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How I Spent My Summer Vacation Reading Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary: If you ________, you will feel better

a)

relax

b)

imagination

c)

plains

d)

captured

2.

Vocabulary: The cat ______ the mouse.

a)

matador

b)

captured

c)

plains

d)

vacation

3.

Vocabulary: My family went on a trip for our summer _________.

a)

imagination

b)

manners

c)

relax

d)

vacation

4.

Vocabulary: Cowboys and cattle live on the ________.

a)

matador

b)

captured

c)

plains

d)

manners

5.

Vocabulary: The author has great ______ to write this story.

a)

vacation

b)

relax

c)

imagination

d)

captured

6.

Vocabulary: On the class trip, everyone showed good ________.

a)

matador

b)

manners

c)

plains

d)

vacation

7.

Vocabulary: The _____ waved the red flag at the bull.

a)

captured

b)

imagination

c)

vacation

d)

matador

8.

Wallace went to his aunt's house aboard a _______.

a)

train

b)

car

c)

bus

d)

wagon

9.

Why do Wallace's parents send him out west?

a)

They want some time alone.

b)

They think he will be bored at home.

c)

They are worried that his imagination is getting too wild.

d)

The want his aunt to teach him to read.

10.

At first, Wallace thinks that cowboys are _______.

a)

rough and loud

b)

mean and quiet

c)

noisy and mean

d)

shy but friendly

11.

Why do the cowboys capture Wallace?

a)

They are angry at his aunt.

b)

They are angry at his parents.

c)

One of the cowboys is sick.

d)

One of the cowboys has quit.

12.

Think about Wallace's postcard to his aunt.

How does Wallace feel about being carried off?

a)

not afraid

b)

mad

c)

homesick

d)

scared

13.

Roping, riding, and making a fire with sticks are _____.

a)

ways to get to his aunt's house

b)

things that cowboys do

c)

things that cowboys wear

d)

ways that his aunt tried to free him

14.

When does Wallace get to see his aunt?

a)

the day he arrives out West

b)

the day he becomes a first-rate cowhand

c)

the day he falls off his horse

d)

the day roundup is over

15.

What terrible sight does Wallace see at his aunt's house?

a)

Aunt Fern cooking a barbeque

b)

a bull fight

c)

cowhands dancing

d)

cattle ready to stampede

16.

The cattle charge at Wallace. In this story, charge means to ______.

a)

pay for later

b)

rush toward

c)

blame someone

d)

ask the price

17.

What does Wallace use for his "new kind of cowboying?"

a)

a tablecloth

b)

a fire

c)

a rope

d)

his vest

18.

When does Wallace write about his adventures in the West?

a)

In the summer

b)

in the fall

c)

in the winter

d)

in the spring

19.

How does Wallace feel about the cowboys after he gets to know them?

4 lines
20.

Is Wallace's story real or make-believe? Tell why.

4 lines