3. 1. What is main idea? C.) what the passage is mostly about
A.) main characters
B.) parts of a story
C.) what the passage is
mostly about
C.) what the passage
is mostly about
D.) details in the
passage L F

5. 2. What are is not part of plot?
A.) characters
A.) characters
B.) exposition
C.) rising action
D.) climax L F

7. 3. “Muffled voices increased to a lively chatter. Once again,
the meeting was called to order by the Great Owl,
whose voice bellowed like thunder.”
What words help to define bellowed?
A.) powerful ; wide
B.) voice; thunder
B.) voice ; thunder
C.) voice ; chatter
D.) muffled ; voices L F

9. What makes a conflict external?
A.) an outside force
causes the conflict
A.) an outside force
causes the conflict
B.) happens outside of
the main setting
C.) personal conflict
within the character
D.) caused by something
that could be prevented L F

11. How can an author show characterization?
A.) dialogue
B.) setting
C.) all other answer
choices
C.) all other answers
D.) figurative language L F

13. B.) How has your Uncle A.)When did your Uncle William’s visit changed
4. If Bob were interviewed about the subject of a feature
news story about young people’s positive experiences
with older family members, which would be the
BEST question to ask?
A.)When did your Uncle
arrive at your home?
B.) How has your Uncle
William’s visit changed
your life?
C.) Who made the
decision to stay home
for the summer?
D.) Why did your parents
invite your Uncle to
stay with your family? L F

15. Which sentence contains an alliteration?
A.) Her heart felt as
heavy as stone.
B.) The vine danced out
of the garden.
C.) Your smile is a ray
of sunshine to me.
D.) Mr. Munroe
munches macaroni
D.) Mr. Munroe
munches macaroni L F

17. B.) lawyers Which group would most likely NOT be the
intended audience of a TV news story announcing
the opening day party for a new school?
A.) children
B.) lawyers
B.) lawyers
C.) parents
D.) teachers L F

19. Quest ion 9? C.) correct answer A.) answer B.) answer
D.) answer L F

21. Which sentence uses appropriate and punctuation correctly?
capitalization
and punctuation correctly?
A.) before the storyteller
finished reading the
children clapped with
excitement.
B.) the children clapped
with excitement;
before the storyteller
reading.
C.) before the storyteller
finished reading, the
children clapped with
excitement
D.) The children clapped
with excitement before
the storyteller finished
reading.
D.) The children clapped with excitement before the storyteller finished reading. L F

23. Which piece of dialogue is written
correctly?
A.) The traveler let his
mind over his option
and asked his partner,
what should we buy?
B.) The traveler let his
mind over his option
And asked his partner
“What should we buy”?
C.) The traveler let his
mind over his option
and asked his partner
“what should we buy”?
D.) The traveler let his
mind over his option
and asked his partner,
“What should we buy?”
D.) The traveler let his
mind over his option and
asked his partner, “What
should we buy?” L F

25. Which sentence combines the two Under the warmth of the sun
fragments together?
Under the warmth of the sun
The lazy dog
A.) The lazy dog slept;
under the warmth of
the sun.
B.) Under the warmth
of the sun, the lazy
dog slept..
B.) Under the warmth of
the sun, the lazy dog
slept.
C.) Under the warmth of
the sun, and the lazy dog
slept.
D.) The lazy dog, under
the warmth of the sun. L F

27. Which graphic would BEST support the headline?
“Rain Storm Changes Direction and Drenches
High School Football Game!”
A.) chart showing of
people under a rain cloud
B.) picture of the
football team practicing
D.) picture of a wet,
disappointed fan
D.) picture of a wet,
disappointed fan
C.) chart showing the
last day of sunshine
earlier that week L F

29. What are all parts of a plot?
B.)
D.)
C.)
C.) correct answer L F

31. What are the types of questions?
A.) who, what, when,
where, why, how
A.) who, what, when,
where, why, how
B.) who, what, when,
where
C.) who, what, when,
where, why,
D.)why, who, how,
when L F

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