5th U8W1 Test

In Passage 1, how does the boys’ discovery of the sealskin advance the plot?

• A. It causes the boys to distrust their father.

• B. It leads to the mother being reunited with her suit.

• C. It transforms the boys into selkies.

• D. It allows the father to capture and keep the selkie.

Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of Passage 1.

“Its voice was like a magnet, always calling her, and she longed to respond.”

How does the simile like a magnet add meaning to the text?

• A. It shows that the selkie heard voices in her head.

• B. It shows that the sea wanted to punish the selkie for leaving.

• C. It shows that selkie wanted to sing with the sea.

• D. It shows that the sea had great power over the selkie.

Read this sentence from paragraph 5 of Passage 1.

“One day, they guided her to a place beyond the barn where a suit of dark gray sealskin had lain hidden like a forbidden treasure for many years.”

What does the simile like a forbidden treasure suggest about the suit in this sentence?

• It is dirty and worn from the effects of the weather.

• The fisherman had buried the suit behind the barn.

• It had great value but was supposed to stay hidden.

• It is the skin of a seal and must be returned to the sea.

Which of the following best describes the boys’ perspective in Passage 1?

• A. They wanted their mother to return to the sea.

• B. They did not think the woman was their mother.

• C. They never grew to love their new mother.

• D. They were lonely and did not like living next to the sea.

Read this sentence from Passage 1?

“Instantly, she was transformed into a selkie, a creature half human and half seal.”

What is the meaning of transformed as it is used in this sentence?

• A. delivered

• B. changed

• C. plunged

• D. guided

Based on the information in Passage 2, with which of the following claims would the Expert most likely agree?

• A. Orkney Island folk tales were copied from those of other cultures.

• B. Stories that are sung aloud are more magical than those that are written

  down.

• C. People in the Orkney Islands were closely connected to the sea.

• D. Stories about selkies are based on true reports of seals with human

  heads.

In Passage 2, what does the word traditionally mean as it is used in paragraph 11?

• for good reasons

• in a clever way

• with great care or skill

• by custom or habit

Which two details could be included in a summary explaining why people created stories about selkies? Select two answers.

• Some fishermen got lonely and wanted to see other humans.

• Sailors from other lands shared stories about half-human creatures.

• Sometimes seals in the water looked like humans.

• Some fathers needed help taking care of their children.

• No one in the Orkney Islands has scientific knowledge.