind: I was six feet tall when I was seventeen, and whatever special something it took to be a racer, I did not have. I was _____
disappointed
careless
honorable
insensitive
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Samuel Adams stood before his friends, his coat frayed, his shoes scuffed, his cotton stockings darned. His friends said nothing about his appearance, but within a few days gifts began arriving at his house: When Samuel Adams left for Philadelphia, he was dressed as a representative of Massachusetts should be dressed. He was as stylish as his cousin John Adams, or his friend John Hancock, or indeed any of the other representatives. His friends were _____ .
generous
disgraceful
misunderstood
peaceful
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
John and Deborah Darnell are specialists in a field they call desert-road archeology. In 1992, they started exploring ancient caravan roads that once led through Egypt's Western Desert. They spent years picking through artifacts. The archeologists studied bits of broken pottery along the roads. They hoped to learn about the cultures of the people who had traveled there. In 2005, the Darnells discovered something huge—the ruins of a city that was more than 3,500 years old! The Darnells' commitment was _____ .
rewarded
deflated
challenged
questioned
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Robert E. Lee worked as a scout, exploring enemy territory to get information. He also directed the building of bridges that could support heavy army guns being dragged into battle. In the Battle of Veracruz, he helped plan some of the fighting. He was in the thick of the battles for Cerro Gordo and Mexico City. At one point, he was on his horse, riding and fighting, for thirty-six straight hours. Robert E. Lee was a _____ .
leader
lazy soldier
procrastinator
manipulator
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
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