6TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ 4

Why does Billy starts to cry?

• He cannot find the class project.

• He might miss the bus to school.

• He doesn't know how to draw a rabbit

• He tried to help Leah, but Leah is angry

Which of the following details shows that Leah is angry?

• She hurries to take the bus.

• She stomps out of the house

• She asks where he project is.

• She makes a poster about rabbits

Why does Leah plan to tear up her brother's comic books?

• to ruin something important to him

• to make her pay attention to her

• to show him that comic books are not good

• to help her brother learn more about rabbits

Leah's friends tease her because ________________.

• She is going to tear up comic books

• her teacher, Ms. King, frowns at her.

• her report has crayon drawings on it

• she misses the other players in the ball tag

Leah's gets sent inside right after she ______________________.

• practices calming down with Ms. King

• hits a first grader on the leg with a ball

• shows her poster on rabbits to the class

• get teased by the kids on the playground

How are Leah's thoughts about anger different from Ms. King's thoughts about anger?

• Leah thinks that it is okay to be angry, but Ms. King says that makes us act unfairly.

• Leah thinks that she is not supposed to get angry, but Ms King says that it's okay to feel angry.

• Leah doesn't think it's right to be angry, but Ms King says that she should do hurtful things when she's angry

• Leah wants to calm down when she is angry, but Ms King wants to scold Leah and send her inside.

Ms King explains that if people practice calming down, then_________________________.

• anger will show what is unfair

• they will say or do hurtful things

• anger will not tel them what to do

• they will remain angry for a a long time

How does Leah plan to solve her problem with her brother?

• she plans to tell her mom about the problem

• she plans to talk to him about not touching her things

• she plans to show him how to be a bunny to calm down

• she plans to tear up his comic books to teach him a lesson

At the end of the story, Leah feels _________________ than she does at the beginning of the story.

• calmer

• angrier

• stronger

• grumpies

The author's purpose for writing this is _______________________________

• to tell a story about how to deal with anger

• to give information about how to write a report

• to describe ways that teachers help their students

• to persuade readers to be kinder to brothers and sisters