6th Grade Reading Benchmark Review - 1st Nine Weeks

Which sentence from the passage demonstrates that handwritten letters make it easier for people to remember past

relationships?

• However, I believe that keeping in touch

  with a pen pal should remain a paper-and-

  pen activity.

• Each letter may draw far-away friends a

  little bit closer to one another.

• Reading a handwritten note seems more

  personal than reading a typed message.

• The look, feel, and smell of the letters may

  bring up memories of a pen pal.

Based on the information given in the passage, what does the author believe about letter writing?

• It is a practice that should continue to be

  used.

• It should involve doodling or the inclusion

  of photographs.

• It will eventually be replaced by email and

  instant messaging.

• It is the only way to make lifelong

  friendships.

Information in the passage supports the idea that using technology to communicate with friends is which of the following?

• not factual

• not safe

• not very personal

• not wise

What is the central idea of paragraph 2?

• Far-away pen pals are more important than

  local friends.

• A sense of excitement is lost when a

  message arrives too quickly.

• A letter sent the old-fashioned way seems to

  take forever.

• The post office is getting slower and slower

  all the time.

What is the central idea of paragraph 3?

• No one knows who actually wrote a typed

  message.

• Emails and texts are two common forms of

  typed or key-entered notes.

• A handwritten message can include a picture

  postcard.

• There are many ways a writer can

  personalize a handwritten note.

What happens as a result of Glaucus tasting the herbs?

• Glaucus falls in love with Scylla.

• Glaucus asks Circe for help.

• Glaucus changes into a sea god.

• Glaucus catches a net of fish.

Which scene is BEST identified as the conflict of the story?

• Scylla destroys a series of ships and sailors.

• Scylla is transformed into a monster.

• Glaucus angers Circe by not taking her

  advice.

• Glaucus is transformed into a sea god.

Which sentence from the story MOST supports the conclusion that Glaucus may act without thinking carefully?

• He emptied his net and laid the fishes on a

  bed of soft herbs growing on the shore.

• Gathering some of the herbs, he tasted them.

• He found himself changed in both form and

  mind.

• He hoped these words would impress her,

  but Scylla ran away.

Read this statement about the passage. The gods of Greek myth experience human emotions. Which sentence from the passage MOST supports this statement?

• He did not know what to make of this,

  whether some god had done it or some

  secret power in the herbs.

• She eventually stopped and turned around,

  puzzled about whether he were a god or a

  sea animal.

• Then he told the story of how he had

  changed and was honored by the gods of the

  water.

• Circe was angry, but she could not punish

  Glaucus, because she loved him too well.

Read this sentence from paragraph 2. He found himself changed in both form and mind. Which conclusion is MOST supported by this sentence?

• Glaucus misses his life on land as a simple

  fisherman.

• Becoming a creature of the sea transforms

  Glaucus’s personality.

• Now that he is a god, Glaucus is capable of

  magic.

• Glaucus is terrified by what is happening to

  him.