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WorksheetsDrawing Horses
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does swirling mean?
a)
A breed of large, powerful, shorthaired dogs.
b)
To rise or roll in like billows; surge; puff up.
c)
To cause a whirl; twist.
d)
The tough covering protecting The foot of certain animals; the entire foot of a horse or donkey.
2.
Who is the protagonist or main character in the story?
a)
Euphemia
b)
Luke
c)
Dad
d)
Marisa
3.
What are hooves?
a)
A breed of large, powerful, shorthaired dogs.
b)
The tough covering protecting the foot of certain animals; the entire foot of a horse or donkey.
c)
The line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between the earth and sky.
d)
A thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace; delicate.
4.
What event happens just before Missy goes outside?
a)
Her mother comments on her drawing.
b)
Her mother clears the dinner dishes.
c)
She remembers her box of pastels.
d)
She wads her paper up into a ball.
5.
What does dazzled mean?
a)
To assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others.
b)
To sketch roughly or in outline.
c)
To impress deeply; astonish with delight.
d)
To cause a person a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
6.
What does unique mean?
a)
Not typical; unusual; having no like or equal.
b)
The act of coming to a decision for a fixed purpose or intention.
c)
Content.
d)
To beat or scrape the floor, ground, etc. with the paws or feet.
7.
What does humiliation mean?
a)
To assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others.
b)
To cause a person a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
c)
To bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
d)
To beat or scrape the floor, ground, etc. with the paws or feet.
8.
What statement about Marisa is PROBABLY true?
a)
She does not have any close friends.
b)
She cares about the quality of her work.
c)
She does not try to notice details.
d)
She has done research on the topic of horses.
9.
You can infer that Marisa will MOST LIKELY?
a)
Tell the teacher on Luke at school the next day.
b)
Continue using her pastels and drawing the horses and she watches them.
c)
Go back to school and ask for Euphemia's help.
d)
Ask her mother to help her with her drawing.
10.
What type of figurative language is used in the example below from the story?
They’re always running wild and free, their manes swirling over her paper like clouds across the sky.
They’re always running wild and free, their manes swirling over her paper like clouds across the sky.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
11.
Where does the story first take place?
a)
In a park
b)
At Marisa's home
c)
In a classroom
d)
At a campground
12.
What does pester mean?
a)
To bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
b)
To ride on the hind (back) legs, as a horse or other animal.
c)
To sketch roughly or in outline.
d)
To dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence.
13.
What is a parfait?
a)
A breed of large, powerful, shorthaired dogs.
b)
A dessert of ice cream and fruit in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream.
c)
A person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field.
d)
A chalklike crayon made from such paste; having a soft, subdued shade.
14.
What is an expert?
a)
A covering of feathers; plumage.
b)
A thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace; delicate.
c)
A person that assists a doctor.
d)
A person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field.
15.
What is the best summary of "Drawing Horses" from below?
a)
Marisa tries to be as good an artist as Euphemia and is a little jealous.
b)
Marisa is good at pestering Luke.
c)
Marisa draws better while looking at horses.
d)
Marisa finds that drawing with pastels brings out the magic.
16.
Which statement best describes a lesson that Marisa learns in the story?
a)
To acquire skills, we should reject other people's examples.
b)
To communicate through art, we need not know our subject.
c)
Drawing is much easier than singing.
d)
We are unique and must find our own way of doing things.
17.
What does brooded mean?
a)
To impress deeply; astonish with delight.
b)
To dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence.
c)
To gain for oneself through one’s actions or efforts.
d)
To assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others.
18.
In the story, what does Luke call Marisa?
a)
Missy
b)
Monica
c)
Meredith
d)
Messy
19.
In paragraph 11 of the story, it states:
I brooded about it all through dinner.
What does that sentence mean?
I brooded about it all through dinner.
What does that sentence mean?
a)
Marisa slept on it during dinner.
b)
Marisa meditated on it all through dinner and thought about it.
c)
Marisa got excited about it all through dinner.
d)
Marisa bothered her mom about it all through dinner.
20.
When Marisa took a better look at the horses next door, she said that their colors reminded her of desserts. Which dessert did she NOT mention?
a)
Rich Chocolate
b)
Deep Cinnamon
c)
Chocolate Sundae
d)
Creamy Caramel
21.
What are wisps?
a)
A dessert of ice cream and fruit in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream.
b)
A covering of feathers; plumage.
c)
A small mass, lump, or ball of anything.
d)
A thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace; delicate.
22.
What type of figurative language is used in the example from paragraph 21?
"The sky is turning out just as I'd hoped, too; all the pinks and reds blending together like a strawberry parfait..."
"The sky is turning out just as I'd hoped, too; all the pinks and reds blending together like a strawberry parfait..."
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
23.
From what point of view is the story told?
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
24.
What is the major conflict in the story?
a)
Marisa can't figure out how to ride her bike.
b)
Marisa is jealous of Euphemia.
c)
Marisa wants to go to the store for a parfait.
d)
Marisa is struggling to draw horses.
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