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The Fly on the Ceiling

Quiz by Dante Paul

Grade 5
ELA
Pennsylvania Academic Standards

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  • Q1
    In “The Fly on the Ceiling” what is a problem that Rene has?
    He was so messy that he started losing things.
    He was a philosopher but he could not think.
    He couldn’t create a coordinate plane.
    He was so neat that every little thing that was out of place upset him.
    30s
  • Q2
    In the story what did Rene Descartes do for an occupation?
    Painter
    Philosopher
    Baker
    Math Teacher
    30s
  • Q3
    What caused Rene to feel under the weather in the story?
    Rene fell into the cold river.
    He never felt sick throughout the story.
    Rene ate bad bread and it made his stomach hurt.
    Rene had Covid-19.
    30s
  • Q4
    What line from the book shows that Rene was not feeling well?
    “It was so brilliant that he jumped out of bed and did a jig.”
    “Rene walked home. By the time he got there he was sneezing and wheezing.”
    “He couldn’t even find his soggy bread, which should have dried out but then.”
    “This might seem like a weird thing to think about, but Rene was a philosopher, so it was normal for him.”
    30s
  • Q5
    In this book, what initially inspired Rene to create the coordinate plane?
    He was messy and couldn’t keep track of where all of his stuff was.
    He wanted to keep track of where a fly was landing on his ceiling.
    He wanted to create something new to teach students in math class .
    He wanted to graph points for fun.
    30s
  • Q6
    Where was Rene Descartes from?
    France
    Germany
    Spain
    America
    30s
  • Q7
    When Rene cleaned off his floor, what problem did he face?
    He had so many items that there was no room on his floor to create a coordinate plane.
    He had nobody to help him place all of his items on the coordinate plane.
    Rene faced no problems in creating his coordinate plane on the floor.
    He didn’t know what to use to create the coordinate plane on the floor, because charcoal would rub off.
    30s
  • Q8
    How did Rene solve the problem that he faced in the previous question.
    He asked his neighbor, and luckily he was a painter.
    He went to the store and bought some bread.
    There was no problem.
    His neighbor went to the store and bought some paint for him.
    30s

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