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Test Description: Fiction passage for STAAR practice
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of these is the best plot summary of the story?
A
A boy and his father walk around and find a squirrel and a snake.Bob kills the snake. The next day they find another snake.
B
A boy, father, and Bob find a snake laying eggs. The boy is sad because the eggs are destroyed. Father realizes his mistake.
C
A boy, father, and Bob find a harmless snake, but father orders Bob to kill the snake. The next day they find another snake.
D
A boy, father, and Bob find a snake. The son wants to save the snake, but Bob kills it. Father realizes his mistake.
2) The conflict in the story stems from --
A
the father's and son's differing attitudes toward snakes
B
the dog attacking the snake
C
the snake laying eggs in the cornfield
D
the ground squirrels eating the corn
3) The author begins the story by --
A
flashing back to the previous day
B
describing the characters
C
explaining how cows tramples the corn
D
introducing the conflict
4) In paragraph 8, the father refers to the snake as his 'enemy.' What feelings are associated with the word enemy?
A
suspicion of someone harmful
B
worry about an invading army
C
irritation with a hostile neighbor
D
anger toward a personal opponent
5) The boy thinks the female snake did not fight the dog because --
A
she was not poisonous
B
the dog was too quick for her
C
she was waiting for her mate
D
she was trying to protect her eggs
6) The author develops the characters in the story by --
A
making them farmers who work hard on their land
B
making them father and son
C
describing their fear of the snake
D
showing their different reactions to the snake
7) Which line from the selection is an example of a simile?
A
His face was red in the blue wind of day.
B
I looked as the snake lifted its pretty head in response to one of Bob's jumps.
C
She was now limber as a shoestring in the wind.
D
We heard a ground squirrel whistle down over the bluff among dead treetops at the clearing's edge.
8) Which statement best conveys a major theme of the selection?
A
Animals can sometimes show as much compassion as humans.
B
Sons and fathers often disagree.
C
All snakes are evil and an enemy of humans.
D
Farming can be dangerous.
9) The father does not consider whether an animal is dangerous before killing it however the son __________________. Complete the statement.
A
thinks snakes should be respected for their beauty
B
acts without analyzing a situation
C
considers blacksnakes useful to farmers
D
considers whether killing an animal is necessary
10) Reread paragraphs 9-11. Which statement best shows how the narrator feels regret about the snake being killed?
A
I hated to see him take this snake by the throat.
B
Mother sun could not incubate it on the warm earth.
C
She was going to the sand heap to lay her eggs, where the sun is the setting-hen that warms them and hatches them.
D
He cracked her limp body against the wind.
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