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Unit 2 Week 1 Check In

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best states the moral (lesson) in the passage "The Fox and the Crow?"

a)

Beware of foxes if you are a crow

b)

Foxes don't know how to get their own food

c)

Crow was very smart

d)

It is better to think and be smart than to be flattered with a compliment

2.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the moral you chose in Part A?

a)

"A hungry fox came along and was watching her "

b)

"The fox stood right under the crow and looked up"

c)

"But what you want is wits."

d)

"The crow dropped the cheese."

3.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a fable?

a)

There are only human characters

b)

There are talking animals

c)

There is a lesson or a moral in the story

d)

The story has a problem and solution

4.

Which sentence from the story suggests that Fox is sneaky?

a)

“...the fox set about thinking how to get the cheese.”

b)

“A hungry fox came along and watched her.”

c)

“...the fox snatched it up.”

d)

“You have a voice, madam, I see, but what you want is wits.”

5.

Which sentence best summarizes what happens in the poem, “The Ballad of John Henry”?

a)

John Henry lived a long life and can remember sitting on his mother’s knee.

b)

John Henry could see the future because he knew how he was going to die one day.

c)

John Henry is strong enough to hold a thirty-pound hammer.

d)

John Henry challenges a machine and dies during the challenge.

6.

What sentences use a simile to describe something?

a)

"like a sexton ringing the village bell"

b)

“...Til his hammer was striking fire.”

c)

“Get me a thiry-pound hammer…”

d)

“...Cool drink of water ‘fore I die.”

7.

In “The Peasant and the Apple Tree”, the ey in honey makes the same sound as the—

a)

ee in street

b)

y in try

c)

ea in bread

d)

e in met

8.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

hunny

b)

hugnry

c)

hugry

d)

hungry

9.

What letters in the word "meat" create the long e sound?

a)

e

b)

ea

c)

me

10.

What letters in the word "complete" create the long e sound?

a)

e

b)

e_e

c)

ete

11.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

pieces

b)

peices

c)

peces

d)

peeces

12.

Directions: Use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences. Each word should only be used once.


People wrote about John Henry and called it a ____________________ because it can be used as a poem or a song.

a)

ballad

b)

noble

c)

anonymous

d)

threshing

e)

forge

13.

Directions: Use the words below to complete the sentences. Each word should only be used once.


The author of the “The Ballad of John Henry” signed their name as __________________________ because they didn’t want anyone to know who they were.

a)

ballad

b)

noble

c)

anonymous

d)

threshing

e)

forge

14.

Directions: Use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences. Each word should only be used once.


After the harvest, the farmer brought in his crop and put it on the _______________________________ machine to separate the seeds from the dried plants.

a)

ballad

b)

noble

c)

anonymous

d)

threshing

e)

forge

15.

Which sentence uses the word noble the same way as on page 5, line 6 of “The Fox and the Crow”?

a)

Giving away all his money was a noble way to show he cared.

b)

The peacock showed what a noble bird he was by fanning his

feathers.

16.

Which sentence uses the word forge the same way as on page 9, line 219 of “The Village Blacksmith ”?

a)

I forged through the thick mud to reach my car.

b)

The forge was as hot as an oven and sent out a shower of

sparks.