Ask and Answer Questions

HIDE AND SEEK:
Which question is answered in paragraph 1?
It was a glorious day for the annual family picnic.  Every year, Dave’s relatives gathered on the Fourth of July to celebrate not only the nation’s birthday, but his grandfather’s birthday as well.  An all-day picnic at Brookside Park, followed by fireworks down by the lagoon, had become a family tradition.

• How many years has the family picnic tradition been happening?
• Who gets to light the candles on Grandpa’s birthday cake?
• During which month does the family hold the picnic?
• What game do the children play during the family picnic?

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Which question is not answered in paragraph 2?
Dave and his cousins had begun a tradition of their own too.  After lunch, they all played a game of hide-and-seek.  The last player to be found earned the honor of lighting the candles on Grandpa’s cake. Since Dave had won last year, he was “It” this year.

• Who gets to light the candles on the cake?
• What tradition do the children have?
• When do the children play hide-and-seek?
• Who are the easiest cousins to find?

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Which question is answered in paragraph 5?
Now the adults became worried, and everyone started looking.  Aunt Pat ran frantically from family to family all over the park, asking if anyone had seen her.  Just as Uncle Bill was about to notify the police, Michael hollered, “Here she is!”

• Which family member located Rosie?
• Where was Rosie hiding in Brookside Park?
• Why will this picnic be remembered by the family?
• Why is Rosie the winner of hide-and-seek?

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What would be an appropriate question for this image?

• Where is grandma?

• Where are they traveling to?

• What's for lunch?

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Read this sentence:

Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs on top of the JELL-O.

What does the word sprinkle mean?

• scatter

• pull

• hang

• clean

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8 There he heard a softer bird sound “Eeeep!” Gently pushing branches aside, he saw a young seagull with spotted plumage rather than the gray-and-white of an adult. Its feet were tangled in plastic rings, the type that holds six-packs of soda cans.

Which question is answered in paragraph 8?

• How does the baby seagull get tangled in plastic rings?

• What does Jeff find in the bushes?

• How does the mother seagull untangle the plastic rings?

• What does the baby seagull feel toward Jeff?

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CCSS.RI.3.1

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5 What is truly remarkable is that these markers are visual. Wood mice have large eyes. They rely on their vision to find their way. House mice, by contrast, follow their own scent to get back to their nests. However, leaving a scent trail in an open field could be very dangerous. Enemies might use it to track down the little mice. Wood mice do not have to worry about this. Other animals do not know what their markers mean, and the wood mice are not telling!

39 According to paragraph 5, how are wood mice different from house mice?

• Wood mice have a better sense of smell.

• Wood mice do not mark their paths.

• Wood mice use visual clues.

• Wood mice live in nests.

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23 That afternoon, Maria stopped at the pet store on her way home from school. Ben was always asking their mother for some guppies to add to his aquarium, and as she watched the fish on display, she could see why he liked fish so much. She bought a bright yellow male and two darker-colored females to give to Ben. They took most of her allowance, but he needed something to cheer him up.

Which question is answered in paragraph 23?

• Why does Ben miss the play?

• How does Ben like the guppies?

• What does Maria name the fish?

• What does Maria buy for Ben?

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What is the main idea?

• Its the authors point of view
• Is what the passage is mostly about
• It is the sequence of the story.

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You should determine the main idea by combining the supporting details.

• True
• False

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