Magic in the Classroom

Who is identified as a bully in the passage?

• Sarah

• Emma

• Mr. Stephens

• Samantha

In the passage, Samantha asks to go with Sarah to take Emma on a school tour. What motivates Samantha to ask to go on the tour?

• Samantha is bored with what’s going on in the classroom and wants an excuse to leave.

• Samantha thinks it will be a good opportunity to learn some new things about her school.

• Samantha doesn’t think Emma should be subjected to being alone with Sarah since she’s a bully.

• Samantha forgot to do her homework assignment and wants to leave before needing to turn it in.

Read the following sentences: “I stared at Sarah without blinking. Hundreds of frogs had fallen out of her mouth and onto the floor. Then, suddenly, Emma snapped her fingers and all of the frogs disappeared.”

Based on this information, what can be concluded about the disappearance of the frogs?

• Samantha makes the frogs disappear by staring at Sarah.

• Sarah makes the frogs disappear by closing her mouth.

• The frogs disappear without anyone doing anything.

• Emma makes the frogs disappear by snapping her fingers.

Emma tells Samantha that she likes to do magic for fun. What can be concluded about Emma’s statement based on the events in the story?

• The statement is truthful.

• The statement is not truthful.

• The statement is not completely truthful.

• The statement is misleading.

What is this passage mainly about?

• a school year filled with magic

• Emma’s relationship with Sarah and Samantha

• Emma’s magical tricks on people

• how Sarah’s plan to bully Emma backfires

How can Samantha’s tone throughout the passage best be described?

• formal

• conversational

• disinterested

• mysterious

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

__________ Sarah offers to take Emma on a tour of the school, Samantha is sure that this is phase one of Sarah’s full-on attack against Emma.

• Instead

• Therefore

• Even though

• Initially

At the end of the passage, Sarah says to Emma, “You’re not the only one with tricks up your sleeves.”

What does Sarah means by this?

• Sarah plans to use trickery and cunning to get back at Emma.

• Sarah thinks she is smarter than Emma.

• Sarah will avoid Emma in the future.

• Sarah is afraid that Emma might tell someone about her deception.

What does the word 'fantastical' mean as used in the passage?

• wildly imaginative or exaggerated.

• based on imagination.

• excellent; wonderful.

• a fantastic opinion of his own abilities

What is the meaning of the word 'magical' as used in the passage?

• made by magic.

• mysterious and charming