FSA Review

Which sentence best describes the theme that the two folktales share?

• If you work hard, you will be ready for luck when it comes.

• People can overcome unexpected challenges.

• Having riches does not always make people happy.

• People should think before they speak or act.

Select three characteristics that both folktales share.

• Both folktales feature a man who speaks with his wife before making a wish.

• By the end of both folktales, the protagonists are dead.

• Both folktales feature a man who does not have a lot of money.

• Both folktales feature a man who wishes to alter his own body.

• Both men in the folktales receive their wishes from a supernatural being.

Choose one sentence from the passage "The Two Headed Weaver" that develops this topic:

A person's wishes end up making trouble.

• With that he went to the spirit and let his will be known, “Listen, if you want to fulfill my wish, then give me another pair of arms and another head.”

• He had barely spoken before he was two-headed and four-armed.

• Rejoicing, he returned home, but the people there thought that he was a demon and beat him with sticks and stones, until he fell over dead. . . .

Choose one sentence from the passage "The Ridiculous Wishes" that develops this topic:

A person's wishes end up making trouble.

• “Yes! Yes!” said his wife . . . “To make such a choice as you did, you must be a donkey.”

• At this the husband became very angry. . . . “A curse on this and all sausages. I wish that it was hanging from the end of your nose!”

• The wish was heard at once . . . and the sausage fastened itself on her nose.

• Fanchon had once been pretty, and—to tell the truth—this ornament did not have a very pleasing effect. . . .

The sentences below are from paragraph 10 of "The Two-Headed Weaver." Choose the word that means "feel jealous of."

“ . . . a king’s life is an unending procession of annoyances. He must constantly worry about friendships, animosities, wars, servants, defense alliances . . . . Never envy the life of a king.”

• procession

• animosities

• envy

• alliances

Which of the following describes an important difference between “The Two-Headed Weaver” and “The Ridiculous Wishes”?

• “The Two-Headed Weaver” teaches that friends and family are

  a good source of advice. “The Ridiculous Wishes” teaches that

  people should trust themselves before listening to others.

• “The Two-Headed Weaver” teaches that accepting who you

  are can make you happy. “The Ridiculous Wishes” teaches

  that it is important to keep changing and improving.

• “The Two-Headed Weaver” teaches that people who change

  their lives can face problems. “The Ridiculous Wishes” teaches

  that people who accept their lives can be happy.

• “The Two-Headed Weaver” teaches that beauty matters more

  than riches. “The Ridiculous Wishes” teaches that riches

  matter more than beauty.

Read the sentence below. What change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

Almost eight gallons of water were lost. Every day from Mr. Steele's leaky faucet.

• lost every day

• lost, every day

• lost; every day

• Correct as is

Read the sentence below. What change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

On our family vacation last summer, our family drove through the Rocky Mountains for the first time.

• rocky mountains

• rocky, mountains

• rocky Mountains

• Correct as is

Read the sentence below. What change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

"I love my new shoes," Alex said as he looked at him in the mirror.

• it

• that

• himself

• Correct as is

Read the sentence below. What change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

Father said we would leave for our vacation on June, 24 2019.

• June 24 2019

• June 24, 2019

• june 24, 2019

• Correct as is