Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Authored by Light Montanez
English
5th Grade - University
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses reading comprehension of the children's book "Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All" by Rachel Renée Russell. The questions target middle-grade reading skills, specifically grades 5-6, requiring students to demonstrate literal comprehension through recall of specific plot details, character actions, and story events. Students must process narrative elements including character relationships, conflict development, and sequence of events throughout the story. The quiz focuses on factual understanding of key plot points such as the friendship dynamics between Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey, the antagonistic relationship with MacKenzie, family employment situations, and romantic subplot developments. Students need strong reading retention skills and the ability to distinguish between different story events and character motivations to successfully answer these detail-oriented questions. Created by Light Montanez, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5, this quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student comprehension of popular middle-grade fiction. Teachers can implement this assessment as a post-reading evaluation to ensure students have thoroughly engaged with the text and retained important story details. The quiz works effectively as a formative assessment to gauge reading comprehension before moving to higher-level analysis activities, or as a summative evaluation following independent reading assignments. This type of detailed comprehension check supports classroom discussions about character development and plot structure while encouraging students to read carefully and attentively. The questions align with Common Core standards RL.5.1 and RL.6.1, which require students to quote accurately from texts and cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text explicitly states.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey doing on New Years Day?
Facetiming from different continents.
Having a sleep over and playing truth or dare.
Pranking calling student and staff.
Playing pranks on Chloe's parents.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RL. 11-12.9
CCSS.RL.5.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What did Zoey dare Nikki to do?
Ask out her crush, Brandon.
Shove ice down her pants.
Dye her hair hot pink.
Sneaks to MacKenzie's house and throw toilet paper over everything.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.5.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who did MacKenzie really think toilet paper her house?
The football team.
Her bestfriends.
Brandon, her crush also.
Nikkie, Chole, and Zoey
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What did MacKenzie show everyone that had people gossiping about Brandon?
She said that Brandon aske her on a date with him to Paris.
She said that Brandon toilet papered her house and left chocolate and rose by her door then ran.
She said that she saw him in a batman onesie at Walmart.
She said that Brandon slipped and fell outside the boys bathroom.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who did Nikki's dad start to work for?
Walmart
Home Depot
MacKenzie's father, Hollister Holdings Inc.
Target
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did MacKenzie blackmail Nikki?
She said that she would fire Nikki's dad if she didn't become her personal maid.
She said that she would hit Nikki with a book Nikki didn't do her homework.
She said that she would tell on her for pouring milk on her if she didn't walk her dog.
She said that she would tell the principal about Nikki, Zoey, and Chloe toilet papering her house unless she gets Brandon to give him an invitation to his party.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RL. 11-12.9
CCSS.RL.5.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What did Mr. Zimmerman do for Nikki?
Opened an old article just for her.
He gave her advise for life.
he gave Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey a free Starbucks gift card
He gave her detention for yelling in the classroom
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
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