"Train Time" Practice Test/For The Reading Quiz Thursday

The setting of the short story is

• On the train depot platform

• Where railroad tracks and creek emerged together from a tree choked canyon

• The train station building

• All of the above are correct

• None of the above are correct

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What evidence supports the inference that the children at the depot don't want to be there?

• “On the depot platform everybody stood waiting, listening.”

• “The Major strode about, soldier like, and waved commands.”

• “The air was stifling with end-of-summer heat.”

• “Let anyone try corralling twenty to thirty Indian kids.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

From what point of view is the story narrated?

• Third-Person, Limited to Eneas

• First-Person

• Third-Person, Limited to Major Miles

• Third-Person Omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If lines 53-57 were changed to the following, what would be true of the point of view?

I remembered so clearly the winter day, six months ago when I first saw Eneas. I had gone to see his grandfather, Michael Larmantine, who had contracted to work for the wood Agency but had not started. I had gone to discover why not.

• The point of view would be first-person.

• The point of view would be third-person, limited to Major Miles.

• The point of view would be third-person, limited to Eneas.

• The point of view would be third-person omniscient.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following sentences from the excerpt gives a clue to Major Miles' perspective in the story?

• The boy looked here and there and scratched at the ground with his foot.

• On this hot end-of-summer day, he perspired and frowned and wore his soldier bearing.

• The roar of rolling steel was upon them.

• Whether the boy understood what was good for him or not, he meant to see to it that the right thing was done.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the main conflict in the story?

• Eneas wants to go to school, but his grandparents don't want him to go.

• The Major can choose only thirty children to go to school, but more want to go.

• The Indian families want the Major to do more to help them, but he is unwilling.

• The Major wants to help the Indian children, but they don't want his help.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the main purpose of the flashback in the story?

• It reveals how the Major became interested in Eneas.

• It reveals how the Major came to work on the reservation.

• It reveals why Eneas was so close to his grandparents.

• It reveals how hard life was on the reservation.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The Major believed that Eneas was “a boy of quality” because

• He was devoted to his grandparents.

• He appreciated the Major's help.

• He spoke so intelligently.

• He wanted to get an education.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why does the Major want to make a statement at the end of the story?

• To warn the children to behave

• To show how important the moment is

• To explain his ideas about education

• To comfort the children who are crying

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4