The Boxcar Children
Authored by Katie Johnson
English
6th - 8th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension of "The Boxcar Children," a classic children's novel that follows four orphaned siblings who create a home for themselves in an abandoned railroad car. The questions assess students' understanding of character identification, plot sequence, and key story events across multiple chapters. Designed for 6th grade reading level, this quiz requires students to demonstrate literal comprehension skills including recalling specific details, identifying character names and relationships, tracking plot developments, and remembering cause-and-effect relationships within the narrative. Students must have read the complete book carefully to answer questions about character motivations, setting changes, dialogue, and story resolution. The quiz emphasizes foundational reading skills such as attention to detail, sequential thinking, and the ability to distinguish between similar story elements. Created by Katie Johnson, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6-8. This comprehensive quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment after students complete their independent or guided reading of the novel. Teachers can use this as a chapter-by-chapter comprehension check, a final assessment to ensure students read the entire book, or as review material before class discussions and extension activities. The detailed questions make it ideal for homework assignments that reinforce reading accountability, warm-up activities to refresh students' memory of previous chapters, or small group review sessions. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.6.1 (citing textual evidence), RL.6.2 (determining central ideas), and RL.6.3 (analyzing character and plot development), providing teachers with valuable data about students' literal comprehension and reading engagement with classic children's literature.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What are the names of the children in the story?
Harry, Jennifer, Veronica, and Benjamin
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny
Hector, Joyce, Vivienne, and Brody
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The children are hungry and go to a bakery. Who is the first character they meet?
The baker's wife
The baker
A banker
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
After the children leave the bakery where is the first place they sleep?
In a hotel
At their Aunts house
Haystacks
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who comes looking for the children in ch. 2?
The baker and his wife
Their parents
No one
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What do the children find in the woods?
A small building
A boxcar
A fort
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did Benny not want to live in the boxcar?
It was too smelly
He thought it was a scary place
He was afraid an engine will take them away
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What did the children name the dog they found?
Watch
Clifford
Barney
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
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