The Golden Flower (Reading and Vocabulary QUIZ)

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

What is the myth of the Golden Flower about?

• how a star was made

• how people were made

• how an island was made

• how seasons were made

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

What does the child find floating on the wind?

• seeds

• flowers

• feathers

• snowflakes

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Why are people afraid of the flower?

• They think its brightness will hurt their eyes.

• They see sharp spikes growing from its skin.

• They hear strange noises coming from inside.

• They fear that its smell could make them sick.

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Why do two men want the flower?

• They think it will make them rich.

• They think it will make them wise.

• They think it will give them power.

• They think it will give them long life.

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

When the pumpkin bursts open, what is inside?

• fire

• wind

• earth

• water

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Larry put the key into his pouch to keep it safe.

• bag

• cart

• desk

• shoe

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The tree was decorated with a glass globe.

• object shaped like a box

• object shaped like a ball

• object shaped like a log

• object shaped like a triangle

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The students were murmuring to one another about going on a field trip.

• eating with

• jumping near

• running around

• whispering to

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The family enjoyed a picnic on the mountainside.

• high place

• dark cave

• beach

• outer layer

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word is a synonym of the word footpath in the sentence below?

The people followed a footpath to climb the hill.

• highway

• map

• stream

• trail