Double Dutch Story Test

At the beginning of the article, five girls are

• going on a picnic

• learning to jump rope and practicing double Dutch

• an award winning double Dutch team

• a great basketball team

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CCSS.RI.5.1

The first thing Coach Rockett does is

• learn to jump rope himself

• organizes the Double Dutch team and goes to the olympics

• gets an idea by looking out the window

• quit the team

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Which sentence indicates that the article is moving back in history?

• "Life for the Snazzy Steppers wasn't always so sweet."

• "Coach Rockett even wrote a song to help his girls how to jump.."

• "Forty girls showed up!"

• "They were so scared."

At the beginning of the article, why does the author describe the team in such detail?

• to show how their uniforms look

• to show how well they work together as a team

• to show how different each of the girls are

• to speed up the story

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CCSS.RL.5.6

What happens between the team's first competition in Harlem and their win in New York?

• the team members quit the team

• they get new uniforms

• they do better at each competition

• they get lost in New York

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CCSS.RL.5.5

What does this sentence from the story mean?

"It's as if they were rowers on the same boat..."

• It means they are rowing a boat fast.

• It means they are in unison, working together.

• It means they don't work together well.

• It means they are moving really fast.

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The Snazzy Steppers become best friends

• before they join the team

• when the coach tells them to

• the first time they win a trophy

• after they compete together for a long time

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which statement best proves that this article has a narrative structure?

• It reads like a fairytale.

• It is a tall tale.

• The events are real.

• It is about several different people.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

The songs in this article have a strong rhythm most likely because

• the girls like to sing

• Coach Rockett wanted to make the songs slow

• strong rhythms match the movements of jumping rope

• it made the girls work harder

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

Read this stanza from the article...

I had a little puppy.

His name was Tiny Tim.

I put him in the bathtub,

to see if he could swim.

Which of the following contribute to the rhythm in the stanza above?

• a story

• a puppy

• funny words

• rhyming words