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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the passage mostly about?
Beverly Cleary's books
Beverly Cleary's children
Beverly Cleary's life
Beverly Cleary's school years
- 2. Multiple Choice
In college, Beverly Cleary studied to be a
storyteller
librarian
teacher
farmer
- 3. Multiple Choice
Cleary wrote The Mouse and the Motorcycle because
she wanted to write a story about an animal
her husband asked her to write a story about a mouse
she wanted to write a special story for all children
her son wanted to read a story about a motorcycle
- 4. Multiple Choice
The passage is most like a
short story
biography
history article
set of directions
- 5. Multiple Choice
Predict which kind of book Beverly Cleary might write in the future.
a book about the homes of desert animals
a book about the life of George Washington
a book about a little girl who has trouble making friends
a book about famous writers
- 6. Multiple Choice
You can tell that a librarian is someone who
"collects books."
"works at the library."
"reads books to children."
"sends books to libraries."
- 7. Multiple Choice
You can tell that Beverly Cleary
enjoyed being a writer more than being a librarian.
learned how to write children's books while attending college.
got most of the ideas for her books from her family.
wanted to become a writer from the time she was a little girl.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a fact about Beverly Cleary?
All children enjoy reading books by Beverly Cleary.
Beverly Cleary grew up on a farm in Yamhill, Oregon.
Beverly Cleary is a talented storyteller.
Beverly Cleary had a more interesting childhood than most writers.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The author wrote this passage mainly to
describe the events that shaped a writer's life.
inform readers how to write children's books.
try to get people to read books written by Beverly Cleary.
entertain readers with facts about popular books.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In paragraph 3, the phrase fell short means
"were not funny."
"were difficult to understand."
"were lacking in may ways."
"were interesting to read about."
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is a good summary of the passage?
A woman writes many popular books for children.
A girl grows up to write the kind of books she would like to read.
A woman decides to write books that children will think are funny.
A library is named after a popular writer.
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