Grade 3: Reading (2002 VDOE Released Items)

What is the main idea of this story?
1. Kara is allowed to have a kitten because she has shown that she takes care of things.
2. Mr. Salazar wants to buy Kara a new jacket so that she won't be cold in the morning.
3. Kara stops eggs from being broken in the hen house and saves her family's farm.
4. Mrs. Delgado decides to let Kara have the last kitten because Kara fixed the basket.
What was the FIRST way Kara used the sweatshirt to save the eggs?
1. She put it around her shoulders.
2. She covered the basket's hole with it.
3. She used it as a pouch to fill with eggs.
4. She kept it on and put eggs inside the pockets.
Mr. Salazar knows that there are mice around because --
1. they have chewed a hole in the basket
2. Kara saw one in the hen house
3. they are eating the chickens' food
4. no cats are in the yard to chase them away
Where should the reader look to find out what Kara wants in the story?
1. Title
2. Paragraph 1
3. Paragraph 3
4. Last sentence
1. scene, new
2. seen, knew
3. scene, knew
4. seen, new
Which list of words from the story is in alphabetical order?
1. cows, dog, pouch, kangaroo
2. house, bus, permission, school
3. chickens, breakfast, hen house, morning
4. beautiful, cat, gray, mice
1. Master
2. Mother
3. Mayor
4. Mister
Which book would MOST help Kara take care of her new kitten?
1. Keeping Your Cat Healthy and Happy
2. Cat Tales From Around the World
3. Having a Cat or Dog in the City
4. True Tales of Brave and Amazing Cats
What is this story mostly about?
1. The many uses of CB radios
2. What can be found at a truck stop
3. A day in the life of a truck driver
4. The parts of a tractor-trailer truck
Which is the BEST summary of paragraph 1?
1. A red and silver truck that has 18 wheels will pull a big trailer behind it.
2. The trailer truck will travel across the country with a load of fresh carrots.
3. Carrots should be refrigerated so that they can stay fresh, colorful, and crunchy.
4. There are 3,000 miles between the western and eastern coasts of the United States.
What does the word tedious mean in paragraph 4 of this story?
1. Exciting
2. Short
3. Boring
4. Easy
What does Tameka Jones do just before she climbs into her seat and drives onto the highway?
1. She turns on the refrigeration unit in the trailer part of the truck.
2. She makes sure that all the parts of the truck are working well.
3. She talks to other truckers on her CB radio to see if there are any problems ahead.
4. She studies her map to decide where she wants to go that day.
The dials on Tameka's dashboard tell her all of these EXCEPT --
1. construction ahead
2. oil pressure
3. traveling speed
4. water temperature
What does the word routine mean in paragraph 6 of this story?
1. Large, satisfying meal
2. Set of steps to follow every time
3. Map showing the way to go
4. Long and tiring journey
1. does have
2. does want
3. does not
4. does now
1. showers
2. measure
3. order
4. ready
1. children
2. farmer
3. kittens
4. honey
All of these things are mentioned in the poem EXCEPT --
1. stuffed animals
2. music boxes
3. a fish tank
4. space posters
The person talking in the poem wonders --
1. what the fish is thinking
2. how the fish breathes
3. if the fish likes the food
4. whether the fish is lonely
The speaker in the poem is MOST llikely in a --
1. fish tank
2. bedroom
3. classroom
4. animal park
1. Remember me from morning to morning do you?
2. Me do you remember from morning to morning?
3. Do you remember me from morning to morning?
4. You do from morning to morning me remember?
1. fish in rivers and oceans
2. people who look at the fish
3. the stuffed animals
4. other fish in the tank
1. stuffed
2. flakes
3. space
4. friends
On which page can you find the poem "Jenny Is My Lizard"?
1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 13
Which poem is on page 13?
1. "Inside, Looking Out"
2. "He's Scruffy, But He's Mine"
3. "Parakeet Chatter"
4. "Always There to Cuddle"

Grade 3: Reading (2002 VDOE Released Items)

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2002 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 is the main idea of this story?

What was the FIRST way Kara used the sweatshirt to save the eggs?

Mr. Salazar knows that there are mice around because --

Where should the reader look to find out what Kara wants in the story?

Which list of words from the story is in alphabetical order?

Which book would MOST help Kara take care of her new kitten?

What is this story mostly about?

Which is the BEST summary of paragraph 1?

What does the word tedious mean in paragraph 4 of this story?

What does Tameka Jones do just before she climbs into her seat and drives onto the highway?

The dials on Tameka's dashboard tell her all of these EXCEPT --

What does the word routine mean in paragraph 6 of this story?

All of these things are mentioned in the poem EXCEPT --

The person talking in the poem wonders --

The speaker in the poem is MOST llikely in a --

On which page can you find the poem "Jenny Is My Lizard"?

Which poem is on page 13?

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2002 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.