Module 5 Test Review

Which statement from paragraph 1 explains how the setting affects the events in the story?

• earning a living from the soil isn’t easy,

• From Memorial Day to Labor Day, it rained only a few times,

• the light showers seemed to soak into the ground

• For most people, the drought was not terribly troubling;

Things were looking grim this summer, though. The lettuce burned in the sun, the tomatoes died on the vine, and most of the beans never managed to sprout.

Read the analogy.

Grim is to hopeful as died is to _____. 

Which word best completes the analogy?

• managed

• burned

• looked

• lived

In paragraph 2, what do the phrases “harvest of dust” and “fought with the withered plants” tell the reader?

• how farmers earn a living

• where crops are planted

• the effects of the drought

• what types of vegetables were planted

Reread paragraph 3. What is the most likely reason the author describes the potatoes in paragraph 3?

Responses

• to show disappointment about the size of the potatoes

• to show how difficult it is to harvest potatoes

• to show how much money can be made by selling potatoes

• to show the narrator’s interest in the potatoes

“Who’s going to purchase miniature potatoes?”

Think about the suffix -ure.

What is the meaning of miniature above?

• little

• round

• bruised

• expensive

We can pack left-overs from last night's dinner for lunch the next day instead of throwing them in the trash.

Read the analogy.

 Pack is to save as throwing is to ____.

• selling

• digging

• driving

• wasting

We can buy the odd-shaped apples at the market instead of only the shiniest, roundest, most attractive ones.

Think about the suffix -ive.

What is the meaning of attractive above?

• beginning to have appeal

• tending to have appeal

• unable to have appeal

• losing appeal

Which two are clues to look for to determine (figure out) the central/main idea of a text?

• first and last sentences

• repeated words

• the cause or why something happened

• the effect or what happened

Just yesterday Coach said, “We need to look sharp out there don't we?”

What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?

• “We need to look sharp out there? don't we?”

• “We need to look sharp out there: don't we?”

• “We need to look sharp out there, don't we?”

• “We need to look sharp out there" "don't we?”

I flied to the school entrance, but the rain poured down so hard that I had trouble seeing where I was going.

What change should be made in this sentence?

• Change flied to fly.

• Change flied to flew.

• Change flied to flown.

• No change is needed.