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Comprehension: Lesson 1 A Package for Mrs. Jewls
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Question 1
1.
What is the first important event in the passage?
Louis passes out balls during recess.
A truck horn honks and disturbs the students.
Louis starts cleaning up junk on the playground.
Students toss pieces of paper and pencils into the schoolyard.
Question 2
2.
This passage is told from the point of view of
Louis.
Mrs. Jewls.
a first-person narrator.
a third-person narrator.
Question 3
3.
Louis goes to Mrs. Jewls' classroom by
riding the elevator.
climbing up the stairs.
going down a long hallway.
walking across the schoolyard.
Question 4
4.
What causes Louis the most trouble in making sure that Mrs. Jewls gets her package?
Mrs. Mush is cooking mushrooms in the cafeteria.
The students cannot be interrupted while they are working.
Mrs. Jewls' classroom is on the top floor of Wayside School.
The delivery person must give the package directly to Mrs. Jewls.
Question 5
5.
What is the effect of this passage's point of view?
There is no main character.
The author is limited to describing one person.
The reader does not know the thoughts and feelings of any character.
The reader gets to know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
Question 6
6.
Which of the following is a clue that helps the reader determine the passage's point of view?
the use of quotation marks
the use of indented paragraphs
the use of pronouns such as I and we
the use of pronouns such as she and he
Question 7
7.
How does Mrs. Jewls solve the problem of letting Louis into the classroom?
She holds a spelling bee.
She opens the door for Louis herself.
She chooses her best student to open the door.
She flips a coin to decide who will open the door.
Question 8
8.
The end of the passage is ironic because
Louis has worked so hard to deliver the computer to Mrs. Jewls.
Mrs. Jewls uses the computer in a way that the reader would expect.
the third-person narrator describes the humor of Mrs. Jewls' spelling bee.
the reader does not expect Mrs. Jewls to use the computer the way she does.
Question 9
9.
How does the use of irony affect the passage?
It makes the reader sad.
It adds humor and surprise.
It makes the passage predictable.
It makes the reader feel sorry for the students.
Question 10
10.
At the end of the passage, Mrs. Jewls thanks Louis for
taking good care of her package.
picking up the paper and pencils.
putting the package where she wants it.
helping her teach the students about gravity.