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Blancaflor

Authored by Michelle Towery

English

5th Grade

19 Questions

CCSS covered

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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and literary analysis of the folktale "Blancaflor," targeting 5th grade students. The questions assess students' ability to make inferences about character motivations and emotions, predict story outcomes based on textual evidence, understand vocabulary in context, and identify key literary elements including theme, main idea, and plot summary. Students need strong foundational skills in close reading to analyze character development, particularly Alfonso's journey from reluctant prince to hero who honors his promises. They must understand cause-and-effect relationships, recognize foreshadowing as a literary device, and synthesize story elements to determine the central message about keeping one's word despite difficult circumstances. The quiz requires students to move beyond literal comprehension to higher-order thinking skills, analyzing how authors use specific events and character interactions to build meaning throughout the narrative. Created by Michelle Towery, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This comprehensive assessment supports instruction by evaluating students' mastery of essential reading comprehension strategies while engaging them with classic folktale literature. Teachers can use this quiz as a summative assessment following a guided reading unit, as homework to reinforce classroom discussions about character analysis and theme identification, or as a formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex texts. The variety of question types—from vocabulary knowledge to inference-making—makes it excellent for differentiated instruction and identifying specific areas where students need additional support. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 for determining theme and summarizing, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 for analyzing character interactions, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4 for determining word meaning, providing teachers with valuable data about student progress in multiple literacy domains.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why do you think Prince Alfonso jumped up and Ran home at the bottom of page 327?

A)He was afraid of the voice and what it might do to him.

A)He was worried the voice might be going to attack his family.

A)He wanted to get home to see if his father had been cured.

A)He wanted to run away from the voice.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the word consulted in paragraph 2 on page 327? 

to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from:
•a secret meeting, especially one for seditious purposes.
to consider or deliberate; take counsel;

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Based on text clues on page 327 the reader can tell Alfonso will probably do what in the story? 

•Fight a dragon in a far away land to save his family from the evil voice. 
•Save a princess from an evil ruler who is represented by the voice in a battle royal. 
•Go to the three silver towers in the Land of no return in three years time. 
•Save his father from certain death in three years time. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Based on text clues on page 327, The reader can tell that Alfonso probably felt ___ when the voice began to speak? 

•Excited to hear from something that was magic.
•Afraid and surprised by a voice he could not see.
•Happy because it was such a beautiful voice.
•Interested to hear what the voice had to say about the Land of No Return. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

On page 228, Alfonso was both sad and happy to see his father recovered, The reader know that Alfonso feels this way because? 

A)He knows that in three years he must go to the Land of no Return to the three silver towers to keep up his agreement with the voice. 
A)He is lonely and really wants a beautiful wife to be his queen, but since dad has been sick for so long he just hasn’t had the time to look.
A)He is worried that he and his mother will get whatever his father the kind had and die within three years. 
A)He is afraid that someone will come to take over the kingdom in three years and that all of his family will be destroyed when this happens. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

On page 228, Mom feels that she has the solution to Alfonso’s conflict, what does she try to do? 

•Have portraits made of him so he will feel more handsome.
•Plan lots of parties for him so he won’t be bored. 
•Invite his friends over so he will have someone to talk to.
•Find him a wife so he won’t be lonely.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why do you think that Alfonso refuses to get married? 

•He wants to go on adventure and thinks a wife would get in his way.
•He’s not ready to have that responsibility yet.
•He knows he must go to the Land of no return in three years.
•He is mad at his parents and doesn't’t want to do what they tell him. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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