Paired Passage Assignment: Elephants

Paired Passage Assignment: Elephants

Assessment

Passage

English

3rd Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Amanda Nevels

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1 You can tell that “Elephant Trouble” is a narrative poem because it —

A uses rhyme

B has line breaks

C tells a story

D gives directions

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2 “Besides, he’d squash it flat” in line 15 appeals mostly to the reader’s sense of —

F sight

G taste

H smell

J touch

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

3 What is the most likely reason the author wrote this article?

A To describe what wild elephants look like

B To compare different kinds of elephants

C To inform the reader about animals in the Sahara Desert

D To explain how people can protect wild elephants

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4 The author most likely believes that elephants in the circus —

F learn important tricks

G are lucky to be there

H do not belong there

J entertain many people

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5 The word small in the poem is the opposite of which word from the article?

A huge

B powerful

C long

D safe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6 One idea in both the poem and the article is —

F zoo animals are tame

G elephants are very big

H people need to help wild elephants

J zoos are a good place for elephants

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7 Both the speaker of the poem and the author of the article —

A are afraid of elephants

B like elephants

C think elephants belong in the zoo

D have no feelings about elephants

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