Polar Express: Understanding Story Elements

3.RL.5   What was the little boy listening for?

• The sound of a train
• The sound of reindeer
• The ringing bells of santa's sleigh

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3.RI.4   A person on a bus or train that collects passengers tickets...

• conductor
• harness
• peak

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3.RI.4 The pointed top of a mountain...

• peak
• top
• receive

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3.RL.5  What happened to the boy on the train ride home?

• he fell asleep
• he spilt hot cocoa on his robe
• he lost the gift Santa gave him

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3.RI.4     Straps that are put on an animal so a person can direct them...

• Barren
• Lurch
• Harness

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3.RL.4  "We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon". 
What does this sentence mean in the text?

• The were at the top of the mountain.
• They were out of space
• They were going to scrape the moon

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3.RL.5  In the beginning of the story, the train pulled up at the little boy's home.  Where did the conductor say the train was going?

• To the Polar Express
• To the North Pole
• To the mountains

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3.RI.4   "It was a huge city standing alone at the top of the world, filled with factories where every Christmas toy was made."
Based on this sentence, what are factories?

• a city
• a train
• places where toys are made

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3.RL.5/6 Who is the narrator of this story? 

• The train conductor
• a boy
• an elf

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3.RL.5  At the end of the story, the boy's little sister found a gift with his name on it.  What was the gift?

• a train
• the polar express
• the bell

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