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General Questions
PSSA Questions
100
Explain how you know the passage is realistic fiction.
What is because it has characters and events that could happen in real life?
100
Identify who had the lemonade stand money.
Who is Rory?
100
Explain why Bolivia says that Rory is cheating.
What is he is not eating all the pizza or he is not eating the crusts?
100
Identify the story as real or make believe.
What is make believe?
100
Identify why Spongebob Squarepants is an alliteration.
What is because both words begin with the same sound?
200
Explain what happened when Rory tried to catch the parrot.
What is he broke two toes?
200
Explain how Derek and Bolivia feel about Rory because they let him hold onto the lemonade stand money.
What is they trust him?
200
Explain why Derek said to Bolivia, "I'm sorry that you won't be getting any pizza."
What is because he thought Rory and he would eat all the pizza?
200
Identify the story as fiction or nonfiction.
What is fiction?
200
Identify the type of figurative language that compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
Explain how Rory felt while he was waiting for Derek to come home.
What is worried because he thought Derek might not want to be his friend anymore?
300
Explain why Bolivia ordered a second pizza.
What is because the boys were bragging that they could each eat a whole pie?
300
Identify how many pieces they each ate.
What is five?
300
Identify the author's purpose for writing the passage.
What is to entertain?
300
Identify the type of figurative language that compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
400
Explain how Rory's feelings about Bolivia changed from the beginning until now.
What is he didn't like her, but now he does?
400
Explain how they were paying for the second pizza.
What is with the lemonade stand money?
400
Explain how Bolivia's way of eating pizza was different from the boys.
What is she put one piece on top of the other and the crust was on the outside?
400
Give the story a new title.
What is __. The teacher will decide.
400
Find an example of alliteration on page 35.
What is pizza pies?
500
Explain why Rory thinks Derek might not be his friend anymore.
What is because Rory only received one postcard from him and they hadn't spoken the two days before Derek left?
500
Find the simile on page 32.
What is, " You couldn't eat as much as me."
500
Describe how Rory felt at the end of the story. Tell how you know.
What is happy because he had two good friends?
500
Explain the author's main reason for writing the passage.
What is to show a story about friendship?
500
Find a simile on page 31.
What is, "...the bridge table that has served as their lemonade stand."
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