Q1 Narrative Summative Practice Assessment

What are the 3 reasons an author might write a story?

• to entertain you, to scare you, to make you laugh

• to entertain you, to inform you , to persuade you

• to inform you, to persuade you, to give you information

• to give you information, to entertain you, to teach you

What is the setting of a story?

• All the characters in the story

• Why the story is written

• Where the story takes place

• What happens in the story

Another word for the conclusion of a story is....

• the falling action

• the lead

• the rising action

• the resolution

In the story "The Challenge", Estella can best be described as....

• shy

• passionate

• fearful

• angry

Which event in the story "The Challenge" shows Jose is trying to impress Estella?

• Jose does 10 pushups

• Jose says he has won a couple racquetball tournaments

• Jose wins every point when they play

• Jose asks for his uncle's racquet.

Match the following

• question

• After school Jose pedaled his bike over to his uncle Freddie's house. His uncle was sixteen, only three years older than Jose. It made Jose fell awkward when someone, usually a girl, asked,"Who's that hunk?"

  • *

  • These are sentences describing Jose's uncle, Freddie.

• theme

• "Pretty good," he said without thinking as he slipped into a lie. "I won a couple of tournaments."

  • *

  • He's trying to impress Estella.

• connection

• The story "The Challenge" reminds me of a saying, "you can't judge a book by its cover".

• summarize

• "I'm Estella. My friends call me Stinger."

  • *

  • I wonder why her friends call her that.

• infer

• Over the weekend he wiped out while riding his bike, popping up over curbs with his eyes closed.

  • *

  • I wiped out on my bike once.

Put the events that happened in "The Challenge" in the correct order from start to finish. The start would be a number 1, followed by a 2, then a 3, and the ending would be a 4.

• After school Jose pedaled his bike over to his uncle Freddie's house.

• He even tried doing his homework.

• Jose figured another way to get to know her. He had noticed the grimy, sweat-blackened handle of a racket poking out of her backpack.

• Uncle Freddie was right. He had lost twenty-one to nada.

• For three weeks Jose tried to get the attention of Estella, the new girl at his middle school.

Which of the following would make another great title for the story "The Challenge"

• Big Sandwiches

• Learn How to Play Racketball

• Jose Learns a Lesson

• How to Get Better Grades