Music and Me
How to Outsmart the Carnys at the Fair
Pluto Was a Planet
100

The fancy music is also called 

A. rock and roll

B. Classical 

C. Opera

D. Jazz

B. Classical 

100
the games at fairs and carnivals are 

A. Easy

B. Silly

C. fair 

D. not fair 

D. Not fair 
100

Which of the following is not a planet in our solar system? 

A. earth

B. ceres 

C. mercury 

D. saturn

B. Ceres

200

The writer's favorite kind of music is 

A. Sad 

B. Jumpy 

C. Happy 

D. Exciting 

C. Happy 

200

The "pop a balloon with a dart game" includes all of the following except 

A. dull darts 

B. underinflated balloons 

C. light darts 

D. sharp darts

D. Sharp darts 

200

To be a planet, an object must 

A. orbit the earth 

B. be oval 

C. be visible 

D. orbit the sun 

D. orbit the sun 
300

The main idea of this story is 

A. Music is fun

B. The writer loves music

C. Music is good in school

D. The writer hates music 

B. The writer loves music


300

In the basketball shoot, the best way to win is 

A. Bounce the ball on the backboard

B. Swish the ball through the hoop

C. aim carefully

D. bounce the ball before shooting

B. Swish the ball through the hoop

300

Pluto is now considered 

A. a dwarf planet 

B. an asteroid

C. a planet 

D. a satellite 

A. a dwarf planet 

400

In lines 21-22, the writer talks about what kinds of instruments she wants to play. From the passage, you can infer that: 

A. a clarinet is bigger than a flute and smaller than a tuba. 

B. a clarinet is bigger than a tuba and smaller than a flute 

C. A clarinet is black

D. A clarinet is a big instrument 

A. A clarinet is bigger than a flute and smaller than a tuba. 

400

A "carny" is...

A. someone's name

B. a game at a fair 

C. the person who tries to get you to play games at a fair 

D. the person who wins the games at a the carnival 

C. The person who tries to get you to lay games at the fair 

400

The group that voted on pluto being a dwarf planet was 

A. large 

B. small

C. medium sized 

D. not mentioned

b. small

500

The writer compares music to 

A. Art 

B. Language 

C. Magic 

D. Painting 

B. language 

500

The main idea of the passage is 

A. Carnival games are unfair 

B. Carnival games are fun to play 

C. Carnival games are easy to win

D. Never play carnival games 

A. Carnival games are unfair.

500

The main idea of the passage is

A. the solar system 

B. the definition of a planet 

C. Pluto is not a planet anymore 

D. Pluto orbits the sun 

C. Pluto is not a planet anymore.
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