Reading Exam-Third Quarter

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Comparing and Contrasting Events and Settings

Choose the sentences that make a comparison, there is more that one option:

• After all, Major Tom was an astronaut, like the Major Tom in the song.

• They were 350 kilometers from Earth, traveling at 28,000 kilometers per hour.

• Major Tom felt like he was sitting on top of an enormous explosion.

• He got used to the sensation of zero gravety, the feeling of floating in a tin can that Browie described in his song.

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

What is the main character's name, Choose an option:

• David Bowie

• Major Tom Decker

• Ann Gianola

• David Gordon

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"a person who travels into space"

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"a strong force or explosion"

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"to move slowly on water or in the air, without control over direction"

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Choose the correct answer:

Which of these two options have Comparison Transitions Words

• also

  as well as

  have in common

  like

  likewise

  similartly

• although

  but

  however

  in spite of

  nevertheless

  yet

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Choose the correct answer:

Which of these two options have Contrast Transitions Words

• although

  but

  howeverin spite of

  nevertheless

  yet

• also

  as well as

  have in common

  like

  likewise

  similartly

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"activity outside of a spacecraft"

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"when a gas or liquid slowly escapes a container"

(Mayor Tom In Space Story)

Write the correct name for the next vocabulary description:

"attached to something with a rope or a cable"