- 1. The author's purpose is to:
A) tell a story
B) try to sell kittens
C) teach manners
D) give information about kittens
- 2. What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
A) aabb
B) acbd
C) abab
D) abcd
- 3. How many lines are in each stanza?
A) 4
B) 20
C) 5
- 4. What is another word for 'eldest'?
A) elder
B) wiser
C) oldest
- 5. What type of literature is this week's Daily Review passage?
A) a folktale
B) a poem
C) a legend
D) realistic fiction
E) non-fiction
- 6. Quarrel and fight are examples of ____
A) synonyms
B) homophones
C) antonyms
- 7. The kittens crept in as quiet as mice. What figurative language is this an example of?
A) a metaphor
B) hyperbole
C) a simile
D) alliteration
- 8. Why did the kittens begin fighting?
A) They didn't like being swept out of the room by the old woman.
B) The snowy, stormy night was bothering them.
C) One kitten had something the other kitten wanted.
D) They were sleepy, tired, cold, and wet.
- 9. Write the contraction for shall not.
A) shalln't
B) shan't
C) shall'nt
- 10. Write the contraction for it was.
A) 'twas
B) i'was
C) it'was
- 11. In which two lines does the author use similes to describe the kittens?
A) 17, 18
B) 7, 8
C) 5, 6
D) 13, 14
- 12. What does the word 'anonymous' mean in this week's selection?
A) private
B) author unknown
C) secret
D) unnamed
- 13. What are the two simple subjects in this compound sentence?
Chase charged after the ball, but it tumbled to the ground.
A) Chase, tumbled
B) Chase, ground
C) Chase, ball
D) Chase, it
- 14. What are the two simple predicates in this compound sentence?
Chase charged after the ball, but it tumbled to the ground.
A) charged, ground
B) charged, ball
C) charged, tumbled
D) after, tumbled
- 15. The old woman finished sweeping the floor, and the kittens crept inside.
What are the two simple subjects of this compound sentence?
A) woman, floor
B) woman, kittens
C) floor, kittens
D) woman, inside
- 16. The old woman finished sweeping the floor, and the kittens crept inside.
What are the two simple predicates of this compound sentence?
A) finished, sweeping
B) crept, sweeping
C) sweeping, inside
D) finished, crept
- 17. She swept the two quarreling kittens right out of the room.
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
A) room
B) She
C) two
D) kittens
- 18. She swept the two quarreling kittens right out of the room.
What is the simple predicate of this sentence?
A) room
B) quarreling
C) swept
D) out
- 19. Thick, wet snow blanketed the frozen ground.
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
A) thick
B) snow
C) ground
D) frozen
- 20. Thick, wet snow blanketed the frozen ground.
What is the simple predicate of this sentence?
A) snow
B) ground
C) blanketed
D) frozen
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