Shared Reading Term 4 Week 1, 2, 3 and 4 - Comprehension Quiz

What relation is the player they are talking about to the coach?

• Her daughter

• Her nephew

• Her son

• Her brother

To play their best, why does the team need their strongest players on the field?

• So the team can lift the most objects

• So the team has the best chance to get to a lower grade

• So the team has the best opportunity to win the game

• So it's fair for the team that everyone gets a chance to play

Why would it be hard for the mother to tell her son he can't play?

• He is deaf and can't hear very well

• He might get really upset if he can't play anymore

• He always dreamed of being the best at soccer and doesn't need this distraction

• The mother doesn't really like her son and so doesn't like talking to him

What does Sandi mean when she says 'winning isn't everything'?

• There will always be more games later that they can win instead of this one

• Sandi put money on her team to lose the game so she doesn't care if they win or not

• The team only really cares about people who try their best and that's what matters

• It is more important that people are enjoying themselves when playing instead of the result

What does it mean when Milan says 'the teachers should trust them'?

• Trust the student with the allergy to avoid the peanuts

• Trust the class to know what to do in an emergency if something goes wrong with the peanuts

• Trust the rest of class to take steps to avoid triggering the allergy

• Trust the peanuts to be good peanuts, make good choices and not hurt anyone

Why did the school ban peanut butter sandwiches at lunch time?

• To promote other types of sandwiches to be eaten

• To ensure the safety of all their students

• To make sure all the peanut butter sandwiches are eaten at recess so they don't spoil by lunch

• Because banning things is fun

Why is banning lots of different foods not a good solution to the problem?

• People will just ignore the bans anyway

• It is very hard to ensure everyone follows the rules of the ban for so many foods

• The school will lose lots of money from canteen sales of the banned food

• Peanuts are in every food and it is impossible to ban every food that exists

Why does the mum want the little brother looked after at school?

• It is the responsibility of the big brother to look after any kids younger than him

• The mum is extremely worried that the little brother is going to cause trouble

• Mum wants to keep the big brother busy so he can't hang out with his own friends at lunch time

• Mum wants to ensure the little brother is safe while he starts out at school

Why is break times the part of the day when kids can relax?

• Break times is the only time kids are allowed to have fun at school

• Break times give kids a time to have a break from doing school work

• Relaxing is banned at all other times besides break times at this school

• It is important to limit the amount of relaxing at school for students so they don't become lazy

What does Toni infer would happen to the little brother at school if the big brother was away sick?

• The little brother would get into lots of trouble at school

• The little brother would get lost on the way to school because he doesn't know the way there

• The little brother would be confused because he is so used to having his big brother to show him what to do

• The little brother would steal the big brothers friends