Dear Dragon Selection Quiz
Authored by Jill Moore
English
3rd Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses third-grade reading comprehension skills through questions about a story titled "Dear Dragon." The content focuses on character analysis, plot development, and theme identification, requiring students to understand character motivations, track changes throughout the narrative, and identify the central message about friendship across differences. Students must demonstrate literal comprehension by recalling specific story details, inferential thinking by analyzing characters' feelings and relationships, and vocabulary knowledge through context-based word meaning questions. The quiz also includes academic vocabulary assessment with words like "assigned," "demolition," "precious," "mosaics," and "retains," which builds essential language skills for academic success. Students need to apply close reading strategies, make text-to-self connections, and synthesize information to determine the story's main lesson about acceptance and friendship. Created by Jill Moore, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 3. This comprehensive assessment tool effectively supports classroom instruction by combining story comprehension with vocabulary development in a single evaluation. Teachers can use this quiz as a formative assessment following a guided reading session, as homework to reinforce reading skills practiced in class, or as a review activity before summative assessments on similar texts. The question format helps students practice for standardized testing while building critical thinking skills through character analysis and theme identification. This quiz aligns with Common Core standards including CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1 for asking and answering questions about key details, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 for determining the central message and explaining how key details support it, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 for describing character traits and motivations, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4 for determining word meanings in context.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is true about Blaise at the beginning of the story?
He wants another pen pal.
He thinks his pen pal is shy.
He wants to meet his pen pal.
He thinks his pen pal is a dragon.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.1.9
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do Blaise and George most likely feel when they see each other for the first time?
surprised
bothered
excited
foolish
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the story, the teachers say that the pen pal project was a success. What does the word success tell about the pen pal project?
It took a year.
It won a prize.
It worked well.
It helped the school.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do Blaise and George change by the end of the story?
They both want to attend the picnic.
They both enjoy writing.
They both learn to go skydiving.
They both begin a new hobby.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.K.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main lesson in the story?
It is important to be kind to classmates.
It is important to write letters to friends.
Those who are different can still be friends.
Those who practice a skill will get better with time.
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.9
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If someone ____________a task to you, he or she gave you some work to do.
projects
assigned
mosaics
retains
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you work in ___________, your job is to tear down or destroy buildings.
retains
precious
demolition
projects
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
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