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Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

How would you describe what is happening in this passage?

a)

Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a home anymore.

b)

Tim is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know and he is scared.

c)

Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother for a while.

d)

Tim is moving to California with his family.

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Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

a)

Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.

b)

Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.

c)

Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.

d)

Tim is moving to California with his family.

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Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob. His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max. We'll just find something else to do." She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!" A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
Why is Max upset?

a)

It is raining and he cannot go outside

b)

He is hungry

c)

He is scared of thunderstorms

d)

He is bored

4.

Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob. His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max. We'll just find something else to do." She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!" A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
What was Mom planning on doing with Max today?

a)

Taking Max to the Zoo

b)

Going to the mall

c)

Taking Max to a movie

d)

Taking Max on a picnic

5.

The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.

a)

fun

b)

horrible

c)

delicious

d)

exciting

6.

Rosario was enjoying her vacation in the California sun. She was lying on araft in the ocean. This was perfect, Rosario thought. There was no noise—no childrenscreaming, no horns honking—and there were no papers to grade. All she couldhear was the crashing of the waves onto the beach. Rosario sighed and lookedaround her at the beauty of the ocean. Then she saw something long and graycoming toward her on an approaching wave. She thought, “This could only be onething!” and started yelling for help. She paddled back to shore as quickly as she could.She made it to the shore in one piece , but she realized that many people were laughing at her.
We can infer that the "thing" was not a...

a)

shark

b)

surfer

c)

swimmer

7.

Sometimes we have to “read between the lines.” Authors don’t always tell us everything. We need to use textual evidence and prior knowledge to understand the text better.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What does summarize mean?

a)

To explain the problem and solution

b)

To tell all of the most important events from the beginning, middle and end of the story

c)

To tell the most important events in your own words; include character(s), setting, and the main idea

9.

(1)When Nanabozho was a boy and the earth was new, his grandmother, Nokomis, made him some paints. She mixed dyes out of moonlight and shadows, snowflakes and sand. She borrowed silky blues from night and soft greens from reindeer moss. She squeezed the sparkle out of shooting stars. Then she poured all the colors into pots and put the pots into a pouch for her grandson.

(2)Nokomis told Nanabozho to “make beauty” by painting the flowers.

In what way does Nanabozho fail to follow his grandmother’s directions about making beauty?

a)

He paints animals such as bugs and birds.

b)

He starts by painting a flower in a field.

c)

He uses many different colors of paint.

d)

He takes his time and paints carefully.

10.

Select the two sentences from the story that best show that Nanabozho is excited about painting.

a)

Nanabozho skipped off to a field full of pale white coneflowers

b)

He was delighted and galloped around the field, dotting every ladybug he could find, missing only one.

c)

Nanabozho painted stripes around the bee’s body.

d)

Nanabozho saw Raccoon’s plain gray tail hanging down from a tree.

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Worksheet time: 20mins

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