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Test 2 Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three reasons an author writes a text?

(Authors purpose for writing)

a)

Persuade, Inform, Electrify

b)

Perform, Infer, Entertain

c)

Persuade, Inform, Educate

d)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

2.
Persuade means...
a)
Make people agree with you
b)
Make people angry
c)
Make people think the opposite thing
d)
Make people fall in love
3.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
4.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people scared
b)
To make people sad
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To go to the circus
5.
What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
6.
What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
7.
If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...
a)
To Entertain 
b)
To Persuade 
c)
To Explain
d)
To Inform
8.
Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 
a)
To Persuade
b)
To Entertain
c)
To Inform 
d)
To Explain
9.
The guiding question for finding authors purpose is...
a)
What is this text about?
b)
Why was this text written?
10.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
There are five teams of students in the fifth grade. The blue team has math first period, and the red team has science. The yellow team gets to go outside early in the morning, while the green team goes to music. Only students on the orange team get to play games first period. Each student wears a nametag with his or her color, so that the teachers and students all know where a student should be.
a)
Students are organized by teams with color names .
b)
The blue team has math first.
c)
Students wear nametags.
d)
The yellow team has the best schedule.
11.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
The Elk River flows from the far northern part of the state all the way to the southern tip. All kinds of animals rely on it for drinking water, people eat the fish they catch in it, and farmers in the state depend on it for irrigating their crops. Since there is very little rain in this state, the Elk River gives animals and humans the water they need to stay alive. Even though the river is not nearly the biggest in the nation, it is very important to the people and animals that live near it.
a)
The Elk River is a small river.
b)
The Elk River starts in the northern part of the state.
c)
The Elk River is very important to people and animals.
d)
People catch fish in the Elk River.
12.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was thrown on the dresser.
a)
Frank's room was a mess.
b)
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was in one corner of the room.
c)
Frank liked potato chips.
d)
Frank got in big trouble because his room was not clean.
13.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy.
a)
Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
b)
Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.
c)
Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.
d)
The quilt was warm.
14.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Lisa knew all of the seven dwarfs except one. She remembered Grumpy, Sleepy and Bashful. And of course she couldn't forget Doc and Dopey. Dopey was her favorite. But there was one she just could not remember. Let's see. There's also Sneezy, and that's six. But she could not remember that last one. What was his name?
a)
Dopey was Lisa's favorite dwarf.
b)
Lisa could not remember the name of one of the dwarfs.
c)
There were seven dwarfs in all.
d)
Lisa had a good memory.
15.
It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
b)
The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
c)
 It was really hot at the zoo.
d)
Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
16.
Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Jason really wanted to play third base.
b)
Jason was the best player on his team.
c)
Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
d)
Jason was too lazy to practice.
17.
San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.
The Summary of this passage is:
 
a)
San Francisco has many neat things to do.
b)
 It seldom snows in California.
c)
 Many people choose to live in California.
d)
 The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.
18.
Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.
The Summary of this passage is:
 
a)
Ants carry many things.
b)
Some ants may bite you.
c)
Ants are hard workers.
d)
Some ants help take care of the queen.
19.
What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?
a)
Who is the main character?
b)
What is the main event?
c)
What is one important detail?
d)
What point is the author trying to make?
20.

Shanna had never seen so many fish before. She looked around at the huge tanks and could see hundreds of fish, crabs, shrimp, and all other amazing creatures completely surrounding her. She never thought she could feel like she was completely underwater, yet still be completely dry.

The main topic is about...

a)

The Mall

b)

The Ocean

c)

The Aquariam

d)

The Park

21.

All of my friends watch Netflix, so I will too.

a)

Loaded Question

b)

Missing the Point

c)

This or That

d)

Bandwagon

22.

You didn't know about the new clothing line? That's because you're dumb and ugly.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

This or That

c)

Missing the Point

d)

Straw Man

23.

Now that the Texans are winning, I'm going to buy their clothes and go to their games!

a)

This or That

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Loaded Questions

d)

Appeal to Ignorance

24.

You don't listen to Drake? That's because you don't know anything about music anyway and probably don't even know anything!

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Appeal to Authority

c)

Missing the Point

d)

Ad Hominem

25.
This ad implying that you should get an iPhone because so many other people have one and love it is an example of...
a)
bandwagon
b)
false dilemma
c)
red herring
d)
tu quoque
26.

Many breeds of dogs are used for work. In many cultures dogs are used to herd sheep. The dogs keep the flock from being attacked by animals such as wolves. They also keep sheep from wandering off. Sheepdogs are known for their loyalty and gentleness. Based on your reading of the text, you can INFER that:

a)

Sheepdogs are not very smart dogs.

b)

Sheepdogs are gentle and loyal.

c)

There are many breeds of dogs.

d)

Wolves are afraid of sheepdogs.

27.
What does Inference mean?
a)
finding details in a story
b)
Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea
c)
Giving a reason for your answer
d)
Using what I know
28.
It was raining outside. Sue got out of bed and got dressed for school. Then, she ate breakfast and grabbed her backpack.  Before Sue left the house, she probably ___________________.
a)
got her sunglasses
b)
made a sandwich
c)
picked up her umbrella
d)
put on sandals
29.
Macey's mom noticed that she was squinting as she read her book, which was only a few inches away from her face. She scheduled a doctor's appointment for the next week, and when the doctor said Macey needed glasses, she tried on every single pair in the office. After spending an hour looking at glasses, mom suggested that perhaps she should sleep on it and come back and decide in the morning. Macey agreed, but she kept talking about the pros and cons of each pair all night long. 
What can you infer about Macey?
a)
Macey is mad at her mother.
b)
Macey does not want glasses.
c)
Macey is very excited about getting glasses.
d)
Macey has trouble making decisions.
30.
A summary does what?
a)
nothing
b)
tells an opinion
c)
makes an educated guess
d)
is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points
31.
Summaries help me...
a)
understand what I'm reading
b)
write about what I read
c)
include the key points of a text
d)
all of the above
32.
Which word makes the most sense in the sentence?
The man had been held in captivity for almost a month before he was ________________.
a)
burrowed
b)
tragic
c)
carefree
d)
released
33.
Which word means "many different kinds?"
a)
variety
b)
vertigo
c)
extraordinary
d)
vast
34.
Which word means "able to do something?"
a)
interested
b)
variety
c)
variable
d)
capable
35.
Which word means "one of a kind?"
a)
practice
b)
extraordinary
c)
attractive
d)
vast
36.
If someone is "in captivity," they _______________
a)
are being held somewhere against their will.
b)
have escaped from somewhere.
c)
are very sick.
d)
are working very hard.
37.
If someone is relaxed and not worried about anything, they are ______________.
a)
careful
b)
carefree
c)
capable
d)
attractive