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"The Wise Old Woman" Practice Quiz: Story and Vocab

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the lesson or moral learned from a story called?

a)

Prediction

b)

Dialogue

c)

Theme

d)

Summary

2.

What is a guess about what will happen next in a story?

a)

Paraphrase

b)

Prediction

c)

Text Features

d)

Dialogue

3.

What are parts of a text that help organize information, such as headings or captions?

a)

Theme

b)

Summary

c)

Text Features

d)

Dialogue

4.

What is the speech of characters in a story called?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Prediction

c)

Paraphrase

d)

Theme

5.

What does it mean to say something again using different words?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Theme

d)

Summary

6.

Which synonym is associated with the term 'theme'?

a)

Retelling

b)

Speech

c)

Moral message

d)

Reword

7.

Which synonym is associated with the term 'text features'?

a)

Retelling

b)

Organized parts of text

c)

Reword

d)

Speech

8.

Which synonym is associated with the term 'paraphrase'?

a)

Retelling

b)

Reword

c)

Projection

d)

Speech

9.

What does the word "Objective" mean?

a)

Influenced by personal feelings

b)

Not influenced by personal feelings

c)

Based on opinions

d)

Subjective

10.

What does "Banished" mean?

a)

Welcomed

b)

Sent away as punishment

c)

Invited

d)

Accepted

11.

What does "Commended" mean?

a)

Criticized

b)

Ignored

c)

Praised

d)

Blamed

12.

Which of the following is an example of a theme in literature?

a)

The setting of a story in a haunted mansion.

b)

The struggle between good and evil.

c)

The protagonist has blue eyes.

d)

The story is told from the perspective of the antagonist.

13.

Which of these things is NOT related to the "theme" in a story?

a)

how a character is feeling

b)

a "life lesson" the main character learns

c)

a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand

d)

the moral of the story

14.

something that might happen based on observation,

experience, and analysis

a)

direct

b)

characterization

c)

prediction

d)

indirect

e)

foreshadowing

15.

Jenny invited Katy to her house for a special dinner. Katy wanted to bring a thank-you gift with her. She wandered out to the flower garden to think. The roses and the other flowers looked so beautiful. Suddenly Katy knew what to bring with her.

What will Katy probably bring?

a)

dinner

b)

flowers

c)

vegetables

16.

writing that slants to the right like this

a)

italicize

b)

emphasis

c)

highlight

d)

convey

17.

p. 5: It is important to pay attention to how the text features of a text are arranged.

a)

True

b)

False

18.
Pictures, side bars, bold print, graphs, charts, and captions are examples of:
a)
foreshadowing
b)
text features
c)
personification
19.

Text features are usually found in fiction text.

a)

True

b)

False

20.
spoken exchanges between two characters in a literary work, usually between two or more speakers
a)
dialect
b)
soliloquy
c)
aside
d)
dialogue
21.

When 2 characters talk to each other

a)

sequence of events

b)

dialogue

c)

shifts in tone

d)

rhyming

22.

What is dialogue?

a)

The rate of movement or progress of a story

b)

Conversation between two or more people within the story

c)

A type of third person point of view

d)

A historical account or biography

23.
Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk. 
a)
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.
b)
Dragonflies have six legs.
c)
Although Dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk at all.
d)
 Even though they have six legs, dragonflies can’t walk. 
24.

What does it mean to paraphrase?

a)

Summarize a fact in your own words

b)

Repeat a quote from research

c)

State your own opinion

d)

Plagiarism

25.

What is another way to express 'The flowers are blooming in the garden'?

a)

The garden is devoid of blooming flowers

b)

Blooming flowers filled the garden.

c)

The garden has no blooming flowers

d)

The flowers are not blooming in the garden

26.
Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: beside my father
a)
next to my dad
b)
along my father 
c)
beside the man
d)
beside my father
27.

Paraphrase this phrase: the steamy night

a)

"the steamy night"

b)

the steamy morning

c)

the hot evening

d)

the hot morning

28.

Paraphrase the following: The child was at the peak of the mountain.

a)

"The child was at the top of the mountain"

b)

The kid was at the top of the mountain

c)

The kid was at the bottom of the mountain

d)

The child was flying in the air

29.
Paraphrasing a text passage or rewriting it in your own words can help you understand it better; true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
30.

What is the purpose of using text features in a document?

a)

To confuse the reader

b)

To organize information and make it easier to understand

c)

To add unnecessary details

d)

To make the text longer

31.

Check for Understanding:


Which sentence is written objectively.


Check all that apply:

a)

Barack Obama is the first black President of the United States of America.

b)

When Obama became President, it was the biggest and most important election in the history of our country.

c)

Barack Obama graduated from Harvard University, the best college in America.

d)

Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States of America.

32.

A summary should also be ______, or free of any opinions or personal beliefs.

a)

Opinions

b)

Obvious

c)

Opinionated

d)

Objective

33.

Your summary should be________.


Check all that apply:

a)

Should be a complete sentence or two.

b)

Should cover main point and key ideas.

c)

Should be in your own words.

d)

Should just be a word or two.

34.

When you are objective you are being...

a)

biased

b)

neutral

c)

quiet

d)

opinionated

35.

What if your best friend asked you about a new outfit? The outfit looks horrible but you don't want to hurt their feelings. You also don't want to lie. You decide to be objective! Which statement is the objective statement?

a)

Well, you do have on a new outfit.

b)

The fit is NOT giving

c)

Even though your outfit is trash, I still support your decision to be creative

d)

Umm...Anyways so...

36.

What is an ANTONYM for "Objective?"

a)

Protective

b)

Subjective

c)

Reductive

d)

Productive

37.

Which is a definition for arrogant?

a)

sent away as punishment.

b)

to make someone believe something that is not true.

c)

 Thinking one is above or better than another.

d)

praised or congratulated.

38.

Which is a synonym (similar meaning) for arrogant?

a)

Sent away

b)

Factual

c)

Trick

d)

Prideful

39.

Which is a definition for decree?

a)

To say something again using different words

b)

A short paragraph recapping the main points of a story

c)

An official order given by someone in authority

d)

To make someone believe something that is not true

40.

Which is a synonym for decree?

a)

Law

b)

Praise

c)

Dialogue

d)

Reward

41.

Which is a definition for commotion?

a)

loud noise or disturbance

b)

congratulations or celebration

c)

An official order given by someone in authority

d)

A guess about what will happen next in a story

42.

Which is a synonym for commotion?

a)

law

b)

disruption

c)

commended

d)

rule

43.

Which is a synonym for commended?

a)

law

b)

rule

c)

praise

d)

trick

44.

Where did the Lord send the elderly who are over 71?

a)

The store

b)

The mountains

c)

The roof

d)

The mall

45.

When the mother finally turned 71, who brought up the fact she must go to the mountains to die?

a)

The farmer

b)

The lord from a nearby town

c)

The mother

d)

The brother

46.

What was the name of the lord from the nearby town?

a)

Lord Harry

b)

Lord Hilden

c)

Lord Hogan

d)

Lord Higa

47.

Who did the lord gather when Lord Higa threatened to take over the land?

a)

The wise women

b)

The wise children

c)

The wise men

d)

The wise elderly

48.

What was the first task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?

a)

A box of spiders

b)

A box of 100 ropes of ash

c)

A box of 1000 ropes of ash

d)

A box of 10 ropes of ash

49.

What was the second task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?

a)

A box of spiders

b)

A log with a small hole that curved and bent, and he wanted a piece of string threaded through it.

c)

A box of 1000 ropes of ash

d)

A drum that sounds without being beaten

50.

What was the third task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?

a)

A box of spiders

b)

A log with a small hole that curved and bent, and he wanted a piece of string threaded through it.

c)

A box of 1000 ropes of ash

d)

A drum that sounds without being beaten

51.

Which text evidence best shows that the young lord is a hypocrite?

a)

"Why, that is not such an impossible task..." (27)

b)

"Mother, you are wonderfully wise" (28)

c)

"'And again you are stupid fools!' the lord said, stamping his foot impatiently" (32)

d)

"Again we are faced with an impossible demand" (31)

52.

Which evidence best shows that the young lord has intimidated his villagers?

a)

"Why, that is not such an impossible task..." (27)

b)

"Mother, you are wonderfully wise" (28)

c)

"The young farmer could not lie" (44).

d)

"He trempled as he spoke, for he feared the lord's displeasure and rage" (45).

53.

Which is a theme for the short story "The Wise Old Woman"

a)

Old people are useless and should be eliminated.

b)

Older people are wise because they have life experience and should be respected.

c)

Kings can do whatever they want whenever they want.

d)

The old woman was able to solve all three impossible tasks.