Week 24 Reading Quiz: Inferences

Type your name in the box below. Read the passage - 'Snow Day' - and answer the question below: Snow Dayby Carol H. Stewart1 Snow day,Ten-below day,Bundle-up-and-go day.Pile three deep5 On the old wooden sled,Snow-crusted jackets,Cheeks frozen red.Scrunch, crunch, scrunch,Boots punch holes in snow.10 From three small balls,Watch a snowman grow.Cocoa sipping,Cookie dipping,One free night15 Of homework skipping.A friend’s tobogganIs ours to borrow—Please let there beNo school tomorrow!toboggan: a light, long, narrow sled 1. Select the three lines in the poem that show the speaker is warmly dressed. (A) Snow day, (B) Ten-below day, (C) Bundle-up-and-go day. (D) Snow-crusted jackets, (E) Cheeks frozen red. (F) Boots punch holes in snow. (G) Cocoa sipping, (H) A friend’s toboggan Read the passage - '"Meals on the Mind"' - and answer the question below: Meals on the Mindby Cassie Howard1 "Blaaaaawwwup."2 Alfredo looked at the clock behind Ms. Locke's desk. 9:27 a.m. He calculated in his head that there were still two and a half hours until lunch.3 "Blaaaaawwupp. Blup, blup."4 Kevin turned to look at him quizzically. Angela giggled a little. Alfredo buried his head in his hands. He just couldn't concentrate on anything other than food. Chocolate pudding, peanuts, a ham sandwich, even broccoli sounded good to him.5 "Alfredo." He looked up when he heard Ms. Locke's voice. "Can you think of a word that rhymes with break?"6 "Steak!" He turned red when he realized he had answered a little too enthusiastically.7 Ms. Locke gave him an odd look and continued with the lesson. Alfredo was still thinking about steak, a really big steak served with mashed potatoes and a salad.8 "Blabubble, blup blup." That one was the loudest of all, and the whole class broke into giggles. Even Ms. Locke could not hide her smile.9 "Alfredo," she asked gently. "Did you forget to eat your breakfast this morning?"10 He shyly nodded. His grandma had made him a fruit salad but he rejected it, hoping she would offer him donuts instead. She didn't and now he realized he'd made a huge mistake, one he wouldn't repeat tomorrow. 2. Why does Ms. Locke smile? Alfredo's stomach is loudly rumbling. Alfredo's desire for donuts is humorous. She is amused at Alfredo's rhyming word. She likes to see her class laughing. Read the passage - 'The Reading Parrot' - and answer the question below: The Reading Parrotby Ryo Hayashi1 All the children in the neighborhood loved visiting the local bookstore, Horizons. But the brightly colored children’s books weren’t the only things that drew them in; Horizons was also the home of Cloud, an African grey parrot. Cloud and the owner of the store, Mr. Kato, lived in the apartment on the second floor. Every morning, Mr. Kato carried Cloud’s large cage down the stairs and placed it gently on the counter. Then, he opened the cage to let Cloud hop out. Cloud spent the day pacing back and forth along the counter, greeting everyone who entered the store. “Good morning, customer!” he would cry out. Sometimes, Cloud would even sing a short song: “Welcome, welcome! So glad to see you!” He was a cheerful and friendly bird, and all the children loved to come visit him.2 When asked, Mr. Kato always told customers that Cloud came to work with him because parrots need a lot of attention. He would explain that parrots are highly intelligent and enjoy interacting with people. However, there was another reason why Cloud worked in the bookstore. Mr. Kato had owned the store for many decades and had watched sadly as fewer children wandered in. Parents told him their children just weren’t interested in reading. Mr. Kato thought that was a shame. He wanted to figure out a way to make reading fun for the children in his neighborhood. And that’s when he realized that Cloud was the solution to the problem.3 Mr. Kato started bringing Cloud down to work with him each day. Almost immediately, children began visiting the bookstore again. They were enchanted by the talkative parrot. Cloud loved all of the attention, too. He fluffed his feathers proudly whenever new children would stop by to meet him. “Reading is fun!” Cloud would proclaim happily to the children. And just as Mr. Kato had hoped, the children believed him. 3. Which two of the following best explain why Mr. Kato brings Cloud to work with him? because Cloud enjoys being out of his cage all day because Cloud greets everyone who enters the store because Cloud attracts more children to the store because Cloud reads books to children because Cloud needs a lot of attention Read the passage - 'Mooki - Comprehension' - and answer the question below: MookiTieshena had just started to eat her lunch when she heard a loud noise outside in the yard. She turned to look out the window. That loud noise was her dog, Otis, barking noisily. She wondered what would make him bark when she noticed her neighbor's Siamese cat in the maple tree. Tieshena raced outside so she could quiet Otis and his terrible barking. Mooki, the friendly Siamese cat, must have crept into the yard and become scared when she came face to face with Otis. The dog continued to bark. Tieshena wasn't strong enough to get him away from the tree by herself. "Hey dad," she exclaimed. "Please come help me get Otis in the house!" With Otis safely in the house, Tieshena turned her attention to Mooki again. The poor cat was still frightened. Tieshena remembered her half-eaten tuna sandwich from lunch. She went inside and snatched it off the table. The smell of tuna was too much for Mooki to ignore. She carefully climbed down the tree for a taste. 4. What caused Mooki to come out of the tree? Otis climbed up the tree. She got bored. She couldn't ignore the smell of tuna. Tieshena yelled for her to come down.