Reading quiz 1/17/25

Which sentence from the selection suggests that Suzy likes to play basketball?

• Suzy's mom makes Suzy practice basketball every day.
• Suzy looks forward to her basketball games.
• Suzy scored 5 points in her last basketball game.
• Suzy and her mom get ice cream after her basketball games.

Tiffany held her breath as her teacher returned the math test the class had taken last week.  Tiffany had not studied very hard or long for the test, and she was worried about her grade.  Her teacher handed Tiffany her test.  Tiffany groaned and put her head down on her desk.
It is likely that:

• Tiffany earned a bad grade on the test
• Tiffany received a good grade on the test
• Tiffany is tired
• Tiffany is angry at her teacher

Which sentence from the selection supports that the computer was not working properly?

• Rita took three hours to finish her homework.
• Ritaʼs homework was not finished.
• Rita had to write out her story instead of typing it.
• Ritaʼs homework was not done correctly.

"During colonial days there were no bathtubs or showers in the houses. They were not missed, however. Many people of that time never thought of taking a bath. Most people thought that water caused many diseases. Only the hands and face were washed, and that wasn't often."

After reading this, you might infer that people today:

• take more baths than people of colonial days

• take fewer baths than people of colonial days

• fear water more than people of colonial days

• think water causes diseases

Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes.  They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet.  When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed.  They called them "crooked shoes."  "What a silly idea," they said.  You can tell that shoes before 1800:

• were pretty
• didn't look alike
• didn't fit very well

What does the main idea of a story tell the reader?

• a specific detail from the story

• The conflict of the story

• What the story is mostly about

• The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital.  She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother.  Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up.  She wants to help sick people get well. 
What is the main idea?

• Jenny got sick.
• Jenny wants to be a nurse.
• Her grandmother was in the hospital.
• Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

Main Idea:
Frogs are amazing jumpers.

What supporting detail would go with this main idea?

• Frogs use their tongue to catch flies.
• A tadpole is the name of a young frog.
• Frogs have long, powerful legs which help them leaplong distances.
• The Fire-belly Toad has slightly warty skin.

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.
What is this selection mainly about?

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.
• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.
•  Robots will be untiring workers.
• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

Students sat in the cafeteria talking loudly. It was lunch time at Green Elementary, and the lunch room was full. The noise and the smell of grilled cheese filled the air. In the corner sat Rudy and Jacob. They were making their daily lunch trades.
"I'll give you my cheese crackers for your pretzels," said Jacob.
"Okay, I'll give you my vanilla pudding for your sugar cookies," said Rudy.
"Deal!" said Jacob.
What is the main idea or main event of the passage?

• Jacob and Rudy trade food at lunch
• Rudy wanted Jacob's sugar cookies
• Jacob had cheese crackers and wanted pretzels
• Students were talking loudly during lunch at Green Elementary