4.7 Identify Similarities And Differences Between Events & Character's Experiences
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 4
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Becky studied her glow-in-the-dark toys most likely because they —were invented for use by NASA astronautscould be used in rooms without windowswere not popular before Glo-Sheets were inventedprovided light when no other source was available60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q2The author describes events in sequential order mainly to —explain how Becky thought of and created her inventionget readers interested in trying Becky’s inventionshow that inventing something requires time and patienceshow readers how to create their own Glo-Sheets60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q3What effect did the newspaper article about Becky’s invention have?It helped people learn about a useful new product.It encouraged Becky to think about how others could benefit from her invention.It gave Becky ideas for ways to use plastic and other materials.It prevented other people from copying Becky’s idea.60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q4Read this sentence from paragraph 5. What does this sentence suggest about Becky’s father?He was the person responsible for his daughter’s success.He was willing to support his daughter’s idea.He wanted to share the credit for his daughter’s invention.He was familiar with the methods used by successful scientists.60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q5How was Dahl’s career at the oil company similar to his military career?Both careers presented Dahl with opportunities to learn new skills.Both careers gave Dahl experience as a spy.Both careers put Dahl in dangerous situations.Both careers required Dahl to have excellent writing skills.60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q6The author included the information about Dahl becoming a father to explain —why Dahl was inspired to write children’s literaturewhen Dahl decided to become a writerhow Dahl’s children helped him improve his storieswhat types of stories Dahl most enjoyed writing60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q7The author organizes the selection by —describing Dahl’s life from his childhood through his adulthoodexplaining how Dahl’s job at the Shell Oil Company led to new discoverieslisting Dahl’s accomplishments as a writercomparing Dahl’s life as a fighter pilot to his life as a writer60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
- Q8Which sentence from the selection best shows that Dahl was a daring person?The mystery stories were quite popular.While Dahl may be best known as an author of famous children’s books, he also had an interesting life unrelated to his writing.Before he started writing, he traveled to other countries, flew fighter planes, and worked as a spy.Dahl soon learned that Africa had many new things to see.60s4.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Non-Fiction
