WorksheetsKatie's Trunk Reading Comprehension Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 35mins
Read this sentence: "Mama’s face like a white handkerchief… "
The author uses this phrase like a white handkerchief to show
Mama has a pale complexion
Mama is using a handkerchief to wipe her face
Mama is frightened
Mama’s handkerchief has been lost
Read this sentence from the selection:
Mama’s fierce whisper trying to call me back.
Which of these words is a synonym for fierce?
rebels
ferocious
just
mild
Read the following sentence.
He’d left one seam of goodness there, and we were all tied to it: Papa, Mama, Walter, Hattie and me.
The phrase one seam of goodness means
that he sewed the seams straight
that he has some goodness in him
that they were all tied up
that the war was over
Which words is a synonym for peered as it is used in this sentence from the selection?
Mama peered at him, “How could it get worse, Walter?”
studied
nervous
looked away
armed
Based on the story, Katie’s Trunk, which statement most accurately summarizes the relationship between the Patriots and Tories?
they were friendly
they both opposed the King
they tolerated each other
they were on opposing sides of freedom
The information presented in Katie's Trunk is mainly organized
by comparing/
contrasting
by cause and effect
in chronological order
with main ideas and support examples
Which best explains why Katie and Celia don’t speak or play together anymore?
their families are on opposing sides of the conflict
Katie hid Celia’s doll
Celia had to sew long seams of goodness
Katie and Celia do still play together
Read the following sentences.
"I sat down and hugged my knees and began to cry. Walter ran inside and hugged me so tight my nose stuck to his shirt. Mama, Papa, and Hattie came next, white as the moon and as silent."
The author uses imagery within the sentences to help the reader
know that Walter is crying
imagine what Mama looks like
know that Katie is crying
know that Mama, Papa, and Hattie were frightened
When John Warren felt that there was someone in the trunk, what decision did he make?
He revealed Katie in the trunk.
He yelled at her to get out.
He told the other men to leave the house.
He removed the blankets that were on top of her.
Why did John Warren, Rueben Otis, and their friends break into Katie's house?
They were looking for anything valuable and weapons.
They didn't like Katie and her family.
They were trying to find the family.
They were collecting taxes.
"Why it makes me skittish as a newborn calf!" This sentence is an example of....
simile
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
Why do you think Katie rushes out of her hiding place?
She is angry with the rebels.
She is at peace.
She is happy and wants to run and shout.
She is nervous about the rebels and wants to find another hiding spot.
