Year 5 Reading NAPLAN - Library Magician 2016

Today he was wearing a funny white beard and a lumpy, brown coat. (paragraph 1)

This sentence shows that Mr Frank

• feels cold.

• is very old.

• is in a costume.

• works at the library.

Mr Frank tries to show that every book is alive by

• telling silly jokes.

• acting out stories.

• doing magic tricks.

• reading stories aloud.

When the children laugh at the white bird in paragraph 3, Mr Frank is

• happy.

• angry.

• surprised.

• disappointed.

The cowboy described in paragraph 4 is probably a

• doll.

• puppet.

• picture.

• daydream.

The exclamation marks (!) in paragraph 4 show that the narrator is

• angry.

• scared.

• thankful.

• amazed.

But as we walked, a small thrill was rising inside me like a bird taking off.

(last paragraph)

This means the narrator

• is worried about opening the worn-looking book.

• is happy to finish story time at the library.

• is wanting to tell her mum about the book.

• is excited about reading the recommended story.

Which word best describes Mr Frank in the text?

• fierce

• brave

• playful

• watchful

In the text, whoosh (paragraph 3) and ‘RAWWRRR!’ (paragraph 5) are

• silly nonsense words.

• sounds that animals make.

• words from another language.

• strong feelings of the characters.