Katie's Trunk Reading Comprehension Quiz

Read this sentence: "Mama’s face like a white handkerchief… "

The author uses this phrase like a white handkerchief to show

• Mama has a pale complexion

• Mama is using a handkerchief to wipe her face

• Mama is frightened

• Mama’s handkerchief has been lost

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read this sentence from the selection:

Mama’s fierce whisper trying to call me back.

Which of these words is a synonym for fierce?

• rebels

• ferocious

• just

• mild

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

Read the following sentence.

He’d left one seam of goodness there, and we were all tied to it: Papa, Mama, Walter, Hattie and me.

The phrase one seam of goodness means

• that he sewed the seams straight

• that he has some goodness in him

• that they were all tied up

• that the war was over

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which words is a synonym for peered as it is used in this sentence from the selection?

Mama peered at him, “How could it get worse, Walter?”

• studied

• nervous

• looked away

• armed

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.RL.4.4

Based on the story, Katie’s Trunk, which statement most accurately summarizes the relationship between the Patriots and Tories?

• they were friendly

• they both opposed the King

• they tolerated each other

• they were on opposing sides of freedom

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

The information presented in Katie's Trunk is mainly organized

• by comparing/

  contrasting

• by cause and effect

• in chronological order

• with main ideas and support examples

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CCSS.RI.4.5

Which best explains why Katie and Celia don’t speak or play together anymore?

• their families are on opposing sides of the conflict

• Katie hid Celia’s doll

• Celia had to sew long seams of goodness

• Katie and Celia do still play together

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Read the following sentences.

"I sat down and hugged my knees and began to cry. Walter ran inside and hugged me so tight my nose stuck to his shirt. Mama, Papa, and Hattie came next, white as the moon and as silent."

The author uses imagery within the sentences to help the reader

• know that Walter is crying

• imagine what Mama looks like

• know that Katie is crying

• know that Mama, Papa, and Hattie were frightened

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

When John Warren felt that there was someone in the trunk, what decision did he make?

• He revealed Katie in the trunk.

• He yelled at her to get out.

• He told the other men to leave the house.

• He removed the blankets that were on top of her.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Why did John Warren, Rueben Otis, and their friends break into Katie's house?

• They were looking for anything valuable and weapons.

• They didn't like Katie and her family.

• They were trying to find the family.

• They were collecting taxes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.1