The Secret Keepers 5th grade HMH M9W3

What does Mrs. Genevieve say The Smoke is?

• a watch expert

• Reuben Pedley’s secret identity

• an unusual-looking pocket watch

• a mysterious figure who secretly rules the city

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is Reuben’s discovery of his jack-in-the-box important to the plot of the passage?

• It makes him worry that The Smoke may be acting through his toys as well as his watch.

• It reminds him that Mrs. Genevieve probably knows the secret to making the watch work.

• It makes him realize that activating the watch may not be a wise idea.

• It suggests a possible solution to the problem he is having.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

How do Reuben’s feelings about Mrs. Genevieve develop over the passage?

• Reuben begins to suspect she is working with The Smoke.

• Reuben comes to realize that she is right about the watch.

• Reuben learns to trust her more than he trusts his mother.

• Reuben begins to find her ideas hard to believe.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The passage says that Reuben’s excuse for not watching a movie with his mom was plausible. This means that the excuse was

• upsetting.

• amusing.

• believable.

• original.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which statement provides the best summary of the passage?

• A boy is able to grow closer to his mother after she helps him through a  frightening  time.

• A boy is unable to discover the secret of the magical objects in his room.

• A boy discovers through an experiment that a mysterious watch has the power to make him invisible.

• A boy learns to control the magical powers he has been given.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2