Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Grammar
100

What does the word opponents mean in the sentence below?

The Eagles wondered how hard it would be to beat their opponents.

  1. bosses
  2. messengers
  3. rivals
  4. servants

3. Rivals

100

What does the word obediently mean in the sentence below?

The dog obediently followed his owner.

  1. in a fast way
  2. in a slow way
  3. in an angry way
  4. in a cooperative way

4. in a cooperative way 

100

Which of these best completes the graphic organizer?

  1. It can be fun to learn new things.
  2. It is important to be loyal to friends.
  3. It can be helpful to work with other people.
  4. It is difficult to adjust to living in a new place.

4. It is difficult to adjust to living in a new place.

100

Read these sentences from the passage.

“Speaking is one thing and writing is another.”
“And vice-versa,” said Elisa.
“And the opposite.”
“And the other way around.”

The section of dialogue above

  1. appears at the very end of the story.
  2. shows that Elisa is upset about speaking English.
  3. signals the beginning of Elisa and José's friendship.
  4. is Elisa's way of competing with José in their native language.

3. signals the beginning of Elisa and José's friendship.

100

Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is a singular noun?

When the twin volcanoes erupted, they threw ashes into the sky
and onto the plants.

  1. volcanoes
  2. ashes
  3. sky
  4. plants

3. sky

200

What does the word embarrassed mean in the sentence below?

The clown acted embarrassed when his hair turned blue.

  1. ashamed
  2. brilliant
  3. crushed
  4. reasonable

1. Ashamed

200

What does the word cheerful mean in the sentence below?

The students were cheerful when their team won the championship.

  1. confused
  2. happy
  3. jealous
  4. tired

2. happy

200

Which event happens first?

  1. Elisa's teacher mispronounces her name.
  2. Elisa moves to the United States permanently.
  3. Elisa meets José at the beginning of the school year.
  4. Elisa enjoys watching squirrels with her grandmother.

4.

  • Elisa enjoys watching squirrels with her grandmother.
200

“It will be right here waiting for you when you get back.”

“I'll be back soon, Grandma. I love this place. Maybe someday I'll
come and live with you.”

The narrator does not state the names of the speakers in the sentences above because

  1. Grandma is embarrassed about getting Elisa's name wrong.
  2. The author wants the characters in the story to be a mystery.
  3. It is clear from the context that Elisa and Grandma are speaking.
  4. Elisa decides to change her name after moving to the United States.

3.

  • It is clear from the context that Elisa and Grandma are speaking.
200

Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is a singular noun?

The boss took her notes into all of the meetings she attended on
Wednesdays.

  1. boss
  2. notes
  3. meetings
  4. Wednesdays

1. boss

300

What does the word typically mean in the sentence below?

These butterflies typically live in warmer climates.

  1. desperately
  2. independently
  3. scarcely
  4. usually

4. Usually

300

What does the word recently mean in the sentence below?

Carla recently went to the dentist to have her teeth cleaned.

  1. not long ago
  2. never before
  3. with concern
  4. in the afternoon

1. not long ago

300

What is different about Elisa staying with her grandmother this time?

  1. She is staying by herself with her grandmother.
  2. She is helping her grandmother move to a new home.
  3. She is living with her grandmother rather than visiting her.
  4. She is learning how to take care of the squirrels from her grandmother.

3.

  • She is living with her grandmother rather than visiting her.
300

What is Elisa at the end of the passage?

  1. a tourist
  2. a teacher
  3. a grandmother
  4. a high school student

2. a teacher

300

Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is a singular noun?

There were five deer grazing near the trees when they heard
voices by the river.

  1. deer
  2. trees
  3. voices
  4. river

4. river

400

What does the word brutal mean in the sentence below?

Polar bears are used to brutal weather conditions.

  1. crisp
  2. harsh
  3. rainy
  4. warm

2. Harsh

400

What does the word sincerely mean in the sentence below?

Aunt Martha was sincerely sorry for breaking our new lamp.

  1. with fear
  2. with shame
  3. with honesty
  4. with concern

3. With honesty 

400

What happens after José tells about the customs and traditions of his country?

  1. The students clap.
  2. The students mock him.
  3. Elisa feels embarrassed.
  4. Elisa volunteers to go next.

1. The students clap

400

Use the passage “Elisa's Diary” and the poem “Words Free As Confetti” to answer Numbers 19 and 20.

How are the themes of the passage and the poem similar?

  1. They are both about moving to a new country.
  2. They both involve appreciating language and culture.
  3. They are both about the pain of giving up one's past.
  4. They both involve learning new words from teachers.
  • 2. They both involve appreciating language and culture.
400

Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is a singular noun?

The stories in the newspaper were about our brave firefighters
and police officers.

  1. stories
  2. newspaper
  3. firefighters
  4. officers
2.newspaper
500

What does the word obvious mean in the sentence below?

Nathan knew there had to be an obvious answer to the mystery.

  1. very complicated
  2. amazingly clever
  3. easily discovered
  4. surprisingly famous

3. easily discovered

500

What does the word cowardly mean in the sentence below?

The story is about a cowardly lion that learns how to be brave.

  1. in danger
  2. full of fear
  3. lacking friends
  4. with little strength

2. full of fear

500

What does Elisa learn from José?

  1. It takes a special talent to be an artist.
  2. Cultural traditions do not really matter.
  3. People should speak only one language.
  4. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.

4. Everyone has strengths and weaknessess

500

How is the passage different from the poem?

  1. The poem does not use similes.
  2. The poem uses both English and Spanish words.
  3. The poem contains dialogue and the passage does not.
  4. The passage deals with the challenges of adjusting to a new culture
    and language.

4.The passage deals with the challenges of adjusting to a new culture
and language.

500

Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is a singular noun?

The men and women in the camp worked together to put up the
tents.

  1. men
  2. women
  3. camp
  4. tents

3. camp

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