Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin Comprehension Test (U4W3)
Authored by Lateia Kelly
English
2nd Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension of the book "Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin," which compares and contrasts the lives of two cousins living in different cultural settings. Designed for grade 2 students, this assessment evaluates fundamental reading comprehension skills including literal recall of story details, character analysis, and drawing conclusions from text. Students need to demonstrate their ability to extract specific information from the story, understand cause-and-effect relationships, compare and contrast different characters' experiences, and recognize cultural elements presented through Spanish vocabulary embedded in the English text. The questions require students to recall factual details about where characters live, how they travel to school, their daily activities, and their preferences, while also challenging them to make inferences about the characters' feelings and relationships. Created by Lateia Kelly, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 2, this comprehension test serves as an excellent tool for assessing student understanding of multicultural literature and cross-cultural connections. The quiz works perfectly as a post-reading assessment to evaluate how well students absorbed the story's key details and themes, and it can also function as a review activity before class discussions about cultural similarities and differences. Teachers can use this assessment for formative evaluation to identify students who may need additional support with reading comprehension or vocabulary development, particularly with the Spanish terms woven throughout the text. This quiz aligns with Common Core standards RL.2.1 for asking and answering questions about key details in text, RL.2.3 for describing how characters respond to events and challenges, and RL.2.9 for comparing and contrasting two characters' experiences in stories.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Where does Carlitos live?
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How are the ways the boys get to school DIFFERENT?
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What does Carlitos do when he is finished with his homework?
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
When the weather gets too hot, what does Charlie do to cool off?
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
One conclusion that can be made about Charlie and Carlitos is that
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How do Charlie and Carlitos communicate with one another?
They call each other on the phone.
They write letters to each other.
They Facetime each other.
They email each other.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Carlitos' family grows many things, such as maÍz. What does maÍz mean?
rooster
corn
chicken
donkey
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
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