Finders Keepers Comprehension Question

Which best tells why Sophie finally decides to ask Maggie what she is looking for?

• A. She remembers how upset her brother Jack was the time he lost his toy leopard.

• B. She does not understand that Maggie might be the one who lost the bracelet.

• C. She wants to be nice and help Maggie search for the thing she has lost.

• D. She worries that Veronica has already told Maggie they found the bracelet.

Which sentence from the story best supports the answer to Question #1?

• A. “The next day, Sophie noticed Maggie digging through the lost-and-found box in the lunchroom.”

• B. “During recess, Maggie searched all over the playground for something.”

• C. “At bedtime Jack cried for the leopard, and Sophie kept wishing that someone would call and say they’d found it.”

• D. “'What are you looking for?' Sophie asked, hoping the answer wasn’t what she guessed it was.”

What does the word sparkled mean in paragraph 3 of the story?

• found

• shone

• fixed

• shook

What examples of losing something does the author compare in the story?

• the clasp of the bracelet and the pretty beads of the bracelet

• Veronica’s attitude and Maggie’s attitude

• Jack losing his toy leopard and Maggie losing her bracelet

• Maggie’s sister at college and Sophie’s dad helping fix the clasp

Why does a glowworm glow?

• to interest insects it can eat

• so it can lay eggs

• so it can stick to the cave’s ceiling

• to help it see in the dark

Read the story Only in New Zealand. Answer the following questions. Read the statement from the passage and the directions that follow. It attaches itself to the cave ceiling and acts like a fisherman. Select a sentence from the passage that best supports this statement.

• A. “Next, their light dims and they grow and develop for two weeks.”

• B. “They become snagged in the glowworm’s sticky lines.”

• C. “The adult insect emerges, and the cycle repeats.”

• D. “You may be wondering how the glowworm glows.”

Based on the passage, at which stage in the picture does the glowworm’s light dim?

• pupa

• egg

• glowworm

• adult fly

Which source would most likely have information that helped the author write the passage “Only in New Zealand”?

• The Life of Tane Tinorau- A biography about the Maori Chief Tane Tinorau.

• www.newzealandoutdoors.xyz- New Zealand is a top tourist destination, with everything from hills to caves! Come visit us for your next vacation!

• “New Zealand’s Wildlife”- A magazine article that describes the different animals native to New Zealand.

• My Summer Trip- A book about a third grader who went on vacation to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

What did Theodore Roosevelt do to become strong?

• He learned to swim and to ride horseback

• He became vice president

• He became president

• He wrote a report

The student needs to fix the paragraph by adding an opening sentence that gives the main idea of the paragraph. Which sentence would best begin this paragraph?

• Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

• Theodore Roosevelt lived from 1858 to 1919.

• Theodore Roosevelt was a small and weak boy who grew up to be president.

• Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States.