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Reading Test Week of 12/4/24 "Excerpt from.."

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9 questions

1

The following item has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B.
Part A
What is the main idea of the passage?

1

Part B
Which sentence from the passage supports the main idea in Part A?

1

Read this sentence from paragraph 2.
“He ran up and down the mossy rail; he whirled about it till he looked like a
little gray pinwheel.”
What does the phrase
"like a little gray pinwheel suggest about the chickadee"?

1

What evidence told the author that the chickadees’ nest was near the
fence rail?

1

Which detail from the passage
best explains why the author was “puzzled” as he watched the chickadees?

Switch to the story "Web on Wonder" and answer the following questions

1

Which detail from the passage
best supports the author’s claim that “Brown
spiders weave their webs at night”?

1

Read this sentence from paragraph 4.
“In the slanted morning light, the dewdrops on the threads were
sparkling diamonds.”
What does the metaphor in this sentence suggest about the spider’s web?

1

Which sentence states a main idea of this passage?

The next question asks about both stories that you have read.

2

You have read an excerpt from "Ways of Wood Folk" and the passage “Web of
Wonder.” Which two sentences describe ways these passages are alike?