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Worksheets8th Grade Reading Semester 1 Test
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story "My Favorite Chaperone"?
Maya needs permission to go to a school dance.
Maya has to do her mother’s job when her mother is injured.
Nurzhan gets in a fight at school and gets suspended.
In the story "My Favorite Chaperone", Maya is upset when she is called to the office because...
she is worried about missing gymnastics.
she thinks she is in trouble.
she can not understand what Mrs. Coe is saying to her.
In the story "My Favorite Chaperone", why was Maya asked to come to the office?
Her brother has been suspended and she must translate for Papa.
She was caught cheating on a Math test and now Papa has to come to school.
Mama has gotten hurt at work and she must leave school to do her job.
In the story "My Favorite Chaperone", why does Maya give an incorrect translation of what the principal says about Nurzhan’s fight?
She wants to keep her father from becoming angry.
She needs Nurzhan’s help to go to a dance.
Maya felt that Ossie deserved to be hit for being a bully.
In the story "My Favorite Chaperone", Nurzhan helps to resolve the story’s conflict by
signing Maya’s permission slip.
convincing Papa that "it is different here" in America and that he would have to change.
offering to be Maya’s chaperone.
In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
He wants the old man's gold
He hates the old man
Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!
The old man's eye vexes him
In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
In the closet
He buries it in the yard
He buries it in the floorboards
He dumps it in the river
In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", how does the narrator murder the old man?
Murder him? Who said anything about murder?!
He smothers him with the mattress
He poisons him at breakfast
He stabs him in the heart
In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", when the police knock on the door, the narrator opens the door with a light heart. Why?
He is having a great hair day
He just won the lottery
He just woke up from a great nap
He thinks he has cleaned up all of the evidence of the murder
In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", the author builds suspense by--
not revealing what the crime will be
having the narrator watch the sleeping victim for seven nights in a row.
having the narrator explain how clever he is
describing what is done with the victim's body
In the story "Click Clack, the Rattle Bag", what does the little boy ask for?
A bedtime snack
To watch tv
To play on his phone
A scary story
In the story "Click Clack, the Rattle Bag", who does the house belong to?
The narrator
The boy's aunt
The boy's sister
The boy
In the story "Click Clack, the Rattle Bag", where do the Click-clacks come from?
Outside
The closet
The dark
Under the bed
In the story "Click Clack, the Rattle Bag", what do Click-clacks look like?
Huge spiders
The darkness
TV monsters
What you're not paying attention to
In the story "Click Clack, the Rattle Bag", who actually ends up telling the scary story?
The narrator
The little boy
The sister
The aunt
"burn them"
"tear them up"
"sell them"
"Keep them"
What is Anne getting ready for at the beginning of Scene 2?
Her date with Peter
Dinner with her family
Leaving the Secret Annex
Taking an algebra test
How does Mrs. Van Daan respond to Anne and Peter's relationship?
She loves the idea of them dating and is very fond of Anne.
She is worried that Anne isn't good enough for Peter. She wants him to date Margot.
She fears that they will be punished for it by the Green Police if they are caught.
She is against it and does not like that Peter's attention is being taken away from her.
Which of the following best describes the behavior of Mr. Dussel?
Kind and understanding
Impatient and self-absorbed
Generous and patient
Quiet and reserved
What happens at the end of Scene 2?
They are captured.
Mrs. Van Daan threatens to leave the Annex.
Mouschi returns.
Peter kisses Anne.
What happens to Mr. Kraler that prevents him from coming to the attic?
He is caught and imprisoned by the Nazis.
He betrays the Franks and the Van Daans.
He is hospitalized for his illness.
He is drafted into the army.
What does Anne give Peter to decorate his room?
Photos of her
Flowers
Some of her photos of movie stars
Pictures of Mouschi
What does Mr. Van Daan do that upsets the others?
Sells his wife's fur coat
Steals food
Leaves the hiding place
Treats Peter poorly
At the end of the war, what happened to all the members of the Frank family except Mr. Frank?
They die.
They are arrested.
They survive the concentration camps.
They begin writing in a diary.
What is the source of the tension in Scene 4?
Mr. Van Daan was caught stealing food.
Miep has phoned and told them that Mr. Kraler has died.
The phone is ringing and there is nobody working in the building below.
Dussel is arguing with Peter.
Anne believes that deep down, people are good at ______.
telling the truth
heart
helping each other
writing
