Reading Test Prep Quiz

In the selection, "Fun in the White House", what are paragraphs 4-7 mostly about?

• Bringing a pony into the White House

• Explaining why Archie Roosevelt was sick in bed

• Shooting spitballs at President Jackson's portrait

• Describing the White House playground

The reader can conclude that Theodore Roosevelt was -

• a strict and distant father

• a loving, but firm, father

• a loving, but distant, father

• a neglectful and careless father

In the selection "Fun in the White House" what does the word escorted mean in paragraph 3?

• pulled

• carried

• gave

• led

In paragraph 13, from the selection "Fun in the White House", the words the president's nose led him directly to the closet mean that the president -

• liked what he smelled in the closet

• couldn't see the closet in the dark

• could smell something that was in the closet

• wanted to hide something in the closet

Theodore Roosevelt teaches Quentin a lesson about being careful with government property by -

• making Quentin clean the wet spitballs from Jackson's portrait

• not allowing Quentin to have a Christmas tree in the White House

• grounding Quentin for two weeks in the summer

• not letting Quentin bring his friends to the White House

At the end of the selection "Fun in the White House", President Roosevelt learns that it is -

• a lot of fun decorating a Christmas tree

• too late to teach Quentin to behave

• not important to preserve forest

• sometimes a good idea is to thin out a forest

Which line from the play, "Cousin on the Court", supports the idea that Marcus has changed the way he feels about having a female player on the team?

• I guess we can try it, but this kid had better be good.

• Fine! Let's play.

• I can't believe Sam won.

• Hey Carter, does she have a sister in town?

The big idea of Cousin on the Court is -

• to never turn down a challenge

• don't make judgements based on apperances

• girls are just as good at basketball as boys

• winning isn't all that matters

The playwright, "Cousin on the Court.",

creates a surprise by -

• giving Carter's cousin a name that can be used for a boy

• revealing that David can't play in the tournement

• allowing Sam to make up the rules of the challenge

• having Carter's cousin come to visit for two weeks

From the selection "Cousin on the Court"

define the word competent as Sam uses it in line 23.