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Worksheets"The Wise Old Woman" Practice Quiz: Story and Vocab
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 29mins
What is the lesson or moral learned from a story called?
Prediction
Dialogue
Theme
Summary
What is a guess about what will happen next in a story?
Paraphrase
Prediction
Text Features
Dialogue
What are parts of a text that help organize information, such as headings or captions?
Theme
Summary
Text Features
Dialogue
What is the speech of characters in a story called?
Dialogue
Prediction
Paraphrase
Theme
What does it mean to say something again using different words?
Dialogue
Paraphrase
Theme
Summary
Which synonym is associated with the term 'theme'?
Retelling
Speech
Moral message
Reword
Which synonym is associated with the term 'text features'?
Retelling
Organized parts of text
Reword
Speech
Which synonym is associated with the term 'paraphrase'?
Retelling
Reword
Projection
Speech
What does the word "Objective" mean?
Influenced by personal feelings
Not influenced by personal feelings
Based on opinions
Subjective
What does "Banished" mean?
Welcomed
Sent away as punishment
Invited
Accepted
What does "Commended" mean?
Criticized
Ignored
Praised
Blamed
Which of the following is an example of a theme in literature?
The setting of a story in a haunted mansion.
The struggle between good and evil.
The protagonist has blue eyes.
The story is told from the perspective of the antagonist.
Which of these things is NOT related to the "theme" in a story?
how a character is feeling
a "life lesson" the main character learns
a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
the moral of the story
something that might happen based on observation,
experience, and analysis
direct
characterization
prediction
indirect
foreshadowing
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?
dinner
flowers
vegetables
writing that slants to the right like this
italicize
emphasis
highlight
convey
p. 5: It is important to pay attention to how the text features of a text are arranged.
True
False
Text features are usually found in fiction text.
True
False
When 2 characters talk to each other
sequence of events
dialogue
shifts in tone
rhyming
What is dialogue?
The rate of movement or progress of a story
Conversation between two or more people within the story
A type of third person point of view
A historical account or biography
Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk.
What does it mean to paraphrase?
Summarize a fact in your own words
Repeat a quote from research
State your own opinion
Plagiarism
What is another way to express 'The flowers are blooming in the garden'?
The garden is devoid of blooming flowers
Blooming flowers filled the garden.
The garden has no blooming flowers
The flowers are not blooming in the garden
Paraphrase this phrase: the steamy night
"the steamy night"
the steamy morning
the hot evening
the hot morning
Paraphrase the following: The child was at the peak of the mountain.
"The child was at the top of the mountain"
The kid was at the top of the mountain
The kid was at the bottom of the mountain
The child was flying in the air
What is the purpose of using text features in a document?
To confuse the reader
To organize information and make it easier to understand
To add unnecessary details
To make the text longer
Check for Understanding:
Which sentence is written objectively.
Check all that apply:
Barack Obama is the first black President of the United States of America.
When Obama became President, it was the biggest and most important election in the history of our country.
Barack Obama graduated from Harvard University, the best college in America.
Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States of America.
A summary should also be ______, or free of any opinions or personal beliefs.
Opinions
Obvious
Opinionated
Objective
Your summary should be________.
Check all that apply:
Should be a complete sentence or two.
Should cover main point and key ideas.
Should be in your own words.
Should just be a word or two.
When you are objective you are being...
biased
neutral
quiet
opinionated
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?
Well, you do have on a new outfit.
The fit is NOT giving
Even though your outfit is trash, I still support your decision to be creative
Umm...Anyways so...
What is an ANTONYM for "Objective?"
Protective
Subjective
Reductive
Productive
Which is a definition for arrogant?
sent away as punishment.
to make someone believe something that is not true.
Thinking one is above or better than another.
praised or congratulated.
Which is a synonym (similar meaning) for arrogant?
Sent away
Factual
Trick
Prideful
Which is a definition for decree?
To say something again using different words
A short paragraph recapping the main points of a story
An official order given by someone in authority
To make someone believe something that is not true
Which is a synonym for decree?
Law
Praise
Dialogue
Reward
Which is a definition for commotion?
loud noise or disturbance
congratulations or celebration
An official order given by someone in authority
A guess about what will happen next in a story
Which is a synonym for commotion?
law
disruption
commended
rule
Which is a synonym for commended?
law
rule
praise
trick
Where did the Lord send the elderly who are over 71?
The store
The mountains
The roof
The mall
When the mother finally turned 71, who brought up the fact she must go to the mountains to die?
The farmer
The lord from a nearby town
The mother
The brother
What was the name of the lord from the nearby town?
Lord Harry
Lord Hilden
Lord Hogan
Lord Higa
Who did the lord gather when Lord Higa threatened to take over the land?
The wise women
The wise children
The wise men
The wise elderly
What was the first task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?
A box of spiders
A box of 100 ropes of ash
A box of 1000 ropes of ash
A box of 10 ropes of ash
What was the second task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?
A box of spiders
A log with a small hole that curved and bent, and he wanted a piece of string threaded through it.
A box of 1000 ropes of ash
A drum that sounds without being beaten
What was the third task Lord Higa assigned to spare the village?
A box of spiders
A log with a small hole that curved and bent, and he wanted a piece of string threaded through it.
A box of 1000 ropes of ash
A drum that sounds without being beaten
Which text evidence best shows that the young lord is a hypocrite?
"Why, that is not such an impossible task..." (27)
"Mother, you are wonderfully wise" (28)
"'And again you are stupid fools!' the lord said, stamping his foot impatiently" (32)
"Again we are faced with an impossible demand" (31)
Which evidence best shows that the young lord has intimidated his villagers?
"Why, that is not such an impossible task..." (27)
"Mother, you are wonderfully wise" (28)
"The young farmer could not lie" (44).
"He trempled as he spoke, for he feared the lord's displeasure and rage" (45).
Which is a theme for the short story "The Wise Old Woman"
Old people are useless and should be eliminated.
Older people are wise because they have life experience and should be respected.
Kings can do whatever they want whenever they want.
The old woman was able to solve all three impossible tasks.
