Benchmark Passage Quick Check The Bigfoot Mural N

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Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. W
 hat is the passage mostly 3. Where did people in the town say
about? that Bigfoot lived?
A things to buy at a hardware A near their town
store
B near Montana
B an interesting piece of art C in a hardware store
on a building
D nowhere in the real world
C people who say Bigfoot
is real 4. W
 hat was the author’s purpose
for writing this passage?
D how to make big murals
2. R
 ead the example sentences: The
A to entertain readers with
legends of Bigfoot
mural shows Bigfoot helping a
building crew. This makes sense B to persuade readers that
on a store that sells hardware! Bigfoot is real
What does the word hardware C to explain to readers the tools
mean in this example? needed for painting murals
A houses and other buildings D to inform readers about
an unusual painting
B computers and computer
programs
C building supplies and tools
D art and art supplies

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5. W
 hy does the mural’s size make
sense?
A The mural is a large piece of
art showing a large creature.
B The mural is a small painting
of Bigfoot so it doesn’t scare
people away.
C The mural is medium-sized
artwork, which makes sense
for a medium-sized town.
D The mural changes to be the
size of the building it is on.

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Benchmark Passage Quick Check
Answer Sheet The Bigfoot Mural N

1.B Main Idea and Details

2. C Vocabulary

3. A Main Idea and Details

4. D Author’s Purpose

5. A Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions

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