6th Grade LA Unit #2 HMH Reading: Pax (Selection Test REVIEW)

The word sensitive comes from the Latin word sentire, which means "to feel or perceive."

What does sensitive mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• Able to understand how other animals feel

• Able to have deep feelings or emotions

• Able to perceive -(understand) small changes in the environment

• none of these answers

Which inference can be made from the information in paragraph 7?

• The boy and his father will soon be separated.

• The boy's comfort is very important to the fox.

• The fox's comfort is very important to the boy.

• None of these answers

Read the sentence from paragraph 10.

The car juddered to a full stop and tilted off to the right, a cloud of dust rising beyond the window.

Which is another correct way to write this sentence?

• The car juddered to a full stop, tilted off to the right, and a cloud of dust rising beyond the window.

• When the car juddered

  to a full stop and titled off to the right, a cloud of dust rose beyond the window.

• The car juddered to a full stop and titled off to the right. A cloud of dust rising beyond the window.

• None of these answers

Which statement can be determined about the fox from his reaction in paragraphs 10-11?

• He is very trusting of the boy.

• He likes the boys father.

• He is not easily scared or upset.

• None of these answers.

in paragraph 11, the Latin prefix dis-signifies what in the word displeased?

• First person, from the boys perspective

• First person, from the fox's perspective

• Third person limited, from the fox's perspective.

• None of these answers.

The author's word choice in paragraph 15 contributes to developing the fox's voice by demonstrating

• How helpless and frightened the fox is when he is alone

• How the fox does not trust the boy completely

• The fox's loyalty and his loving attitude towards the boy

• None of these answers.

In paragraph 20, the author uses a simile, a comparison using like or as, to illustrate the connection between the

• Fox and the boy

• Fox and the birds

• Lighting and the birds

• None of these answers.

Which detail first indicated to the fox that this trip will be different from other trips?

• The boy’s suitcase beside them in the car

• Unfamiliar scents from outside the car

• The boy not being as calm as usual

• None of these answers.

Pax is a

• fox

• wolf

• a boy

• None of these answers.

Pax was a great friend to the boy.

• I agree

• I disagree

• I strongly agree

• I strongly disagree