Reading Comprehension Passage

Which question would help readers monitor their reading and understand the text?

• Does Nick have a sister?

• What do cats eat?

• Will Nick get to have a puppy of his own?

• What is the weather outside?

Why is Nick so interested in telling his parents what he is learning?

• He does not want to volunteer at the shelter.

• He wants to stay home from school.

• He wants to persuade them to volunteer at the shelter.

• He wants to persuade them that he can be trusted with a puppy.

Direction: Read the text and then answer the questions Ever since he was six years old, Nick had wanted to get a puppy. His parents always refused. They said he wasn’t capable of taking care of a puppy. “You have no idea how much work a puppy is,” Dad said. “You would have to housebreak the puppy, train the puppy to obey you, and groom it, too.” “And then there’s taking the puppy to the vet, playing with it, and feeding it,” Mom added. “It’s not that I’m against having a puppy. But a puppy takes up a lot of time.” Nick couldn’t think of a way that he could convince his parents that he was ready for a puppy. Then, he got an idea. “If I volunteer at the animal shelter,” he thought, “I’ll bet Mom and Dad will see that I’m ready to take care of a puppy!” Which is a synonym for convince?

• practice

• volunteer

• trust

• persuade

Direction: Read the text and then answer the questions Ever since he was six years old, Nick had wanted to get a puppy. His parents always refused. They said he wasn’t capable of taking care of a puppy. “You have no idea how much work a puppy is,” Dad said. “You would have to housebreak the puppy, train the puppy to obey you, and groom it, too.” “And then there’s taking the puppy to the vet, playing with it, and feeding it,” Mom added. “It’s not that I’m against having a puppy. But a puppy takes up a lot of time.” Nick couldn’t think of a way that he could convince his parents that he was ready for a puppy. Then, he got an idea. “If I volunteer at the animal shelter,” he thought, “I’ll bet Mom and Dad will see that I’m ready to take care of a puppy!” Which word helps to explain Nick’s behavior and mood at the end of the text?

• learned

• persuade

• enthusiastic

• help

Exodus was the title of a/an ______.

• Album   

• Novel

• Island

• Musical Group

Marley belonged to the ______ religion.

• Islam

• Baptist

• Catholic

• Rastafari

What is the main idea?

What did the Prince tell the people to do to light up the darkness?

• to catch lightning bugs and put them in jars.

• to light candles and lanterns.

• to paint all the buildings in the kingdom with "glow in the dark: paint.

As described in paragraph 3, what is another example of something that has a crescent shape?

• your thumb

• a distant star

• the letter "C"

• the letter "H"

What is the main idea of the passage?

• A) Nick wants a puppy and tries to convince his parents.

• B) Nick dislikes animals and avoids them.

• C) Nick's parents are eager to get him a puppy.

• D) Nick is afraid of dogs.