Tcap test prep- Reading

Which question is answered in paragraph 1?

• How did the boy make water come from his rock?

• What did the boy secretly take from his pocket?

• What two things were in the boy’s pocket?

• How did the boy make the eggshell break?

Paragraph 5 is mostly about-

• how the boy tricked the giant with the egg from his pocket

• what happened when the boy first met the giant

• what happened when the giant tried to squeeze rock into salt

• how the boy tricked the giant using the salt from his pocket

After reading the story, what can the reader tell about the little boy?

• He likes to play tricks on friends and strangers.

  ever he can.

• He stays calm and uses his head to solve problems.

• He is afraid of going to the village all by himself.

• He likes to sign up for contests whenever he can.

Why did the giant think that water actually came from the rock?

• The giant couldn’t see because the sun was too bright.

• The rock was very heavy and had water droplets on it.

• The boy squeezed the egg and the rock in the same hand.

• The salt made the water pour out of the rock when squeezed.

The author included paragraph 1 to- 

• introduce the characters and build suspense.

• describe the contest between the boy and giant

• let the reader know the boy’s secret plan.

• inform the reader about how giants live.

When the little boy asked the giant to give him his hand to squeeze-

• the giant laughed

• the giant ran away

• the giant held out his hand

• the giant threw a big rock

The reader can tell that the giant believes that-

• the boy may be big but he is not smart

• talking to smaller people helps him learn

• being bigger than others is all that matters

• the boy will admire him and be his friend

Read this dictionary entry.

blade  [bleyd]  n. 1. The flat cutting part of a blade  2. The arm of a fan or other rotary machine  3. The broad part of a leaf of a plant  4. The metal part of an ice skate

Which meaning of blade is used in paragraph 3?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

This story is mainly about-

• a big giant who likes to roam around and scare little people

• a little boy who thinks fast in order to get himself out of trouble

• a little boy who wanders away from his village and meets a giant

• a boy and a giant who meet each other and become good friends

In  paragraph 4, the word, oozed means –

• displayed an emotion or personality

• progressed slowly but steadily

• exited a door slowly in a crowd

• flowed slowly through an opening