1. What is the most appropriate summary?

a. Travis wanted a pair of shoes from the mall, so he got his friend Frederick to steal them.

b. Frederick thought he could get away with stealing shoes from the mall and he did.

c. Travis had no idea that Frederick planned to steal from the mall when they planned to buy shoes.

d. Travis tried to talk his friend Frederick out of stealing shoes from the mall, but when he did it anyway, he got caught.

2. An inference is...

a. Text evidence and what you know

b. Retelling a text

c. Guessing without evidence

d. Information written directly into the text.

3. What could be a good supporting detail for the following main idea:

"NEOM is a big new project in Saudi Arabia."

a. NEOM is cool.

b. Electric cars save energy.

c. NEOM will cost $500 billion.

d. Saudi Arabia does many big projects.

4. What can you "infer" by reading the passage below?

"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me. I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish

I just could hide somewhere," whispered Lily.

a. Lily can be a mean girl.

b. Lily can be somewhat relaxed.

c. Lily is probably somewhat shy.

d. Lily is afraid of everything.

5. When an author makes a point using explicit detail, he/she is...

a. being rude and vulgar

b. being clear and direct

c. using foul language

d. being unclear on purpose

6. Read the passage below:

Frogs and toads have some things in common. They are both amphibians. That means they live on land and in water

at different times in their lives. Both lay their eggs in water. They also have the same eating habits and eat insects with their

long sticky tongues.

On the other hand, they are different in many ways. As adults, frogs spend most of the time in the water, while

toads prefer land. Also, frogs have smooth skin and slim bodies with long back legs. Toads have rough skin and plump bodies

with short back legs.

What is the topic of this selection?

a. how different amphibians are

b. how frogs live

c. how frogs and toads are different

d. similarities and differences between frogs and toads

7. When you are expressing ideas in your own words to make a passage easier to understand and make meaning clearer,

you are:

a. Summarizing

b. Paraphrasing

c. Outlining

d. Noting details

8. It is dark outside at noon, so it's going to rain. This is an example of a(n)

a. observation

b. inference

c. fact

d. hypothesis​