Grade 7 STAAR Reading-Silk Umbrellas Literary Quiz

What does Noi's grandmother, Kun Ya, paint on the yellow silk umbrella?

• A) A tiger

• B) A dragon

• C) An elephant

• D) A bird

How does Noi describe the elephant painted by Kun Ya?

• A) It looks fierce

• B) It looks alive

• C) It looks sad

• D) It looks small

What does Ting usually do to help Kun Ya?

• A) Paint the umbrellas

• B) Mix paint and wash brushes

• C) Sell the umbrellas at the market

• D) Carry the umbrellas to the sunshine

What does Noi enjoy doing the most while helping Kun Ya?

• A) Mixing paint

• B) Washing brushes

• C) Painting simple things

• D) Selling umbrellas

What does Kun Ya do after finishing the painting on the umbrellas?

• A) She sells them at the market

• B) She hangs them to dry in the sunshine

• C) She gives them to Noi and Ting

• D) She stores them in a box

What does Noi feel under her bare feet when she carries the umbrellas to the sunshine?

• A) The soft forest floor

• B) The rough bamboo mat

• C) The cool river water

• D) The hot sand

What did Kun Ya hand to Ting at the beginning of the passage?

• A) A paintbrush

• B) A small child's umbrella

• C) The elephant umbrella

• D) A butterfly

What did Kun Ya sketch on the small child's umbrella?

• A) A butterfly

• B) A pink hibiscus

• C) A yellow bird

• D) A jungle flower

What did Kun Ya ask Noi to paint on the green silk?

• A) A yellow bird

• B) A pink hibiscus

• C) A butterfly landing on the flower

• D) A jungle flower

How did Noi feel when she was asked to paint the butterfly?

• A) Confident

• B) Excited

• C) Nervous

• D) Angry