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5 - Characters

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Question 7

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Describe Smiling Shawn. What do his words and actions say about him?

Use details from the passage to support your answer.

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Read the dictionary entry. 

ordered verb 1. commanded someone. 2. organized something. 3. asked that something be made. noun 4. usual way of doing something. 

Read the sentence from the passage:

Every day at noon, Smiling Shawn walked to the restaurant at the end of his block and always ordered the same thing: a bowl of chili and a cup of hot tea.

Which meaning best fits the way the word ordered is used in the sentence?

A. meaning 1

B. meaning 2

C. meaning 3

D. meaning4

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Question 3

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Mark the boxes to describe the characters. Some rows may have more than one correct answer.

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Question 6

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Read the sentences from the passage.

“Why do you always play the same game, every day?” he asked.

“We don’t know any other games,” Maude said.

Smiling Shawn tossed her the ball. He hooked one long leg over the top of the fence and jumped to the other side. “I’ll teach you a game,” he said. 

What do Smiling Shawn’s actions tell about him?

A. He is loyal.

B. He is bossy.

C. He is friendly.

D. He is impatient.

Part A
Who is telling the story?

A. Smiling Shawn

B. the narrator

C. the sisters

D. Maude

Part B
Which statement best supports the answer to part A?

A. The reader knows only Maude’s thoughts.

B. The reader knows what all the sisters think.

C. The reader knows how Smiling Shawn spends his day.

D. The reader knows what all the characters are doing and saying.

Which sentence from the passage includes an example of exaggeration?

A. The girls played kickball with Smiling Shawn every night for a week.

B. Every night, Smiling Shawn walked his dog around the block three times.

C. The next day people’s mouths hit the ground in surprise as Smiling Shawn walked down the street to the corner store.

D. The other team took turns kicking the ball and running around the bases that Smiling Shawn had marked with four placemats from his dining room table.