Ready Reading Interim Assessment

1. This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.

Part A: What does the word revolving mean in this sentence from the passage? "It was something that had never been done before: a revolving... wheel, 250 feet in diameter."

• large

• new

• turning

• wonderful

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

1. Part B: Which word from the passage is a context clue for revolving?

• wheel

• rim

• diameter

• attached

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word "recalled" in this sentence from the passage? "Hearing Burnham's words, Ferris recalled an idea he had been working on."

• called again

• remembered

• came up with

• invented

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.

Part A: What does teh word "dismantled" mean in this sentence from the passage? "After the fair closed in October, the wheet was dismantled.

• moved off a stage

• emptied of people

• taken apart

• traveled around

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. Part B: Which phrase from the passage BEST describes the meaning of "dismantled"?

• sold for scrap metal

• knock the huge wheel off

• used several more times

• closed in October

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

#5-8 Use the passage on pg. 262

5. Read the following sentences from the passage:

"While the Ferris Wheel was in process of construction many people said they would not trust it... But the Wheel started and nearly everybody is taking a ride; men, women, and children are seen going up and returning in safety to their friends."

How did the author organize the events described in these sentences?

• by cause and effect

• by compare and contrast

• by problem and solution

• by order of events

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

6. Read the following sentence from the passage:

"One can often see a workman carried around on the inside of the rim; when the Wheel starts he walks; when it stops for a moment, he inspects a bolt..."

What does "inspects" mean in the context of this sentence?

• removes

• tightens

• looks over

• ignores

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

7. Which statement BEST describes the passage titled "The Ferris Wheel"?

• It presents events as a firsthand account.

• It presents events as a secondhand account.

• I tells why the Ferris Wheel was invented.

• It tells what happened to the Ferris Wheel after the fair ended.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

9. This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.

Part A: Which sentence BEST describes a difference in the way information is provided in the two passages?

• Only "The Ferris Wheel" explains the reasons the Ferris Wheel was built.

• Only "Ferris's Grand Idea" includes details based on facts and historical research.

• Only "Ferris's Grad Idea" decsribes what people experienced while riding on the Ferris Wheel.

• Only "The Ferris wheel" tells how popular the first Ferris Wheel was with people who attended that World's Fair.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

9. Part B: Select TWO sentences from the passages that support the answer to Part A.

• A very old man, learning on his staff one day and looking up at it, declared: "Life is too precious to be risked in that way."

• The wheel was not finished in time for the fair's opening day, May 1 1893, but by June the engineers were testing it.

• For most people it is probably a little trial at the start; but there is a feeling that courage needs a taste of discipline when it fears to go where there is no danger.

• But its total earnings were more than $700,000, making a tidy profit for the fair organizers, Ferris, and the investors who had helped him pay for the project.

• But the Wheel started and nearly everybody is taking a ride; men, women and children are seen going up and returning in safety to their friends.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7