Fast Focus Weekly Assessment

Tim's main conflict is resolved when-

• Principal Auer comes into the room

• Sara sits moping on the side of the sidewalk

• Tim sees his social studies report stuck to a car's tire

• his teacher lets him make up his work later

What effect does Tim's argument with Sara have on the story?

• Tim and Sara were late to school because of the argument.

• Tim wasn't watching where he was going because of the argument, causing him to lose his paper.

• Principal Auer saw Tim and Sara arguing and saved Tim's paper.

• Tim will not walk Sara to school in the future because of the argument.

What is the best summary of the story?

• Sara and Tim were walking to school when they got into an argument that caused Tim to lose his social studies report.

• Tim's teacher was not surprised to learn that Tim lost his social studies report. Luckily, Auer found Tim's report on the way to school.

• Tim's teacher tells how Tim lost his social studies report on the way to school. Tim and his cousin Sara had argued. Tim tripped, and papers went flying. Sara ran to save the paper and Tim had to save Sara. Luckily, Principal Auer found and saved the report.

• Tim is an unorganized fourth grader who loses his report when arguing with his cousin on the way to school. Sara is a second grader who thinks she doesn't need help walking to school.

The story's third-person point of view helps the reader understand-

• what Tim thinks about his cousin Sara

• how the principal feels about Tim's story

• why Tim's teacher finds it hard to believe his story about what happened to his report

• how Tim's day went will go after he tells his teacher what happened to his report

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the selection "The Unlikely Story"?

• to express how important it is to follow your instinct when you think someone is lying

• to describe what it feels like walking to school

• to explain why Tim and Sara got into an argument

• to show why it's important to listen to the whole story before you make a judgement

what is the mostly likely reason the author includes the title for the selection?

• to suggest that walking to school is always the best way to travel

• to show the reader that what they are about to read is a make believe story about how Tim gets treated

• to show the reader that the story they are about to read would be hard to believe

• to suggest that Tim feels confident that his teacher is going to believe him when he tells her what happened to his social studies report