Test - Fifth Grade February Level Up Literacy Contest

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Select three sentences that are important to include in a summary of Passage 1.

• A) From a young age, Thurgood Marshall wanted to make change.

• B) Thurgood Marshall changed his given name.

• C) Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer to use his words and ideas to affect change in the world.

• D) His college professor was Professor Charles Hamilton Houston.

• E) He fought to end school segregation across the entire United States.

Select two details from Passage 1 that support the central idea that one determined person can make a difference in the world.

• A) "The nation's constitution says all people are equal, so how can segregation laws treat people differently? Thurgood wondered."

• B) "One teacher assigned him to read the Constitution of the United States as punishment. The plan backfired."

• C) "Thurgood gained a reputation for being an excellent attorney. He took on civil rights cases all across the country."

• D) "Thurgood's parents expected him to do well in school, but goofing around was much more fun. Sometimes he got in big trouble for misbehaving in class."

• E) “Thurgood appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court, the highest court in the country. He presented his evidence and in 1954, the court decided school segregation was unconstitutional.”

Why does the author use a chronological text structure in Passage 1?

• A) to explain why Thurgood was an excellent attorney

• B) to describe how Thurgood won debates

• C) to show where Topeka, Kansas is located on a map

• D) to reveal Thurgood's passion for making change from boyhood to manhood

Which sentence best summarizes Passage 2?

• A) Thurgood Marshall wants to win a court case before the Supreme Court.

• B) Thurgood Marshall makes an argument for students in South Carolina.

• C) Thurgood Marshall wants to join the U.S. Supreme Court as a judge.

• D) Thurgood Marshall makes the argument that school segregation is unconstitutional.

Read this excerpt from Passage 2.

“There is some magic to it. You can have them voting together, you can have them not restricted because of law in the houses they live in.” (paragraph 16)

What effect does the sentence “There is some magic to it.” have on the passage?

• A) It stresses how much Thurgood Marshall disagrees with segregation.

• B) It shows that Thurgood Marshall wants his day in court.

• C) It shows that Thurgood Marshall wishes that the trial would go by more slowly.

• D) It stresses how upset Thurgood Marshall is because kids are playing in the streets.

Read this excerpt from paragraph 14 of Passage 2.

“…I got the feeling on hearing the discussion yesterday that when you put a white child in a school with a whole lot of colored children, the child would fall apart or something. Everybody knows that is not true.”

How does the author develop his perspective that segregation in schools is wrong?

• A) by telling the history of segregation

• B) by suggesting the ridiculousness of the argument

• C) by sharing an example of friendship

• D) by explaining the law to the court