Grade 3: Reading (2001 VDOE Released Items)

What does Ting learn in the story?
1. Mice are easier to catch than butterflies.
2. Eating is more important than resting.
3. Chasing his tail is more fun than catching it.
4. His tail is longer than his friend's tail.
Which words in the story help the reader know the meaning of ignore in paragraph 2?
1. pretend Missy wasn't there
2. it was hard
3. was friendly
4. enjoyed watching him
You would suggest this story to someone who --
1. reads the news
2. catches butterflies
3. grows flowers
4. likes animals
1. friend
2. deep
3. hive
4. chief
1. twice
2. stop
3. thumping
4. free
1. to, hours
2. two, ours
3. too, hours
4. to, ours
You can tell that this is NOT a true story because the cats --
1. purr in the sunshine
2. chase mice and butterflies
3. talk and think like people
4. eat food from little bowls
What kind of story is this?
1. Mystery
2. Folk tale
3. Myth
4. Biography
The author tells about Maria Mitchell by --
1. showing how she was the same as other women
2. telling about events in the order they happened
3. making up a story that might not be true
4. asking questions and then answering them
Which is the BEST summary of paragraph 2?
1. Maria's father had wanted to find a comet since he was a child.
2. Maria and her father looked at the stars from their roof.
3. Maria knew how to sweep a floor well, by moving the broom from side to side.
4. Maria and her brothers and sisters spent a lot of fun time on the roof.
The main reason someone would read this story is to --
1. find out how to use a telescope
2. find out how comets are discovered
3. learn about a famous person's life
4. learn how to study the stars
1. house
2. took
3. lot
4. moon
1. from America
2. America is
3. by America
4. America was
1. hear, new
2. here, knew
3. hear, knew
4. here, new
If you wanted to learn about the history of telescopes, where would be the BEST place to look?
1. In a dictionary
2. In a book about stars
3. In an encyclopedia
4. In any science magazine
This poem is mostly about --
1. different kinds of chickadees
2. building nests in trees
3. a chickadee enjoying life
4. recognizing bird calls
Which of these does the chickadee "talk" about first?
1. What it wants to do
2. Where it is
3. What the weather is like
4. Where it wants to go
The poem tells us that chickadees can do all these EXCEPT --
1. play
2. swim
3. fly
4. sing
From the poem, you can tell that chickadees nest in --
1. caves
2. barns
3. trees
4. bushes
The poet probably wants readers to --
1. like chickadees
2. catch chickadees
3. play with chickadees
4. fly with chickadees
The last word in line 16 rhymes with the last word in line --
1. 12
2. 13
3. 14
4. 15
1. big
2. day
3. pie
4. girl
1. "Wise Old Owl"
2. "Soaring Eagle"
3. "Red-Headed Robin"
4. "Bluebird"
Where will you find a poem about a bird who steals things?
1. On page 7
2. On page 8
3. On page 12
4. On page 13

Grade 3: Reading (2001 VDOE Released Items)

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2001 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

What does Ting learn in the story?

Which words in the story help the reader know the meaning of ignore in paragraph 2?

You would suggest this story to someone who --

You can tell that this is NOT a true story because the cats --

What kind of story is this?

The author tells about Maria Mitchell by --

Which is the BEST summary of paragraph 2?

The main reason someone would read this story is to --

If you wanted to learn about the history of telescopes, where would be the BEST place to look?

This poem is mostly about --

Which of these does the chickadee "talk" about first?

The poem tells us that chickadees can do all these EXCEPT --

From the poem, you can tell that chickadees nest in --

The poet probably wants readers to --

The last word in line 16 rhymes with the last word in line --

Where will you find a poem about a bird who steals things?

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2001 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved.
No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.