ELA Quizzes: Week 16

Comprehension
Story: “Lunch Money”
Skill: Figurative Language (RL 5.4) & Visual Elements (RL 5.7)
Vocabulary: Greek & Latin Roots (L 5.4b)

1. Why did the author show the ten steps Greg
uses to make his comic books? (RL 5.7)

a. to encourage Greg’s friends to produce
their own small books
b. to tell how Greg became interested in
creating his own comics
c. to explain how reading comic books
helped Greg develop story lines
d. to describe the process Greg uses to
create a small comic book from one
piece of paper

2. What impression do the full-size illustrations
of Creon, Eeon, and Leon (on pg. 490) most
likely make on the reader? (RL 5.7)

a. They show Greg’s artistic talent.
b. They communicate Greg’s mastery of
color.
c. They prove that Greg should try a
different hobby.
d. They make the reader confused about
Greg’s success.
3. The illustration on page 491 presents Greg
as a… (RL 5.7)

a. haunted person.
b. thoughtful artist.
c. hopeless dreamer.
d. Superman look-alike.


4. The phrase below is an example of what type
of figurative language? (RL 5.4)

“...the inside pictures were strong...”

a. alliteration
b.
idiom
c. personification
d. hyperbole


5. Read the sentences from the passage. (RL 5.4)

“Greg’s comic books could stand up on one end all by themselves. These comic books were short and
sturdy.”

What does the underlined phrase mean as it is used in the text above? The comic books are...

a. handy.
b. useless.
c. unlikely to fall
d. successful.



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Vocabulary
6. What does the word mental mean in the sentence below?



Caleb had a mental picture of himself giving his speech.

a. colorful
b. detailed
c.
in a frame
d.
in the mind

7. What does the word record mean in the sentence below?



Andrea set a new record by running the race at the fastest speed.

a. promise made to the public
b. a goal that will never be reached
c. a statistic that has never been beaten
d. a problem that has many different solutions

8. What does the word feature mean in the sentence below?



Today’s talent show will feature the fifth-grade students.

a. educate
b. showcase
c. perform
d. consult with

9. What does the word episodes mean in the sentence below?


My grandparents used to listen to episodes of a story that was told on the radio.

a. songs
b. parts of a story
c. a time of illness
d. questions

10. What does the word developed mean in the sentence below?


Marta developed the schedule for her soccer team

a. condensed
b. destroyed
c. planned
d. released



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11. Which word best completes the sentence below?

That is a beautiful ______ of Angel Falls.

a. photograph
b. photoject
c. photometer
d. photoport

12. Which word best completes the sentence below?

One ______ is smaller than one inch.

a. centigrap
b. centiject
c. centimeter
d. centiport

13. Which word best completes the sentence below?

We used a train to ______ the goods across the country.

a. transgraph
b. transject
c. transmeter
d. transport

14. What does the word tentative mean in the sentence below?

Wanda and her family made tentative plans to go on a picnic.

a. with little food
b. without preparation
c. not fully worked out
d. never done ahead of time

15. What does the word persuade mean in the sentence below?

Dolores wanted to persuade her parents to let her grow a vegetable garden.

a. burden
b. convince
c. entertain

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d.
instruct