Reading Test 3

What would be another good title for this story?

• The Little Bottle of Horrors

• Pandora’s Curiosity

• Pandora and the Foolish Girl

• Hope

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

• Zeus was happy people had fire.

• Zeus was angry people had fire.

• Zeus wanted to give people fire.

• Zeus wanted people to give him fire.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

• There was still a possibility that mankind could be happy.

• Mankind was doomed to be miserable.

• Hope did not want to help mankind.

• Pandora was convinced mankind could help themselves.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The author’s primary point is

• curiosity can cause harm

• people should not have fire.

• Zeus was an evil being.

• beautiful boxes are not good gifts.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which event did not happen in the story?

• Zeus knocked on Pandora’s door and gave her the golden box.

• As soon as Zeus left Pandora’s house, Pandora started to think about what might be in the box.

• Every day Pandora took the box down from the shelf and felt the lid.

• Zeus thought of a plan for helping mankind in a very strange, roundabout way

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

How did mankind obtain fire?

• Zeus gave fire to mankind.

• Mankind found fire.

• Pandora released fire from the box.

• Prometheus gave fire to mankind.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did Zeus give Pandora the box?

• Zeus thought Pandora was the most beautiful woman in the world.

• Zeus thought Pandora was too curious and she would eventually open the box.

• Pandora had wanted a beautiful box.

• Zeus gave Pandora the box so she would release Hope.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

According to the story, how did disease get into the world?

• Zeus released diseases into the world.

• Prometheus released diseases into the world.

• Pandora released diseases into the world.

• Mankind released diseases into the world.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The reader can infer

• Zeus is using Pandora’s curiosity to hurt mankind.

• Zeus dislikes mankind.

• Zeus does not want to help mankind.

• All of the above are correct.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The last creature to come out of the box was named Hope because

• she had the power to hurt mankind.

• Hope was afraid of Pandora.

• Zeus named her Hope.

• she had the power to help mankind.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9