Grade 5: Reading/Literature & Research (2002 VDOE Released Items)

The author probably wrote this poem in order to --
1. describe an interesting person and event
2. show how to survive in a boating accident
3. make you laugh at a funny tale
4. persuade you to be careful when in a boat
Which word best describes how the other people on the raft felt about Molly Brown?
1. Thankful
2. Amused
3. Confused
4. Patient
What information from the poem show that Molly refused to give up?
1. She gave her coat to someone else.
2. She talked all about her life and family.
3. All the people cheered her when they were rescued.
4. She rowed the boat until her hands were raw and sore.
The author included Molly's words in lines 21 through 24 because they show --
1. how old Molly was
2. where Molly was going
3. what kind of person Molly was
4. what Molly looked like
Which question is answered in lines 29 through 32?
1. How did Molly Brown help the others in the boat?
2. What songs did Molly Brown sing?
3. What happened to the ship?
4. What did Molly talk about?
Which rhyme pattern is used in this poem?
1. The first and second lines
2. The first and fourth lines
3. The second and third lines
4. The second and fourth lines
In paragraph 1, which of the following does the author not do?
1. Describe the setting of the story
2. Present a question that will be answered
3. Tell what Sir William looks like
4. Introduce Ashton and his father
In paragraph 1, the word cultivate means --
1. respect
2. dine
3. observe
4. plant
The author included paragraph 2 to show --
1. how lucky and happy Ashton and his family were
2. why Ashton had to work in the wheat fields
3. how foods were grown and cooked by the peasants
4. why Ashton's father asked the lord for more land to use
Which question would most likely be answered in a research report about the setting of this passage?
1. Was Ashton taller than his older brothers and sisters?
2. Was Sir William married?
3. How many brothers did Ashton have?
4. What did it look like inside the walls of a castle?
How can you tell that this story is historical fiction rather than a factual article?
1. People from long ago didn't really live in castles.
2. The thoughts and feelings of people from long ago are told.
3. Some of the characters in the story are not named.
4. The main character is only eleven years old.
How does Ashton feel at the end of the story?
1. Jealous
2. Grateful
3. Bored
4. Amused
This passage would most likely be found in a book called --
1. How Castles Were Built
2. True Stories of Knights
3. In the Days of Lords and Peasants
4. Within the Castle Walls
What was the author's main purpose for writing this article?
1. To warn people about the dangers of yellow fever
2. To tell about the history of the Spanish-American War
3. To give information about Walter Reed's accomplishment
4. To help stop the spread of yellow fever
If the author added a sentence to the end of the first paragraph, which of these would fit best?
1. He had an interesting childhood.
2. He studied medicine at a New York medical college.
3. The U.S. Army was at war with Spain.
4. It was a job that would make him famous.
In which paragraph does the article explain how the real cause of yellow fever was discovered?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 4
4. 6
In paragraph 2, the word contracted means --
1. observed
2. caught
3. healed
4. studied
Which path shows how yellow fever is spread?
1. Sick person is bitten by a mosquito that then bites a healthy person
2. Sick person is near a healthy person who is then bitten by a mosquito
3. Mosquito bites a sick person who is near a healthy person
4. Healthy person is near a sick person who is bitten by a mosquito
Which of these questions is answered in paragraph 5?
1. How has the U.S. Army honored Walter Reed?
2. When was the vaccine to prevent yellow fever introduced?
3. Why was the U.S. Army concerned about yellow fever?
4. Who else was on the team with Walter Reed?
Another way to describe the courageous volunteers would be--
1. brave volunteers
2. unhappy volunteers
3. fearful volunteers
4. angry volunteers
If you wanted to learn more about yellow fever, which would be the best place to look?
1. A dictionary
2. A newspaper from 1900
3. A medical encyclopedia
4. A travel guide to Cuba
If you wanted to learn more about Walter Reed's life, which would be the best book for you?
1. The History of the Spanish-American War
2. Walter Reed, a Biography
3. Welcome to the Walter Reed Medical Center
4. The Vaccine That Cured Yellow Fever
The author probably wrote this article in order to --
1. teach you something about termites
2. entertain you with the interesting things termites do
3. persuade you to study the behaviors of termites
4. describe the eating habits of termites for you
If the author added a sentence at the end of paragraph 5, which would fit best?
1. The walls are very strong.
2. The shape of the home depends on the climate.
3. Termites store their food in these comfortable mounds.
4. There's no need for additional heating or cooling.
What information from the article supports the fact that termites are able to take care of themselves?
1. Termites live in many parts of the world.
2. The queen gets so fat with eggs that workers have to care for her.
3. Termites can grow their own food.
4. The temperature inside the mound stays the same.
The idea that termites are master builders can be supported by the fact that they--
1. live in many parts of the world
2. rarely leave their mounds
3. make mounds that last up to a hundred years
4. collect food during the night
The author included the last paragraph because it --
1. defines difficult words
2. tells what will happen in the future
3. gives background information
4. summarizes what the article was about
The author makes this article easier for you to read by doing all of these except --
1. including headings
2. providing diagrams
3. explaining what some words mean
4. putting some important words in italics
The best place to find the meaning of an unknown word in this article would be --
1. an encyclopedia
2. a table of contents
3. a dictionary
4. an index
1. I.A.a.
2. I.A.c.
3. I.B.b.
4. I.B.d.
From the events in the story, the reader can tell that Papa --
1. cares very much for Ana Maria
2. often has problems fixing things
3. likes his brother and sister very much
4. wants people to laugh at his jokes
The author's purpose in writing this passage was most likely to --
1. inform readers about problems with gardening
2. convince readers that gardening is fun
3. advertise plants for sale at a nursery
4. entertain readers with a happy story
The author included the first two paragraphs in this passage in order to --
1. tell how Ana Maria felt about plants
2. explain why Ana Maria helped with dinner
3. tell where Ana Maria lived
4. explain why Papa was not at home
Ana Maria could not help Papa in his garden because --
1. Papa didn't want anyone touching his plants
2. she didn't know how to care for vegetable plants
3. it was hard for her to sit on the ground and work
4. the garden was full of tiny winged beings
1. Ana Maria did not like vegetables in the spaghetti sauce
2. the family did not have much food
3. Ana Maria was eating the vegetables she was chopping
4. the family often had spaghetti for dinner
In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the author uses words that --
1. cause loneliness
2. stir the imagination
3. create excitement
4. encourage action
If the author added a sentence at the end of the first paragraph, which of these would best fit?
1. Ana Maria wished she could go out and pull the weeds from the garden.
2. The puffy seed balls looked like little white cotton balls.
3. The wild plants held up their heads as though warning they had stickers.
4. The seeds would land in a different place and grow new weeds.
Papa built wooden beds of soil high off the ground so that --
1. more plants would fit in the yard
2. the wood would not rot away
3. animals couldn't get into them
4. his daughter could reach them
If you were asked to skim this passage to quickly find something Papa said, you should --
1. read the first sentence of each paragraph
2. look for quotation marks
3. look for exclamation points
4. read each sentence carefully and look for the word Papa

Grade 5: Reading/Literature & Research (2002 VDOE Released Items)

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.

**The author probably wrote this poem in order to --**

**Which word best describes how the other people on the raft felt about Molly Brown?**

What information from the poem show that Molly refused to give up?

The author included Molly's words in lines 21 through 24 because they show --

Which question is answered in lines 29 through 32?

Which rhyme pattern is used in this poem?

**In paragraph 1, which of the following does the author not do?**

In paragraph 1, the word cultivate means --

The author included paragraph 2 to show --

**Which question would most likely be answered in a research report about the setting of this passage?**

How can you tell that this story is historical fiction rather than a factual article?

How does Ashton feel at the end of the story?

**This passage would most likely be found in a book called --**

**What was the author's main purpose for writing this article?**

If the author added a sentence to the end of the first paragraph, which of these would fit best?

In which paragraph does the article explain how the real cause of yellow fever was discovered?

In paragraph 2, the word contracted means --

Which path shows how yellow fever is spread?

Which of these questions is answered in paragraph 5?

Another way to describe the courageous volunteers would be--

**If you wanted to learn more about yellow fever, which would be the best place to look?**

**If you wanted to learn more about Walter Reed's life, which would be the best book for you?**

**The author probably wrote this article in order to --**

If the author added a sentence at the end of paragraph 5, which would fit best?

**What information from the article supports the fact that termites are able to take care of themselves?**

**The idea that termites are master builders can be supported by the fact that they--**

The author included the last paragraph because it --

**The author makes this article easier for you to read by doing all of these except --**

**The best place to find the meaning of an unknown word in this article would be --**

From the events in the story, the reader can tell that Papa --

**The author's purpose in writing this passage was most likely to --**

The author included the first two paragraphs in this passage in order to --

**Ana Maria could not help Papa in his garden because --**

In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the author uses words that --

**If the author added a sentence at the end of the first paragraph, which of these would best fit?**

Papa built wooden beds of soil high off the ground so that --

If you were asked to skim this passage to quickly find something Papa said, you should --

Grade 5: Reading/Literature & Research (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.

The author probably wrote this poem in order to --

Which word best describes how the other people on the raft felt about Molly Brown?

What information from the poem show that Molly refused to give up?

The author included Molly's words in lines 21 through 24 because they show --

Which question is answered in lines 29 through 32?

Which rhyme pattern is used in this poem?

In paragraph 1, which of the following does the author not do?

In paragraph 1, the word cultivate means --

The author included paragraph 2 to show --

Which question would most likely be answered in a research report about the setting of this passage?

How can you tell that this story is historical fiction rather than a factual article?

How does Ashton feel at the end of the story?

This passage would most likely be found in a book called --

What was the author's main purpose for writing this article?

If the author added a sentence to the end of the first paragraph, which of these would fit best?

In which paragraph does the article explain how the real cause of yellow fever was discovered?

In paragraph 2, the word contracted means --

Which path shows how yellow fever is spread?

Which of these questions is answered in paragraph 5?

Another way to describe the courageous volunteers would be--

If you wanted to learn more about yellow fever, which would be the best place to look?

If you wanted to learn more about Walter Reed's life, which would be the best book for you?

The author probably wrote this article in order to --

If the author added a sentence at the end of paragraph 5, which would fit best?

What information from the article supports the fact that termites are able to take care of themselves?

The idea that termites are master builders can be supported by the fact that they--

The author included the last paragraph because it --

The author makes this article easier for you to read by doing all of these except --

The best place to find the meaning of an unknown word in this article would be --

From the events in the story, the reader can tell that Papa --

The author's purpose in writing this passage was most likely to --

The author included the first two paragraphs in this passage in order to --

Ana Maria could not help Papa in his garden because --

In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the author uses words that --

If the author added a sentence at the end of the first paragraph, which of these would best fit?

Papa built wooden beds of soil high off the ground so that --

If you were asked to skim this passage to quickly find something Papa said, you should --

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.

**The author probably wrote this poem in order to --**

**Which word best describes how the other people on the raft felt about Molly Brown?**

**In paragraph 1, which of the following does the author not do?**

**Which question would most likely be answered in a research report about the setting of this passage?**

**This passage would most likely be found in a book called --**

**What was the author's main purpose for writing this article?**

**If you wanted to learn more about yellow fever, which would be the best place to look?**

**If you wanted to learn more about Walter Reed's life, which would be the best book for you?**

**The author probably wrote this article in order to --**

**What information from the article supports the fact that termites are able to take care of themselves?**

**The idea that termites are master builders can be supported by the fact that they--**

**The author makes this article easier for you to read by doing all of these except --**

**The best place to find the meaning of an unknown word in this article would be --**

**The author's purpose in writing this passage was most likely to --**

**Ana Maria could not help Papa in his garden because --**

**If the author added a sentence at the end of the first paragraph, which of these would best fit?**