Question 1 (1 point) Choose the best summary for the following passage.
Sunlight glinted faintly through the trees and danced through the window. One by one, the birds began their morning calls. Tufts, the cat, stepped gingerly across the bed covers to nuzzle Danika's face. Finally, Danika gave in and pulled herself out of bed.

Question 1 options:

Danika does not want to get out of bed.

Tufts awakens Danika.

It is morning and Danika gets out of bed.

The birds in the trees awaken each other.

Question 2 (1 point)
What is the best summary for the well-known story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears?

Question 2 options:

The three bears were the Papa, the Mama, and the Baby Bear. Their porridge was too hot so they went walking in the woods. One day a little girl with blond hair came to their house.

As a family of bears were walking in the woods, a little girl came in their house and tried out their things, using Baby Bear's the most.

The three bears left their home and Goldilocks came in. She fell asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

A girl went into the bear's home.

Question 3 (1 point)
Choose the best summary for the following passage.
On your mark, get set, GO! The runners zoomed off the starting line and around the first curve in the track. As they neared the straight away, a small yellow dog ran onto the course, yapping at the racers' heels. One by one, the runners slowed down and eventually all were laughing at the dog who would come in first place.

Question 3 options:

During a race, a dog ran on the track, stopping the runners from finishing.

None of the runners were able to finish their track race.

A yellow dog yapped at the heels of some runners.

All of the runners laughed at the yellow dog.

Question 4 (1 point)
Choose the best summary for the following passage.
Girls have many sporting opportunities available to them today. Many years ago, young women were not allowed to participate in sports like soccer, archery, and golf. Now girls are playing sports in record numbers and more and more schools are expanding their girls' athletic programs.

Question 4 options:

Most schools are getting bigger athletic programs for girls than for boys.

Girls have more options for playing sports than they used to.

Girls are getting better at playing sports.

Only girls are allowed to participate in soccer, archery, and golf in some schools.

Question 5 (1 point)
Choose the best summary for the following passage.
The Civil War was a difficult time in our nation's history. The southern states wanted to secede, or break away, from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States did not want a divided nation so southern troops fired on Ft. Sumter in 1861.

Question 5 options:

The Civil War began in 1861 when the southern states fired on Ft. Sumter in an attempt to secede from the Union.

Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union during the Civil War which began in 1861.

Ft. Sumter was the location where the Civil War began in 1861.

The southern states wanted to secede from Abraham Lincoln.

Question 6 (1 point)
All of the following are acceptable paraphrases for the following sentence, except for which one?
Janet Guthrie was born in Iowa City, Iowa.

Question 6 options:

The birthplace of Janet Guthrie is Iowa City, Iowa.

Janet Guthrie's life began in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City, Iowa, is the birthplace of Janet Guthrie.

Many people are born in Iowa City, Iowa.