"The Day the Crayons Quit" Quiz

1.) What do the crayons hope to accomplish by writing their letter?

• persuade Duncan not to use them anymore
• encourage Duncan to use them in better ways
• explain Duncan should only color in coloring books
• teach Duncan to be creative when he colors for school

2.) What type of evidence do the crayons use to support their claim?

• tattles they tell on one another for things they do not like
• They draw pictures and color in the coloring book.
• examples of how they have been misused or how they want to be used
• The crayons do not share a good example.

3.) What is the crayons' claim?

• Duncan is not using them in the way they prefer.
• They believe yellow should color the sun.
• Duncan should only use them in coloring books.
• The crayons do not share a good example.

4.) Who is the crayon's intended audience?

• Duncan's teacher
• Duncan's parents
• Duncan
• The crayons are writing to each other.

5.) What characteristics identify this text as argumentative?

• The text contains real letters written by the characters.
• The green crayon encourages Duncan to settle the yellow and orange crayon's argument.
• It is a fictional text about events that could happen in real life.
• It contains claims and evidence to support the crayon's arguments.

6.) Based on information in their letters, the crayons would most likely agree with which of these statements?

• It is acceptable to be creative and use colors in unique ways.
• Crayons should only be used to color specific items.
• Children should only use crayons on coloring books.
• Teachers should do a better job teaching their students about colors.

7.) Based on the text, which of the following is a fact rather than an opinion?

• The other crayons think they are brighter than Black.
• The light brown crayon's name is actually Beige.
• Pink mentions it is a girly color.
• The purple crayon believes it is a gorgeous color.

8.) What piece of evidence most strongly supports the blue crayon's claim that he is used too much?

• its comments about being used to color oceans, lakes, and rivers
• It shares that it has bad news.
• its claim it needs a break
• the fact it is short and stubby

9.) What evidence from the selection shows orange thinks he should be the color of the sun?

• It argues that yellow is just a whiner.
• The letter it writes is signed "your pal".
• Duncan has used it multiple times to draw a sun.
• Yellow was used to color the sun on page 7.

10.) The grey crayon uses its letter to demonstrate that-

• baby penguins and pebbles are also grey.
• the items he colors are so big they are making him tired.
• elephants and rhinos are big animals.
• he does not mind being used.