Topic: 3.11-3.15 Comprehension of Text/Informational Text
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q 1/73Score 0Read this sentence from paragraph 4. This sentence helps the reader know that the train company —29has too much fooddoes not think Tama looks healthywants to find a new home for Tamatreats Tama well
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- Q1Read this sentence from paragraph 4. This sentence helps the reader know that the train company —has too much fooddoes not think Tama looks healthywants to find a new home for Tamatreats Tama well60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q2Throughout the selection, the author describes Tama as being —braveadventurousfriendlyclever60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q3Why did the train company decide to operate the station without workers?The train station was located in an area where people did not want to work.The people who came to the train station were there only to see the stationmaster cat.The train company was not earning enough money to pay people.The train company was unable to find a person who wanted the job of stationmaster.60sIdentify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
- Q4Tama has been given two cat assistants because she —needs more time to restneeds more time to eatis too famous to workis too busy to work60sIdentify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
- Q5The reader can tell that Tama is allowed to stay at the station because she —walks people to the trainattracts more passengerscares for other catssits inside the ticket booth60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q6Which sentence shows that people are interested in learning about Tama?Tama has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles as well as on television shows and in video clips.From stray cat to famous stationmaster, life is sweet for Tama!She walks around the station in her uniform and greets passengers.She spent most of her time at Kishi Station.60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q7In what way does Tama’s presence at the train station help the nearby town?People who come to see Tama want to move to the town.People in the town want to work at the train station.People in the town enjoy taking pictures with the visitors.People who come to see Tama often spend money in the town.60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q8The author wrote this selection most likely to —show the reader how cats are different from other animalsexplain why some stray cats like to be around peopleshare an opinion about why cats make great petsinform the reader about a special cat that lives in an unusual place60sIdentify the topic and locate the author's stated purposes in writing the text
- Q9Which section provides information about the rules of the contest?Arturo’s Desert EagleThe Great Paper Airplane Fly-OffKen Blackburn’s Simple Paper AirplaneThe Museum Display60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q10What is the best summary of the section titled “Arturo’s Desert Eagle”?After the contest a team built a giant paper airplane. It was based on the design of the winning paper airplane. A helicopter released the paper airplane into the air. After a short flight the paper airplane crashed into the desert.A team built a giant paper airplane. It could fly higher and farther than a small paper airplane. A helicopter was used to release the giant paper airplane into the air.Arturo Valdenegro won the paper airplane contest after several rounds of competition. He worked with experts at the museum to build a giant paper airplane. It was called Arturo’s Desert Eagle.A boy named Arturo Valdenegro won a paper airplane contest. Winning the contest meant that his airplane design would be used to build a giant paper airplane. The giant paper airplane was called Arturo’s Desert Eagle.60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q11The photographs included in the section titled “Ken Blackburn’s Simple Paper Airplane” help the reader —select the best kind of paper for making a paper airplaneunderstand the steps for making a paper airplaneunderstand how a paper airplane should be thrownchoose the best design for a paper airplane60sFollow and explain a set of written multi-step directions
- Q12One reason the Pima Air and Space Museum has a paper airplane contest is to —give people a reason to visit the museumencourage children to become more interested in scienceshow visitors that there are different kinds of airplanesteach children how to make objects out of paper60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q13What happened to Arturo’s Desert Eagle at the end of its flight?It was rebuilt to inspire other children.It got stuck in the sand.It was carried away by a helicopter.It broke into pieces.60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q14How is the paper airplane in “Ken Blackburn’s Simple Paper Airplane” different from the paper airplane Arturo made in the contest?It uses one piece of paper.It is folded many times.It has staples.It uses paper clips.60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q15Arturo won the paper airplane contest because his plane —flew the greatest distancehad the fewest number of foldsreached the fastest speedhad the most original design60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
