Reading Literature Standards 2

Choose from the sentences that are closest in meaning to the figurative expression.

Edgar was dead to the world when we got home.

• Edgar was asleep when we got home.

• Edgar was dead.

• Edgar had a head injury and was unconscious.

• Edgar was not at home.

Choose from the sentences that are closest in meaning to the figurative expression.

Don’t worry. I’ve got your back.

• Don’t worry. I am holding on to your back.

• Don’t worry. I’ll support you.

• Don’t worry. I have brought back your stuff.

• Don’t worry. I am back.

Choose from the sentences that are closest in meaning to the figurative expression.

You’re pulling my leg.

• You are short.

• You are stretching my leg.

• You are teasing me.

• You are doubting me.

Choose the best word to complete each sentence.

My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.

• thrifty

• stingy

• miserly

• selfish

Choose the best word to complete each sentence.

My friend is very careful about spending money. I don’t like that trait, so I call him _______________.

• thrifty

• stingy

• rude

• mean

Choose the best word to complete each sentence.

Jorge never gives up. I think it is wonderful that he is so ______________________.

• jealous

• determined

• bull-headed

• stubborn

“That show made him a star overnight”, said my friend about one of the actors. “He was completely unknown before. And now thousands of teenagers send him chocolates and love letters in the mail.”

What does the above paragraph mean?

• that the actor had poor acting skills

• that the actor had come to fame recently

• that nobody likes him now

• none of the above

Read the poem and answer the question.

The forest’s sentinel

Glides silently across the hill

And perches in an old pine tree,

A friendly presence his!

No harm can come

From night bird on the prowl.

His cry is mellow,

Much softer than a peacock’s call.

Why then this fear of owls

Calling in the night?

If men must speak,

Then owls must hoot-

They have the right.

On me it casts no spell:

Rather, it seems to cry,

“The night is good- all’s well, all’s well.”

-- RUSKIN BOND

What is the poet talking about in the first stanza?

• how the owl comes out into the night

• how the owl catches its prey

• how the owl is looking into the dark night

• how the owl walks

The forest’s sentinel

Glides silently across the hill

And perches in an old pine tree,

A friendly presence his!

No harm can come

From night bird on the prowl.

His cry is mellow,

Much softer than a peacock’s call.

Why then this fear of owls

Calling in the night?

If men must speak,

Then owls must hoot-

They have the right.

On me it casts no spell:

Rather, it seems to cry,

“The night is good- all’s well, all’s well.”

-- RUSKIN BOND

What is the poet referring to in the above poem?

• The hooting of an owl scares some people.

• The behavior of the nocturnal owl.

• The peacock's cry

• Both 'A' and 'B'

If you have never read or heard the original story of "The Three Little Pigs" then look it up on the internet before continuing.

I’ve always been misunderstood. I’m allergic to hay. I can’t help it that when I’m near hay, I huff and I puff and I sometimes blow things down. No one has any reason to be afraid of me, but sometimes they are. What happened to those poor little pigs is sad, but it was their own fault.

Who is talking in this passage? ____________

• The pigs in the story “The Three Little Pigs.”

• The wolf in the story “The Three Little Pigs.”

• A 3rd person narrator

• None of the above