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                          Read the passage. Choose the answer you believe is correct for each question.



      Elsie had to walk more than a mile to               A.   What kind of day is described in
   school, and she was only halfway there. Her                 this passage?
   boots were wet. The shawl that her mother                           sunny and warm
   had wrapped over her patched coat was not                           dry and hot
   keeping Elsie warm.                                                 rainy and cold
                                                                       cold and dry


   For numbers 1–3, read the passage.                     1.   This story is mostly about—
   Choose the answer you believe is correct                            a girl who wants to raise turtles.
   for each question.
                                                                       a girl who is surprised when a
                                                                       cocoon hatches into a moth.
        Tracy had a cocoon in a jar that she kept                      a teacher who likes moths.
   in the garage. She had found the cocoon on a                        a teacher who is disappointed to
   bush. Tracy decided to take her cocoon to                           see a moth in a jar.
   school. After all, the class had a white rat, a        2.   This story suggests that—
   turtle, and three goldfish. Now they could                          both butterflies and moths hatch
   have a butterfly, too! Tracy knew Ms. Carr                          from cocoons.
   would not mind an addition to the class.                            butterflies are difficult to raise.
       “Are you sure that a butterfly will come out                    all children like animals
   of this cocoon, Tracy?” asked Ms. Carr when                         and insects.
   Tracy showed her the jar.                                           teachers should not have
                                                                       animals in classrooms.
        “Oh, yes, I’m sure,” Tracy answered. “And
   I think it will hatch any day now.”                    3.   Which of these statements is a fact
       Two days later, Tracy was the first student             from the story?
   in the classroom. She ran to the jar. Inside was                    Ms. Carr is a substitute teacher.
   a large, gray insect with a thick, furry body.                      Ms. Carr seems uninterested in
   “What is it?” Tracy asked, wrinkling her nose.                      her students.
                                                                       Ms. Carr is an animal lover.
       Ms. Carr smiled. “It’s a moth,” she said.
                                                                       Ms. Carr must not like moths.
   “See how its wings are open while it’s resting.
   Let’s take this moth outside and watch it try
   its wings!”


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   For numbers 4–7, read the passage.                   4.   What is the main idea of this story?
   Choose the answer you believe is correct                            a birthday party that seems to
   for each question.
                                                                       go badly
                                                                       a little dog who goes to a
                                                                       birthday party
       My birthday party was supposed to be
                                                                       a joke played by Darcy on
   outside, so of course it was raining. All of my
                                                                       her friends
   guests were soaking wet. My presents were
                                                                       a party takes place inside
   soaking wet, too. I had planned some games,
                                                                       because of rain
   but my friends were acting strangely. They
   kept whispering to each other all through the
   party games.                                         5.   What is             ?
                                                                       a history book
       When it was time to open my presents, it
                                                                       computer software
   turned out that all seven of my friends had
                                                                       a book about maps
   bought me the same gift! How many copies of
                                                                       a board game
              software does one person need? It
   was hard to keep saying “thank you” and
                                                        6.   Why do you think Darcy’s friends were
   sound grateful each time. My friends seemed
                                                             whispering during the games?
   to think that the whole thing was really funny.
   They could not stop snickering.                                     because the games
                                                                       were strange
        Then it was time to open my present from                       because they were winning all
   my parents. Mom handed me a gift, and I                             the prizes
   ripped off the paper.            again! But Mom                     because they were all going to
   grinned and said, “Look inside, Darcy.” Inside                      play a joke on Darcy
   the box was a photograph of a puppy sitting in                      because they liked talking
   front of a pile of gifts. Underneath the picture,
   it said, “I’m waiting in the garage.” I raced        7.   Which of the following is an opinion?
   outside in the rain to the garage door. There
                                                                       Darcy received a puppy as a gift.
   was my new puppy, Snoopy, and the real
                                                                       This had to be Darcy’s best
   gifts my friends had bought me. What a
                                                                       birthday ever.
   great party!
                                                                       Darcy got eight copies
                                                                       of          .
                                                                       Darcy’s party was supposed to
                                                                       be outside.




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   For numbers 8–13, read the passage. Choose the answer you believe is correct
   for each question.

                                                            off in an airplane. Instead, the balloon was
                                                            floating up gently into the morning sky.
       Jamal climbed into the basket on that
   cold morning, and he shivered. The basket                    Soon Jamal, Dad, and the pilot could see
   tipped from side to side, and he gasped.                 far across the trees. “Look, there’s the lake!”
   While Dad was climbing into the basket,                  said Dad. Jamal saw a blue patch on the
   the pilot twisted something and fire shot                ground. Big Lake was suddenly tiny! The trees
   up into the air. Jamal jumped.                           looked like green cotton balls. The fields
                                                            looked like pieces of a quilt.
       “It’s all right,” said the pilot. “I’m doing this
   to heat the air in the balloon.” Jamal tipped                As the balloon floated on, Jamal felt less
   back his head. High above him was the                    and less afraid. He started pointing at things,
   opening of the huge, bright balloon. He looked           too. “Look, Dad, there’s my school! And
   over the edge of the basket. The basket was              there’s our house!” Jamal could see his
   tied with ropes to keep it close to the ground.          treehouse in the backyard, and the shed
   But suddenly, it started to rock and rise up.            where he kept his bicycle. The whole house
                                                            and yard looked smaller than one of his
      “Here we go!” said Dad, and smiled                    thumbnails. Then Jamal looked ahead into the
   happily at Jamal.                                        blue sky. The sun was starting to shine. It was
        Jamal bit his lip. “I’m not sure I am going         the perfect day to fly in a hot-air balloon.
   to like this,” he said.

      People on the ground untied the ropes,
   and the balloon with its basket of passengers
   kept rising up into the air. It wasn’t like taking




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   Answer the questions about the                      11. Which of these statements is
   passage on page 42.                                     an opinion?
                                                                   “I’m doing this to heat the air
     8. This story is mostly about—
                                                                   in the balloon.”
                      a boy who sees his school
                                                                   “Here we go!”
                      from the air.
                                                                   “I’m not sure I am going to
                      a boy and his father who
                                                                   like this.”
                      learn about flight.
                                                                   “Look, there’s the lake!”
                      a boy and his father who fly
                      in a hot-air balloon.
                      a boy and his father who
                      learn how to fly.
                                                       12. Choose a word to best describe Dad’s
                                                           feeling about the balloon ride.
                                                                   worried
   9.     Jamal’s house and yard look                              quiet
          smaller than—                                            excited
                      the lake.                                    interested
                      the balloon.
                      the trees.
                      his thumbnail.
                                                       13. Choose another title for this passage.
                                                                   “My House and Yard”
                                                                   “Hot-Air Balloon History”
   10. How can you tell Jamal is nervous                           “Jamal’s Balloon Ride”
       at first?                                                   “Fast Flying”
                      He climbs into the basket and
                      looks at the ground.
                      He gasps, jumps, and bites
                      his lip.
                      He smiles at his father.
                      He sees his school and
                      his house.




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   For numbers 14–19, read the passage. Choose the answer you believe is
   correct for each question.

                                                         As John walked from place to place,
                                                      he brought not only trees, but news, stories,
       There are many tall tales about the life       and books. When he stayed with a family,
   of Johnny Appleseed. But the facts may             he would read to them and then lend
   surprise you!                                      them books.
       There was a real Johnny Appleseed. His             John lived until the age of 71. By the
   name was John Chapman. He grew up with             time he died, he left behind 15,000 apple
   his nine brothers and sisters in Longmeadow,       trees and over 2,000 saplings for pioneer
   Massachusetts. John always loved trees and         families to enjoy.
   wild animals. When he was 23 years old, John
   began walking west, carrying only a gun,
   hatchet, and knapsack. He walked over 300
   miles. Sometimes he wore shoes, but
   sometimes he walked barefoot.

       As he passed the cider mills in eastern
   Pennsylvania, John asked if he could have
   some of the mill’s apple seeds. Then he found
   a piece of empty land and planted the seeds.
   He did this several times in Ohio and Indiana,
   too. When the seeds grew into            , John
   went back to dig up the young trees. Then he
   sold them to pioneers who were starting
   farms. These settlers wanted apples to make
   apple butter, cider, and vinegar. John gave
   away saplings for free to people who wanted
   the trees but were too poor to pay for them.




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   Answer the questions about the passage             17. Choose a correct fact from
   on page 44.                                            the passage.
                                                                  John Chapman planted trees
   14. Another title that shows the main idea
                                                                  all over America.
       of this passage is—
                                                                  John Chapman brought apple
                      “John Chapman, Hiker.”
                                                                  trees to Pennsylvania, Ohio,
                      “The Man Who Walked
                                                                  and Indiana.
                      Across America.”
                                                                  John Chapman planted over
                      “How Apple Trees Went East.”
                                                                  100,000 trees in his lifetime.
                      “John Chapman, The
                                                                  John Chapman was not
                      Apple-Tree Man.”
                                                                  able to read.


   15. How many apple trees did John
                                                      18. Which of these does this story lead
       Chapman leave behind?
                                                          you to believe?
                      300
                                                                  John Chapman played a big
                      2,000                                       part in helping pioneer families.
                      15,000                                      John Chapman probably did
                      50,000                                      not like books very much.
                                                                  John Chapman died a
                                                                  very rich man.
   16. Why do you think that John Chapman                         John Chapman was an
       grew trees?                                                unhappy person.
                      because he loved trees
                      and could also earn a living
                      growing them                    19. What is the meaning of the
                      because he wanted to eat            word         ?
                      apples all the time                         maple syrup
                      because he wanted to make                   tree sap
                      a lot of money
                                                                  a type of seed
                      because he wanted to create
                                                                  a young tree
                      more forests




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   For numbers 20–23, read the passage.                  21. Which are examples of
   Choose the answer you believe is correct                  sign language?
   for each question.                                               calling out the name of
                                                                    your friend
                                                                    singing a song
       Sign language is used by people who are
                                                                    waving        or
   not able to hear or speak well. They use their
   hands instead of their voices to talk. Their                     talking on the telephone
   hand signals may be different letters, words,
   or whole ideas.

       Sign language is used by other people,
   too. Have you ever watched a football or              22. Which one is another example of sign
   basketball game? The referees use hand                    language?
   signals to let people know what has                              rocking a baby to sleep
   happened in the game. Signs can mean                             raising your hand in class
   “foul,” “time out,” or can let players know                      running down the sidewalk
   when a play was good.                                            to school
                                                                    jumping rope
       Guess who else uses sign language?
   You do! You wave your hand for         and
             . You nod your head up and down
   to say       and back and forth to say . You
   point to show which way to go. Sign language          23. Which one is an opinion?
   is used by people everywhere as another way                      Sign language is used as
   of talking.                                                      another way of talking.
                                                                    Sign language is
   20. What is the main idea of this                                very interesting.
       passage?
                                                                    Sign language is used in sports.
                      Sign language is used by people               Sign language is done with
                      who cannot hear well.                         hand signals.
                      Sign language is important to
                      many sports.
                      Sign language is not used
                      in all countries.
                      Sign language is used by
                      people everywhere.




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   For A and numbers 1–5, choose the             For B and numbers 6–8, choose
   answer that shows the correct punctuation     the answer that shows the
   mark. If no punctuation is missing, choose    correct punctuation.
   the answer “None.”
                                                 B.   The store _________ on Fort Street.
   A.     My uncle lives in Paris France.                    wasn’t
                      .                                      wasnt
                      ,                                      was’nt
                      !                                      wasn’t’
                      None

   1.     Is that your house                     5.   We moved here from Seattle
                      .                               Washington.
                      ,                                      ,
                      ?                                      .
                      None                                   !
                                                             None

   2.     Mr Sanchez is a lawyer.                For numbers 6–8, choose the answer that
                      .                          shows the correct punctuation.
                      ?
                                                 6.   _________ you Jason’s cousin?
                      !
                                                             Aren’t
                      None
                                                             Arent
                                                             Are’nt
   3.     Don’t touch that                                   Arent’
                      ,                          7.   _________ walk on the grass.
                      ?
                                                             Dont
                      !
                                                             Don’t
                      None
                                                             Dont’
                                                             Do’nt
   4.     The old dog slept in the sun.
                                                 8.   _________ better at math than I am.
                      .
                                                             Youre
                      ?
                                                             Your’e
                      !
                                                             Youre’
                      None
                                                             You’re
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   For numbers 9–13, choose the answer that        For numbers 14–17, choose the answer
   shows a capital letter that is missing.         that shows the correct capitalization.

     9.               he walked                    14. Did you start school on _________?
                      to the store                             tuesday morning
                      to buy milk.                             Tuesday morning
                      None                                     Tuesday Morning
                                                               tuesday Morning

   10.                My aunt
                      is named                     15. Ms. Wu is my _________.
                      aunt Tilly.                              favorite teacher
                      None                                     Favorite teacher
                                                               favorite Teacher
                                                               Favorite Teacher
   11.                On our trip
                      to France,
                      we saw Roman ruins.          16. Isn’t that zoo in _________?
                      None                                     San francisco
                                                               San Francisco
                                                               san francisco
   12.                My mother
                                                               san Francisco
                      wrote a book,
                                              .
                      None
                                                   17. Math is my _________.
                                                               best Subject
                                                               Best Subject
   13.                My brothers
                                                               Best subject
                      are named
                                                               best subject
                      Jared and Jamal.
                      None




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   Read each item. For A and numbers 1–4,        For B and numbers 5–7, choose the answer
   choose the word that completes the            that is a correct and complete sentence.
   sentence best.

   A.     The _________ plants are               B.         Find we a map of this town.
          on the windowsill.                                I think us are lost!
                      more pretty                           We should have turned right on
                      prettier                              Mason Street.
                      prettiest                             Drive more slower so we can
                      most prettier                         find the street.


   1.     Please lend _________ your mittens.    5.         Basketball was first thinked up
                      her                                   by a teacher.
                      she                                   He needed a game for students
                      its                                   to play indoors in the winter.
                      they                                  He nails a basket to the wall and
                                                            made up a set of rules.
   2.     Don’t _________ in the hallway.                   I think him had an idea that we
                      running                               all can enjoy!
                      ran
                                                 6.         Bird watchers sometimes see
                      run
                                                            birds taking dust baths.
                      had run
                                                            The birds use the dust like
   3.     The vine _________ up the side                    them bathtub.
          of the house.                                     The dust helps they get rid of
                      climbing                              tiny bigs in their feathers.
                      climbs                                The birds is smart to do this.
                      did climbing               7.         The sunflower can be up to a
                      climb                                 foot wide.
   4.     Dr. and Mrs. Brown _________ the                  It’s petals are yellow.
          school last Monday.                               They stem of this flower
                                                            is very tall.
                      visiting
                                                            Some sunflowers is twice
                      visit
                                                            as tall as children.
                      visits
                      visited


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   Read the essay. Use the information to               26. How could Sentences 7 and 8 best be
   answer questions 24–27.                                  joined together?
                                                                   Really the color of ice, most
       (1) Snowflakes look like white stars falling
                                                                   snow looks white.
   from the sky. (2) But there have been times
                                                                   The color of ice, most snow
   when snow has looked red, green, yellow, and
                                                                   is really white.
   even black. (3) Black snow in France one year.
                                                                   Most snow looks white and it
   (4) Another year, gray snow fell in Japan.
                                                                   is really the color of ice.
   (5) To make this dark snow, snow had mixed
                                                                   Most snow looks white, but it
   with ashes to make it. (6) Red snow that fell
                                                                   is really the color of ice.
   one year was made of snow mixed with red
   clay dust. (7) Most snow looks white. (8) It is
   really the color of ice. (9) Each snowflake
   begins with a small drop of frozen water.
   (10) When that water is mixed with some other        27. Choose a topic sentence for
   material, the result is strangely colored snow.          this paragraph.
                                                                   Think how it would seem to have
                                                                   colored snowflakes coming
                                                                   down around you.
   24. Sentence 5 is best written—
                                                                   Black snow in France scared
                      Snow had mixed with ashes
                                                                   the citizens.
                      to make this dark snow.
                                                                   Snow is always white, but it
                      Snow mixed with ashes was
                                                                   is really the color of ice.
                      how this snow was made into
                      dark snow.                                   Drops of frozen water
                                                                   make snow.
                      To make this dark snow, it had
                      ashes mixed with it.
                      Correct as it is




   25. Which is not a complete sentence?
                      Sentence       1
                      Sentence       2
                      Sentence       3
                      Sentence       4



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   For A and numbers 1–4, choose the             For B and numbers 5–8, choose the
   word that fits into the sentence and is       word that is spelled incorrectly. If all of
   spelled correctly.                            the words are spelled correctly, choose
                                                 “No mistakes.”
   A.     He is _________ with us.
                      anoyed                     B.           blankit
                      annoyed                                 crater
                      annoied                                 footstep
                      anoied                                  No mistakes



   1.     Please remember to _________           5.           sigh
          your homework.                                      merchent
                      compleet                                moral
                      compleit                                No mistakes
                      complete
                      compete
                                                 6.           league
   2.     The __________ is from the Ice Age.
                                                              hockey
                      glasier
                                                              meer
                      glacer
                                                              No mistakes
                      glaceer
                      glacier

   3.     Henry was in the _________.            7.           churn
                      hospital                                cottage
                      hospitle                                cadet
                      hospittle                               No mistakes
                      hospitel

   4.     Did you _________ the movie star?      8.           cristal
                      recognise                               faraway
                      recognize                               afford
                      recagnize                               No mistakes
                      recegnise




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                          For numbers A, B, and 1–8, choose the answer you think is correct.



   A.     Which of these words comes first in             B.   Look at the guide words. Which word
          the dictionary?                                      would be found on the page?
                      damp                                             arctic
                                                                                                 guide words
                      darn                                             ape
                                                                                           apple–assume
                      dale                                             aster
                      den                                              assure


   1.     Which of these words comes first in             5.   Which of these words comes first in
          the dictionary?                                      the dictionary?
                      tiger                                            trip
                      tin                                              trap
                      tiny                                             tip
                      tine                                             truck

   2.     Which of these words comes first in             6.   Look at the guide words. Which word
          the dictionary?                                      would be found on the page?
                      this                                             brute
                                                                                                 guide words
                      thirty                                           broken
                                                                                           branch–brown
                      thirsty                                          burn
                      thirteen                                         brake

   3.     Which of these words comes first in             7.   Look at the guide words. Which word
          the dictionary?                                      would be found on the page?
                      city                                             puppy
                      cider                                            pet                       guide words

                      cinder                                           protect               prize–pump
                      cliff                                            punish

   4.     Which of these words comes first in             8.   Look at the guide words. Which word
          the dictionary?                                      would be found on the page?
                      interesting                                      stress
                                                                                       guide words
                      indeed                                           strong
                                                                                   strawberry–stroll
                      insurance                                        straw
                      idea                                             strum

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   For numbers 9–12, choose the answer that      For numbers 13–16, read the Table of
   you think is correct.                         Contents. Then answer the questions.

     9. Where would you look to find the date                TABLE OF CONTENTS
        of Memorial Day this year?
                                                 Chapter 1: Choosing Your Breed of Dog ... 11
                      in a newspaper
                                                 Chapter 2: Selecting the Right Puppy ...... 42
                      in a catalog
                                                 Chapter 3: Care and Feeding of Puppies .... 58
                      in a dictionary
                                                 Chapter 4: Training Young Dogs ............. 86
                      on a calendar
                                                 Chapter 5: Medical Care for Dogs ......... 102
                                                 Chapter 6: Do You Have a Champion? ...116

   10. Where would you look to find a
                                                 13. A good title for this book might be—
       biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
                      in   a newspaper
                      in   an atlas
                      in   an encyclopedia
                      in   a math book
                                                 14. To learn how to teach your dog to sit,
                                                     turn to—
   11. Where would you look to find the                        Chapter   1
       address of a school?                                    Chapter   2
                      in   a newspaper                         Chapter   3
                      in   a telephone book                    Chapter   4
                      in   a dictionary
                                                 15. If you can’t decide what kind of dog
                      in   an encyclopedia
                                                     you want, turn to—
                                                               Chapter   1
   12. Which of these books would help you                     Chapter   2
       find out about becoming a pilot?                        Chapter   3
                                                               Chapter   4

                                                 16. If your puppy seems to have a cold,
                                                     turn to page—
                                                               42
                                                               58
                                                               86
                                                               102


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