BASIC READING QUIZ

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Answer the question below!

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its
heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was
taking to the nest."Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of
toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant,
"and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the
Grasshopper;we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and
continued its toil. Whenthe winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself
dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores
they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew.

1. What did the Grasshopper learn?

2. Explain how your answer relates to the story.
3. Write some list of difficult vocabularies.

The Monkey and the Cookies

A monkey put his hand into a jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold,
but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the
cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into
tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment.

4. What is the moral of the story?

5. Explain how your answer relates to the story
6. Write some list of difficult vocabularies.

The city will be enforcing winter parking rules from December 1 through March 31, according to
City Street Manager Joseph Parks. This includes alternate-side parking regulations, as well as
tow-away zones and handicap exceptions. Cars are to be parked on the south and east sides of
streets between the hours of 8 a.m. And midnight; and on the north and west sides of streets
between midnight and 8 a.m. This is to permit snow plows and emergency vehicles access to all
neighborhoods, as well as to keep rush-hour traffic to a minimum. Vehicles that do not follow
these guidelines will be towed at the owner’s expense, Parks said, with the exception of those
vehicles displaying handicapped parking permits.
 7. What is the main idea of this passage?
8. When should cars be parked on the west side of the street?

In criminal cases, the availability of readable fingerprints is often critical in establishing evidence
of a major crime. It is necessary, therefore, to follow proper procedures when taking
fingerprints. In major cases, prints should be obtained from all persons who may have touched
areas associated with a crime scene, for elimination purposes.
9. The main idea of the paragraph is..
10. The paragraph best supports the statement that

WHO I AM!

11. I had finally gotten used to being weightless. It became a comfortable feeling. I
especially liked floating by the window to see the planet Earth below.

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12. My father did not like to wear his crown. He said it was heavy and made his head
hurt. While I did not have a crown, my parents made sure I had a silk dress with gold
thread to wear for the coronation.

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13. The crowd began to roar as I made a few practice swings with the bat. The umpire
called to me sharply to hurry. I was not in any hurry to face the most famous pitcher
in history.

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14. I often work in the early morning when the light is best. The canvas has had time to
dry over night. When I start, I make sure all of my brushes are clean.

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15. I liked walking next to the covered wagon more than riding in it with my sisters. If I
got tired, sometimes my father would let me ride horseback behind him. In the
evening, Pa, my brothers and I would sleep under the wagon, while Ma and my
sisters slept in the wagon. I hoped we would reach the West soon.

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Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions. Each question will ask you
to make a logical inference based on textual details. Explain your answer by referencing the
text.

Gina looked in the mirror at the bright red pustule on her nose. She poked at it carefully,
afraid that it might burst on her dress. It was large and painful. The more she prodded it, the
larger it got. This is not how it was supposed to go! Gina thought to herself. Then she began
crying. Her mother yelled up the stairs, "Gina! Eric is here!" This news made Gina even more
distraught. Now her makeup was running and just as she feared, some of it got on her dress.
"Why me? Why today?" Gina lamented to herself between sobs and gasps.

16. Why is Gina upset at the beginning of the passage? __________________________

How do you know this?

17. Who is Eric? ______________________________________________________

How do you know this?

Iggy squinted as he tried to see through the holes in the ski mask. He could make out the
large bag on the counter. The frightened woman who put it there now had both hands raised.
As he took the bag off of the counter, Iggy tipped an imaginary hat to the woman. The jest
did not brighten her demeanor. Iggy exited the first set of doors but stopped in the vestibule.
Soon the windows of the building pulsated with blue and red lights. Iggy hurriedly walked
back into the building.

18. What is Iggy doing in this building?

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How do you know this?

19. Why does Iggy tip "an imaginary hat to the woman"?
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How do you know this?

20. Why does Iggy return inside of the building after having left?
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How do you know this?

Missy looked at her brother Kirk with burning eyes. Her hatred seared through him. Sensing
this, Kirk turned toward her and they met eyes. Kirk knew Missy well, but he had never seen
this particular expression on her face before and it startled him. He said, "Look, there's no use
wasting a bunch of energy fighting. Let's look for it. Where does it go anyway?" Missy
fumed at his nonchalance. She replied, "Look at the puzzle, Kirk. You can't miss it." Kurt
looked at the jigsaw representation of the Statue of Liberty that lay on the table. It was
composed of 2,500 tiny pieces, well, only 2,499 really. The red and yellow piece that went in
the center of the torch flame was mysteriously absent. Missy sneered at him and said in a
vitriolic tone, "I told you not to move the puzzle pieces, but you insisted. You said that you
had to have a better seat. Well, I hope you're happy, Kirk." Kirk ran his index finger along the
inside of his shirt collar. "Gee, Missy… I'm sorry," he murmured.

21. Why is Missy in such a bad mood?

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How do you know this?

22. Why is Missy specifically mad at Kirk?

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How do you know this?

Pam clutched the steering wheel awkwardly. The man in the passenger seat looked at her
from behind wireframe glasses and then looked back at his clipboard and made some checks.
Pam attempted to pull out from the parking spot slowly, but her foot slipped and she pressed
on the gas too hard. The car jerked back suddenly and she almost crashed into a parked van.
The man scowled at her and made another check on his clipboard. He said dryly, "Turn right
here." Sweat beads gathered on Pam's brow. She timidly exited the parking lot. Now she was
on a thoroughfare and was travelling 15 MPH below the speed limit. Traffic accumulated
behind her. The man made a few more checks on his clipboard and wrote a comment. "Turn
left at this stop sign," he said. Pam slowly turned left, but she did not stop. Several cars
honked, and then she ran over a curb and bumped into a newspaper vending machine. The
man hurriedly made several more checks on his clipboard and said, "OK, we're done here.
Please get in the passenger seat. I will drive back to the facility."

23. What is Pam doing?

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How do you know this?

24. Who is the man with Pam? ________________________________________

How do you know this?

25. What information is the man putting on his clipboard? _____________________

How do you know this?