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Read each selection. Then read each question that follows that selection. Decide which is the best answer to each question. Mark the circle next to the answer you have chosen.

1 Where does Lucy live?
  
By a meadow
In the city
Near a lake
On a farm
2 Paragraph 11 is mainly about —
  
what happens when Lucy tries to catch the chickens
why the chickens don’t understand Lucy
why Lucy needs to save the chickens
how far chickens can fly
 

3 How does Dad help Lucy catch the chickens?
  
He runs up fast behind them.
He sets out a bucket of water.
He calls each chicken by its name.
He puts out feed for the chickens.
4 Why are the chickens kept inside the henhouse?
  
To keep them from bothering the other animals
To keep them from trying to reach the hook
To keep them from chasing Lucy around the farm
To keep them safe from wild animals
 

5 Read the chart below. It shows the order in which some of the events happen in the story.
  
Four boxes: 1)Lucy gets water for the chickens. 2)Lucy opens the door to the henhouse. 3)Blank. 4)Dad helps Lucy catch the chickens.
  
Which of these belongs in the empty box?
  
Dad tells Lucy not to open the henhouse door.
The chickens scatter in many directions.
Lucy fills her bucket full of water.
Dad firmly hooks the door to the henhouse.
6 Why isn’t Lucy allowed to gather eggs from the henhouse by herself?
  
She might let the chickens out.
She might fall trying to reach the hook.
She might drop some of the eggs.
She might break the hook while trying to open the door.
 

7 Which of the following is the best summary of the story?
  
Lucy’s father comes home from town and sees the henhouse door open. He uses chicken feed to get the chickens back into the henhouse.
Lucy is too short to reach the hook on the henhouse door. She promises her father that she will never try to open the door by herself.
Lucy is not supposed to open the henhouse door by herself, but she wants to give the chickens some water. When she opens the door, the chickens get out. Lucy and her father must catch them.
Lucy helps around the family farm on a hot day. She sweeps the porch, gives water to the dog, and waters the flowers. Then she begins to worry that the chickens are thirsty, too.
 

8 Why does Dad go to town?
  
To buy some feed for the chickens
To get a part to fix the tractor
To sell some of the chickens’ eggs
To get more flower seeds
9 What will Lucy probably do the next time she thinks that the chickens are thirsty?
  
Realize that chickens don’t need much water
Spray water on the henhouse
Open the hook on the henhouse door again
Ask her parents to help
 

10 Look at the diagram. It tells about Lucy and her father.
  

A diagram about Lucy and her father.

  
Which of these belongs in the empty blank?
  
Catches the chickens
Sweeps the porch
Goes to town
Is too short to reach the hook
 

11 Which of these best tells about Lucy in paragraph 7?
  
She is tired of standing on her tiptoes.
She is surprised at the number of chickens.
She keeps trying to open the door.
She wants to see the inside of the henhouse.
12 Lucy opens the door to the henhouse because —
  
it is time for the chickens’ supper
she wants to give the chickens some water
her mother asked her to gather the eggs
she wants to play with the chickens
 

   

13 Where would this article probably be found?
  
A book of fairy tales
A letter
A journal
A magazine
14 What is this article mainly about?
  
The Burlesons raise horses in North Carolina.
Guide horses wear special shoes.
Tiny horses can be used as guide animals for blind people.
Horses have been guides for thousands of years.
   
15 Which of these will probably happen in the future?
  
Larger horses will also be used as guide horses.
Other animals, such as cats, will act as guides.
More blind people will have guide horses.
Little horses will no longer be trained as guides.
16 Why is New York City important to the Burlesons?
  
It is where they got the idea for guide horses.
They buy their guide horses in New York City.
It is the city where Dan Shaw and Cuddles live.
There are many guide dogs in New York City.
 

17 What happened before the Burlesons started training many horses as guide animals?
  
They trained Twinkie.
They trained guide dogs.
They visited with Dan Shaw.
They started the Guide Horse Foundation.
18 What does the Guide Horse Foundation do?
  
It matches people who need a guide animal with a guide horse.
It takes care of guide horses that have been hurt.
It raises tiny horses for people who want to have them for pets.
It takes people for rides in carriages in New York City.
 

19 How long does it take to train a guide horse?
  
Six months
One year
12 years
30 years
  
 
20 Look at the chart below.
  

A chart about guide-horse training. Four boxes: 1)Ride in cars and buses. 2)Go inside buildings. 3)Ride in elevators. 4)Blank.

  
Which of these belongs in the empty box?
  
Eat grass
Climb stairs
Live 30 years
Have good eyesight
 
21 Which word from paragraph 5 means the opposite of chaotic?
  
calm
knew
large
natural
22 Why does a guide horse wear tiny sneakers?
  
To keep its hooves warm
To make it look pretty
To protect its hooves
To help it walk quietly
 
23 What is paragraph 7 mainly about?
  
Where the Burlesons have their farm
What the Burlesons train their horses to do
What the horses eat during their training
How the Burlesons trained Twinkie
 

24 What is the main problem in the story?
    
The girls cannot think of a place to have meetings.
Carmen’s dog always chews towels.
The friends are trying to save money to buy sunflower seeds.
The cardboard house they made gets wet.
25 Read the first sentence of the summary below.
   

Summary: Carmen and her friends start a group called Friends Forever.

   
Which of the following best completes the summary?
   
They try to think of a secret place to meet. They find a special place to meet in the sunflowers.
They make a house out of cardboard to have their meetings. The house gets soaked in the rain.
They like to have secret meetings in different places. They once had a meeting under a bush.
They meet to think of ideas about something nice to do. They decide to give sunflower seeds to birds.
 
 
26 What do the girls learn in this story?
   
You may have to try several ideas before one works.
Baseball is something that everyone can enjoy.
Dogs are good pets for families with young children.
Every child should become a member of a group.
27 When the girls remember why their first two ideas will not work, they —
   
decide to make a tent at Robin’s house
wish Carmen’s mother had given Rex away
still want to make a house out of cardboard
are disappointed because they cannot think of an idea
   
28 Why are the girls walking through the field?
  
Robin’s mother called to them.
They are going to pick sunflower seeds.
They are looking for a baseball.
They are walking to Robin’s house.
29 The sunflowers in the field are important to the story because —
  
they give La Shonda the idea about where to have the meetings
the girls find Rex hiding in the sunflowers
they keep baseballs from going out of the field
Robin’s mother had a special place there
   
30 Why do the girls decide not to make a tent on the clothesline at Carmen’s house?
  
Carmen’s mother would have told them no.
Rex would have pulled the tent down.
The sheet would have blown away in the wind.
The kitten would have torn holes in the sheet.
31 Why did Carmen and her friends want to build a special place?
  
They wanted their own place to meet and talk.
They needed a safe place to put their cardboard box.
They wanted a good place to watch the baseball games.
They needed a big place to make a tent from a sheet.
   
32 In paragraph 13, which word helps the reader know what the word motionless means?
  
suddenly
still
carefully
sweet
33 Which sentence shows that the friends are upset when they cannot find a place for their meetings?
  
They wanted a secret place to have their group meetings.
“I forgot about that,” Robin said.
“Now what should we do?” La Shonda asked sadly.
Suddenly Carmen signaled for her friends to be still.
   
34 What do the neighborhood children often do at the field?
  
They plant sunflower seeds.
They read books to each other.
They play baseball.
They water the sunflowers and pull weeds.
35 What happens before La Shonda gets her idea about meeting in the sunflowers?
  
The girls listen to a bird singing in a tree.
Robin tells a story about when her mother was little.
The girls decide to make bird feeders.
The friends sit on a blanket in the sunflowers.
   
36 What is paragraph 9 mainly about?
  
How to make a playhouse in the bushes
Why Robin’s mother had tea parties
Why people hiding in bushes cannot be seen
What Robin’s mother used for a playhouse
  
   

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