Read the following summary from a teacher’s handout about huck, the main character in mark twain’s novel adventures of huckleberry finn.
huck runs away and travels on a raft down the mississippi river, where he meets jim, a runaway slave. huck’s distrust of people and his experiences as he travels down the river make him question what society has taught him. according to huck’s sense of logic and fairness, it seems “right” to jim.
how is huck’s character described in this summary passage?
he wants to leave the river and go home.
he listens to himself more than to others.
he does not like jim.
he trusts everyone he meets.
2.
which of the following is a nonprint source?
graphic organizer
novel
newspaper
photograph
3.
read the passage.
wood stands covered by striped awnings are everywhere. people stand in long lines to get on the rides. the most popular ride is the ferris wheel.
the place being described is .
a carnival
a park
the movie theater
a playground
4.
read the passage from anthem, by ayn rand. in this passage, the narrator is exploring an old, abandoned underground tunnel.
but we pulled at the grill (on the ground) and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom.… it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead.
what can you infer about the tracks described in the bold text?
they are subway or train tracks.
they are lanes on a highway.
they are long tubes of glass.
5.
an inference is .
using what you have read and what you already know to make a judgment about what something means
the resolution of a conflict
using what you have read to determine the most important idea in a text
a conflict
6.
an insight based on information that is not stated directly is called .
an inference
a supporting detail
fiction
a main idea
7.
a holiday party
a wedding
a cake-baking contest
a birthday party
8.
read the sentence.
some days i am so lethargic that i just don’t want to move.
what does lethargic mean?
artistic
hungry
excited
sluggish
9.
what can you infer from the sentence?
my roommate got home at 4 a. m.
the roommate is new to the area.
the roommate is a light sleeper.
something kept the roommate out late.
the roommate enjoys reading.
10.
read the passage.
jake stumbled in the dark, pushed his seat down, and tried not to spill his drink. if the line in the lobby had not been so long, he would have arrived to see the previews.
jake is in .
a playground
a park
a movie theater
a carnival
description