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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the word destruction mean in the sentence below?
The tornado cause much destruction in the small town.
cleaning
rebuilding
damage
repainting
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the word required mean in the sentence below?
The students were required to have all work turned in by the end of the day.
answer
elected
obliged
lost
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the word career mean in the sentence below?
I'm so glad she chose teaching as her career.
boss
job
game
coach
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the word formula mean in the sentence below?
The formula for creating the special ingredient is a secret.
chart
mystery
recipe
unique
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the word edition mean in the sentence below?
My mom read the newest edition of her favorite magazine.
detail
humor
version
bridle
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which word pair consists of two homophones?
due, dew
relief, relive
desert, dessert
conductor, conducted
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which sentence demonstrates correct usage of the word scene and seen?
I've just scene the seen where the hero saves the day.
Have you seen the scene where the building falls to the ground?
The officer ask if I had scene the action at the seen of the crime.
This sunset is the prettiest seen I have ever scene.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which word pair consists of two homophones?
berry, barry
him, hymn
done, did
had, hid
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the word bass mean in the sentence below?
The bass in the hip-hop song shook the car.
large fish
low sounds
big words
silly words
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does the word row mean in the sentence below?
We decided to row the boat to the island in the middle of the lake.
an argument
a line of people
use oars to move
to go quickly
- 11. Multiple Choice
The author expresses the opinion that
soldiers found B.J. when he was a puppy
B.J.'s life was not as boring as the other dogs
her Uncle Bill came home from the war
she wrote The Dog Newspaper
- 12. Multiple Choice
How does the author give more information about the characters at the beginning of the passage?
by providing information on Uncle Bill's childhood
by inserting a flashback to explain where B.J. came from
by summarizing all of the issues of the Dog Newspaper
by describing different dog breeds and their characteristics
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the passage states a main idea of the passage ?
"He slept with them in foxholes."
"He helped search rubble for signs of life."
"As the soldiers fought to protect the free world, B.J. did his duty too."
"While in Germany, his unit went into a town that had recently been bombed."
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which detail supports the main idea that B.J. was showered with loving attention?
Uncle Bill got to keep B.J.
The author read aloud to B.J.
B.J. tore up the gingerbread house.
B.J. was lost after the war.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Read this sentence from the passage.
The gingerbread house was absolutely breathtaking.
Which word in the sentence above shows that it is an opinion.
gingerbread
house
was
breathtaking
- 16. Multiple Choice
The details about the various articles in issue two of the Dog Newspaper show the reader that the author
was aware of her publication's faults
thought all of her articles were exciting
wanted to speed up the story
wanted to bore her readers
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of these sentences from the passage states a fact?
"The next issue was even worse."
"B.J. still had not done anything newsworthy."
"Issue number three was a publishing disaster."
"Less than one month after its launch, the Dog Newspaper went out of business."
- 18. Multiple Choice
Read this sentence from the passage:
I believed my writing career was over.
Which word from the sentence indicates that this is an opinion?
I
my
career
believed
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the passage states a fact?
"I need exciting plots, unique information, and fresh insights."
"What was in it for them?"
"He lived to be sixteen, a good long life for an orphaned puppy....."
"B.J. took one more plane ride, from Minneapolis to Fresno where my parents moved shortly after I got married."
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which statement best expresses one of the main ideas of the entire passage?
Having multiple owners is unhealthy for a dog.
A newspaper about dogs could never be successful.
Dull material will eventually cost a writer his or her audience.
Dog owners should create more exciting lives for their dogs.
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