RI.4.1
Quiz by PARCC
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measures 1 skill from
Measures 1 skill from
Track each student's skills and progress in your Mastery dashboards
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
12 questions
Show answers
- Q1Which statement from "The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" best supports the answer to Part A?"This helps maintain a hardy, healthy population of wild horses.""Genetically they are considered horses, even though they are now pony size.""Foals are usually born in late spring .... ""Many of the horses live in the marshes close to their best food sources."60sRI.4.1
- Q2Which statement provides the BEST explanation of why the Assateague horses have survived on the barrier island for so long?The fire department provides the horses with some veterinary care.The horses are protected when visitors drive cautiously.The townspeople have kept the horses as pets for many years.The horses adjusted to the island.60sRI.4.1
- Q3Which statement about how the horses came to live on Assateague Island has the MOST support in "The Wild Horses of Assateague Island"?The horses were placed on the island by the government.The horses were put on the island by farmers.The horses swam to the island after a shipwreck.The horses were native to the island.60sRI.4.1
- Q4Which statement BEST explains why the ponies travel from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island?On Chincoteague Island, there is more food for large numbers of ponies to eat.On Assateague Island, the poor weather is harmful to the ponies.On Assateague Island, there is limited space for large numbers of ponies to live.On Chincoteague Island, there is better grass for the ponies to graze120sRI.4.1
- Q5How does the author mainly organize the information in "Wild Ponies of Chincoteague"?by explaining events in the order that they happenedby stating a point of view and then comparing ideasby explaining the causes and effects of an eventby stating a problem and how it can be solved60sRI.4.1
- Q6Which statement BEST describes a difference between the information in "The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" and the information in "Wild Ponies of Chincoteague"?"Wild Ponies of Chincoteague" includes more information about how the horses first came to the island."The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" tells more about the work people do with horses."Wild Ponies of Chincoteague'' includes more information about how people feel about the horses."The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" tells more about what it is like to visit the horses.120sRI.4.1
- Q7Which statement describes a main idea of the article?Some people choose the yearly pony event as a special trip to take with their families.The pony swim takes place every year, and people come from all over the world to see it.Severe weather caused concern for the people involved in the event, but the ponies still crossed the channel successfully.People had trouble seeing the ponies because more visitors arrived than were expected.60sRI.4.1
- Q8What is a main idea of the article?George Washington Carver was a bright young man and an excellent teacher.George Washington Carver was recognized by Congress for his accomplishment.George Washington Carver learned about caring for plants as a young boy.George Washington Carver taught farmers how to improve crop production.60sRI.4.1
- Q9How does the author of the article use key details to support the main idea?by explaining how Carver studied nutrients in the soilby describing the farming conditions in the Southby telling how farmers became self-sufficientby showing Carver's attention to plants since childhood60sRI.4.1
- Q10Which sentence BEST summarizes "The Peanut Man"?Because George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers, he taught them how to replace cotton plants with peanut plants.Because George Washington Carver invented many uses for peanuts, they became a major crop in the United States.Because George Washington Carver used his interest in plants to help farmers become self-sufficient, peanuts became an important crop.Because George Washington Carver was interested in plants, he became a teacher who taught his students how to grow different types of crops.60sRI.4.1
- Q11How does the author use evidence to support the idea that peanuts had become one of the major crops in the United States?by explaining why crop rotation is good for the soilby explaining why growing cotton was harming struggling farmersby providing examples of products made from peanutsby describing the creation of a national group of peanut farmers60sRI.4.1
- Q12How did Carver become well known across the country?He spoke to Congress about the many uses of peanuts.He organized the United Peanut Association of America.He worked at the Tuskegee Institute.He helped people make their sick plants well.60sRI.4.1
