Reading FSA Review 6th Grade

1. Select the sentence from Passage 1 that supports the idea that the children are imaginative.

• A. “‘Father says it was once,’ Anthea said; ‘he says there are shells there thousands of years old.’” (paragraph 2)

• B. “Of course they had been to the edge of the gravel-pit and looked over, but they had not gone down into it for fear father should say they mustn’t play there, and it was the same with the chalk-quarry.” (paragraph 3)

• C. “The children dug and they dug and they dug, and their hands got sandy and hot and red, and their faces got damp and shiny.” (paragraph 8)

• D. “‘Fancy it having been wet sea here once, all sloppy and shiny,’ said Jane, ‘with fishes and conger-eels and coral and mermaids.’” (paragraph 12)

2. Select three details that should be included in a summary of Passage 1.

• A. A group of children go to a gravel pit to play.

  D. The children decide to dig a hole through the earth.

  G. The children talk about what will happen if the hole reaches Australia.

• B. Each of the children has his or her own shovel.

  C. Grass and wildflowers grow around the gravel pit.

  E. The children’s father tells them the sea is a blanket.

• E. The children’s father tells them the sea is a blanket.

  F. The baby is called the Lamb because of his first word.

  G. The children talk about what will happen if the hole reaches Australia.

• A. A group of children go to a gravel pit to play.

  B. Each of the children has his or her own shovel.

  C. Grass and wildflowers grow around the gravel pit.

3. Feel nervous about the hole to Australia

• Anthea

• Jane

• Robert

3. Understands they cannot dig to Australia

• Anthea

• Jane

• Robert

3. Continues digging after others quit

• Anthea

• Jane

• Robert

4. What is the effect of the personification in paragraph 16?

• A. It shows that the gravel pit is very large.

• B. It explains why the children chose to dig in the gravel pit.

• C. It explains why the children’s father wants them to avoid the gravel pit.

• D. It gives a picture of what caused the sea to disappear from the gravel pit.

5. How does the description of the setting in paragraph 5 affect the overall meaning of Passage 1?

• A. Describing the gravel pit as “like a giant’s washbowl” creates a sense of adventure.

• B. Mentioning the shape of the gravel pit explains that there used to be a beach there.

• C. Using words like “large and wide” to describe the gravel pit shows that the children must be careful.

• D. Giving the location of the gravel pit helps the reader understand how far the children walk to get there.

6. Select two lines from Passage 2 that develop the speaker’s desire for adventure.

• A “Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,” (line 1)

• B “Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,” (line 3)

• C “And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.” (line 4)

• D “Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,” (line 7)

• E “Quick, and we’ll escape them, they’re as mad as they can be,” (line 11)

7. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A Which sentence states a theme that is shared by both Passage 1 and Passage 2?

• A Creativity helps children learn.

• B Safety is more important than having fun.

• C Imagination makes everyday life more exciting.

• D It is important to work at a task until it is complete.

Part B Select two quotations that support the answer in Part A.

• A.“The gravel-pit is not really dangerous if you don’t try to climb down the edges, but go the slow safe way round by the road, as if you were a cart.” (Passage 1, paragraph 3)

  E. “Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,” (Passage 2, line 3)

• B. “Cyril wanted to dig out a cave to play smugglers in, but the others thought it might bury them alive, so it ended in all spades going to work to dig a hole through the castle to Australia.” (Passage 1, paragraph 7)

  E. “Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,” (Passage 2, line 3)

• C. “Cyril and Anthea knew that Australia was not quite so near as all that, but they agreed to stop using the spades and to go on with their hands.” (Passage 1, paragraph 11)

  D. “Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,” (Passage 2, line 1)

• D. “Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,” (Passage 2, line 1)

  F. “Where shall we adventure, to-day that we’re afloat,” (Passage 2, line 5)