Jacob the Great (Reading Comprehension)

1. According to the text, why does Jacob stop playing the guitar?

• It hurt his fingers.

• He'd rather play drums.

• It was too easy

• He failed math

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.4.1

2. To whom did Jacob want to play Black Eyed Peas songs?

• Alex

• Angie

• Mom

• Dad

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CCSS.RL.3.2

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CCSS.RI.4.1

3. According to the passage, why does Jacob decide that he wants a metal detector?

• He sees a man at the park with one.

• His father had one as a child.

• He saw a TV commercial for one.

• He read an ad for one in a comic book.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

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CCSS.RL.5.1

4. How does Jacob get the items that he wants in the story?

• He asks his mom.

• He asks his dad.

• He shovels driveways and mows lawns.

• He does all of these things to get what he wants.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

5. When did Jacob buy the metal detector?

• In the fall

• In the summer

• In the spring

• In the winter

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

6. True or False: The metal detector was a good investment for Jacob.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

7. Why doesn't Jacob's father want to get him the magician's kit for his birthday?

• Jacob failed math class

• Jacob quits too many expensive activities.

• Jacob has been mean to his younger brother.

• Jacob found his father's key ring

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

8. Why does Jacob's father buy Jacob the magician's kit?

• Jacob mowed the lawn.

• Jacob reminded his father of himself.

• Jacob bought ice cream for his brother.

• Jacob found his father's key ring.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.4C

9. Which word is closest in meaning to the italicized word in the following sentence from paragraph four; "It was no surprise that Jacob's father was "reluctant" to buy him a magician's kit for his birthday"?

• Happy

• Williams

• Proud

• Hesitant

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

10. What distracts Jacob from the magician's kit?

• A TV commercial

• His father

• The kitchen table

• A comic book

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1