LAUSD year 3 cycle practice set #2

From the book: A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord

How was Lily trying to earn money for an operation on Luckys eyes?

• By picking blueberries to sell at a roadside stand

• By selling bee houses she had painted with the stencils

• By weeding the gardens at the First Parish Congregational Church

• By cleaning the pens at Dr. Katz’s animal hospital

From the book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Hagrid lost his temper and tried to turn Dudley into a pig right after… 

• Dudley tried to eat Harry’s birthday cake

• Dudley tried to eat Harry’s candy

• Uncle Vernon insulted Dumbledore 

• Uncle Vernon fired his rifle into the air 

From the book: Paradise On Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

What did Abby do when DeShon wouldn’t move a high ropes course?

• She slipped from the ropes on purpose to show him he’d be fine

• She climbed down and went back with him to the cabins

• She gave him her sunglasses and hat

• She told him to play a song in his head

From the book: Refugee by Alan Gratz

Isabel traded her trumpet to a fisher for ---.

• Three fishing poles and a bucket of bait

• A pair of heavy wooden oars

• Two enormous jugs of gasoline

• A sack of dried fish and a bag of bananas

From the book: Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper

 What was the first thing Melody had her Medi-Talker say?

• “What’s up, Rose?”

• “How about a Big Mac, Dad?”

• “I love you, Mom.”

• “Thanks, Mrs. V.”

From the book: Walking Stars by Victor Villasenor

 Why  did Midnight Duke attack Diamond?

• Diamond had run a mare and her colt off the water trough

• Diamond had taken after Si and Dad

• Duke needed to establish who was boss

• Diamond tried to mount the mare Duke had sired

From the book: Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

What did Yuri do after Yumi asked their parents about going to comedy camp?

• She promised to chaperone Yumi if she attended the camp.

• She stepped in and told their parents that camp might be beneficial to Yumi

• She suggested Yumi could read a book about comedy instead of going to camp

• She joined their parents in lecturing Yumi that comedy was a waste of time.

From the book: Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

When he got to the field before the match, Carter couldn’t believe that ---.

• The stands were full

• a team from another school had shown up

• words had been spray-painted across the field

• Billy had a cast on his leg

From the book: The Birchbark House by Jewell Parker Rhodes

One reason Omakayas was excited to fetch Mama’s scissors was that…

• She enjoyed playing with Old Tallow’s dog

• She could've avoided helping mama tan the moose hide

• Old Tallow would teach her about medicine while she was there

• She and Angeline would have a long talk on the way

From the book: The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

What did Lolly and Vega do in the Boogie Down Bronx?

• They visited Jermaine’s grave in Woodland Cemetery

• They picked up Jermaine’s belongings from the back room at the barbershop.

• They looked for Rockit to ask him about the night Jermaine had died

• They stood in front of the nightclub where Jermaine had been murdered.