In My Own Backyard

Comprehension

100

1. In the story "In My Own Backyard," what is happening in the mind of the writer?
   A. The writer is having a nightmare
   B. The writer is thinking about a book
   C. The writer is traveling back in time

C. The writer is traveling back in time

200

1. What time period did the writer describe first?
   A. The period of the Native Americans
   B. About 100 years ago
   C. The time of the cave people

B. About 100 years ago

300

1. How are the sequence of events in the story organized?
   A. The sequence of events move through one day
   B. The sequence of events move backward through time
   C. The sequence of events are in the future

B. The sequence of events move backward through time

400

1. Which sentence from the story best supports the idea that the writer is traveling back in time?
   A. Her voice pulled me out of the past and into the present
   B. A volcano belched smoke in the distance
   C. Around the coral and seaweed, unusual fish wore hard shells

A. Her voice pulled me out of the past and into the present

500

1. What did the dinosaurs eat in the story?
   A. palms and ferns
   B. giant dragonflies
   C. lizards and centipedes

A. palms and ferns

Vocabulary

100

1. What does the word "plowed" mean in this sentence? The farmer plowed the field using a big tractor.
   A. spread seeds
   B. removed bad weeds
   C. turned over soil

C. turned over soil

200

1. What is a synonym for "brook" in this sentence? The brook wandered through the forest.
   A. bear
   B. trail
   C. stream

C. stream

300

1. What does the word "grazed" mean in this sentence? The cows grazed in the field.
   A. harvested
   B. ate grass
   C. crouched

B. ate grass

400

1. What does the word "blurry" mean in this sentence? My eyes feel blurry when I am very tired.
   A. tired
   B. burning
   C. unclear

C. unclear

Grammar

100

1. Which answer is the correct plural form of "goose"?
   A. goosives
   B. gooses
   C. geese

C. geese

200

1. Which answer is the correct plural form of "couch"?
   A. couches
   B. couchs
   C. couchies

A. couches

300

1. Which answer is the correct plural form of "sport"?
   A. sportes
   B. sports
   C. sporties

B. sports

400

1. Which answer is the correct plural form of "knife"?
   A. knifs
   B. knives
   C. kinifes

B. knives