Unit 5 Reading Assessment

NAME:

What is this selection mainly about?

• Doctors using tuning forks to test hearing
• Playing a guitar is difficult
• Tuning forks are useful tools
• Musical instruments have different pitches

What does the word pure mean in the following sentence from the selection? "Tuning forks make a very pure kind of sound."

• mixed with other sounds
• not mixed with other sounds
• beautiful sounds
• not beautiful sounds

What determines the pitch of the sound a tuning fork makes?

• The speed of vibration
• The frequency of vibration
• The length of the prongs
• All of the above

True or False? The shorter the prongs on a tuning fork, the higher the pitch.

• True
• False

What does the word stingy mean in the following sentence? "The old knight was so stingy that he barely fed the horse who had served him well for many years."

• mean and unkind
• unwilling to give or spend
• lacking food
• starving

What happened when someone rang the bell in Atri's town square?

• A tiny squirrel came running
• people were scared
• flowers grew
• a judge came to investigate

Why wasn't the old knight sorry for his actions toward the horse?

• He felt he owned the horse and could treat it as he wished.
• He didn't like the judge who ruled that he should take the horse home and care for him.
• He thought justice for a horse was silly.
• He was deaf and could not hear the bell.

What happened to show that the whole town approved of the judge's ruling in favor of the horse?

• They all booed
• The all cheered
• They all cried
• They all left

What would you call a person that plays guitar that ends with the suffix ist

• guitarier
• guitarist
• drumist
• guitaring