What does the word specialty mean in the sentence below?
The restaurant's specialty is making perfect pizza.
A: chef
B: hobby
C: favorite food
D: unique talent
D: unique talent
100
What does the word pursuit mean in the sentence below?
The athletes all tried their best in pursuit of the grand prize.
A: the end of a race
B: a medal or trophy
C: an effort to achieve
D: something that holds money
C: an effort to achieve
100
What is the first important event in the passage?
A: Louis passes out balls during recess.
B: A truck horn honks and disturbs the students.
C: Louis starts cleaning up junk on the playground.
D: Students toss pieces of paper and pencils into the schoolyard
C: Louis starts cleaning up junk on the playground.
100
Which of the following is a clue that helps the reader determine the passage's point of view?
A: the use of quotation marks
B: the use of indented paragraphs
C: the use of pronouns such as I and we
D: the use of pronouns such as she and he
D: the use of pronouns such as she and he
100
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A: The icy wind.
B: The wind fast.
C: The wind felt icy.
D: The wind and rain.
C: The wind felt icy.
200
What does the word collapsed mean in the sentence below?
The house of cards collapsed just as I placed the last card on top.
A: bent
B: fell
C: grew
D: jumped
B: fell
200
What does the word vigorously mean in the sentence below?
I ran vigorously after my homework, but the wind carried it away before I could grab it.
A: to give up
B: to move slowly
C: in a strong way
D: in an uneasy
C: in a strong way
200
This passage is told from the point of view of
A: Louis.
B: Mrs. Jewls.
C: a first-person narrator.
D: a third-person omniscient narrator.
D: a third-person omniscient narrator.
200
How does Mrs. Jewls solve the problem of letting Louis into the classroom?
A: She holds a spelling bee.
B: She opens the door for Louis herself.
C: She chooses her best student to open the door.
D: She flips a coin to decide who will open the door.
A: She holds a spelling bee.
200
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A: Suzy and Jacob like.
B: Suzy reads Jacob likes.
C: Suzy likes reading books.
D: Suzy and Jacob might like.
C: Suzy likes reading books.
300
What does the word disturbing mean in the sentence below?
Teddy kept disturbing us while we were doing our homework.
A: bothering
B: entertaining
C: following
D: helping
A: bothering
300
What does the word jubilant mean in the sentence below?
Allison felt jubilant when she heard the wonderful news.
A: cold
B: impatient
C: joyful
D: upset
C: joyful
300
Louis goes to Mrs. Jewls's classroom by
A: riding the elevator.
B: climbing up the stairs.
C: going down a long hallway.
D: walking across the schoolyard.
B: climbing up the stairs.
300
The end of the passage is ironic because
A: Louis has worked so hard to deliver the computer to Mrs. Jewls.
B: Mrs. Jewls uses the computer in a way that the reader would expect.
C: The third-person narrator describes the humor of Mrs. Jewls's spelling
bee.
D: the reader does not expect Mrs. Jewls to use the computer the way she does.
D: the reader does not expect Mrs. Jewls to use the computer the way she does.
300
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A: Because the story unbelievable.
B: Unbelievable stories are completely.
C: The story was completely unbelievable.
D: The story was almost unbelievable because.
C: The story was completely unbelievable.
400
What does the word interrupted mean in the sentence below?
The baby's crying interrupted our conversation.
A: changed
B: helped
C: reviewed
D: stopped
D: stopped
400
What does the word tendency mean in the sentence below?
That clock has a tendency to fall behind by a few minutes.
A: change
B: habit
C: rarity
D: softness
B: habit
400
What causes Louis the most trouble in making sure that Mrs. Jewls gets her package.
A: Mrs. Mush is cooking mushrooms in the cafeteria.
B: The students cannot be interrupted while they are working.
C: Mrs. Jewls's classroom is on the top floor of Wayside School.
D: The delivery person must give the package directly to Mrs. Jewls.
C: Mrs. Jewls's classroom is on the top floor of Wayside School.
400
How does the use of irony affect the passage?
A: It makes the reader sad.
B: It adds humor and surprise.
C: It makes the passage predictable.
D: It makes the reader feel sorry for the students.
B: It adds humor and surprise.
400
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A: The children lunch.
B: The playing children.
C: At noon, the playing children.
D: At noon, the children ate lunch.
D: At noon, the children ate lunch.
500
What does the word wobbled mean in the sentence below?
The toddler wobbled toward the door.
A: ran quickly
B: crawled slowly
C: rolled unhappily
D: walked unsteadily
D: walked unsteadily
500
What does the word urgent mean in the sentence below?
Oscar called his sister as soon as he got her urgent message.
A: friendly
B: automatic
C: very important
D: moving too much
C: very important
500
What is the effect of this passage's point of view?
A: There is no main character.
B: The author is limited to describing one person.
C: The reader does not know the thoughts and feelings of
any character.
D: The reader gets to know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
D: The reader gets to know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
500
At the end of the passage, Mrs. Jewls thanks Louis for
A: taking good care of her package.
B: picking up the paper and pencils.
C: putting the package where she wants it.
D: helping her teach the students about gravity.
D: helping her teach the students about gravity.
500
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A: And six more.
B: I want six more.
C: Five or six more.
D: Because of five more.