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Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements





1.Choose the statement below that demonstrates the skill of connecting.
A.I also came to the U.S. when I was seven, and I was also frightened.
B.From what I’ve read so far, I can tell that the author was a very determined person.
C.The narrator doesn’t say it directly, but it sounds as if her father was very strict.
D.This story takes place in a small town in the eastern United States.



2.The skill that involves trying to recall what you might already know about the topic, characters, or setting before you read a story is called ____.



3.Inferring means identifying the order of events in a story.
A.True
B.False



4.Click on the sentence that uses third person point of view.
A.Our boat arrived in New York just as the sun was setting.
B.Your parents brought you up to be an honest person.
C.From the moment I arrived, I knew life in the city was going to be difficult.
D.She had met other people like herself, but she was still quite lonely.



5.Name two elements of the setting of a story. ____, ____



6.Sensory details are details that appeal to the senses.
A.True
B.False



7.Who is the narrator of a story? ____

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the letter of the work or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word.




8.The storm clouds ahead look very ominous.
A.friendly
B.threatening
C.dark
D.lively



9.I called the electrician persistently.
A.repeatedly
B.calmly
C.only once
D.hesitantly



10.Follow directions meticulously.
A.spitefully
B.carefully
C.obnoxiously
D.indecisively

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