Grade 4 ELA - End of Year Test - Reading Comprehension

End of Year Comprehension - Story 1:

Have you read the story "Gullah Traditions"? Select Yes when you are done (not before!)

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Now answer Numbers 1 through 10. Base your answers on “Gullah Traditions”.

• Yes

• No

Read these sentences from the article.

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Sierra Leone is a rice-growing region. These people brought with them the knowledge necessary to cultivate rice.

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What does cultivate mean in the sentences above?

• cook

• eat

• grow

• separate

Read this sentence from the article.

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This separated the inedible covering from the part of the rice that could be eaten.

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What does the Latin root edere mean in the word inedible?

• to eat

• to grow

• to break

• to laugh

Read this sentence from the article.

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They needed a way to communicate with one another. They took English as a common tongue but added words from their home countries.

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Which meaning of tongue is used in the sentence above?

• language

• part of a shoe

• part of the mouth

• small piece of land

What is the MAIN idea of this article?

• Most of the Africans brought to America ended up in South Carolina.

• The Gullah people hope to return to West Africa someday.

• Gullah is the name for a group of people and

  a language.

• The Gullah have kept many of their African traditions.

Which part of the article provides information about Gullah folktales?

• the opening section

• The Gullah Language

• Other Traditions

• An Amazing Story

Why do the Gullah hold on to the Gullah language today?

• They want to leave the Sea Islands.

• They feel that the language is part of who they are.

• They need to communicate with other rice growers.

• They like to communicate with their relatives in Africa.

What is the purpose of the map?

• to show the route ships took from West Africa to South Carolina

• to show why the Sea Islands were good for growing rice

• show the size of the state of South Carolina

• to show the location of the Sea Islands

What was a fanner basket used for?

• cleaning rice

• planting rice

• cooking rice

• eating rice

Based on text evidence, what does the author believe about the Gullah people?

• They lost everything.

• They are very strong/tough.

• They need to change.

• They are clever tricksters