HARVEY
English quiz.
Time: 1 HR
Total Marks: 30
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
Read the short story. Then answer each question.
The Book, The Girl, and the Closet
Brie liked to listen to stories. She liked all kinds of different stories.
She liked it most when she found someone to read to her, because Brie
did not like to read.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was Brie’s favorite book. She
liked to pretend, and act out parts of the story. One day, she noticed
the size of the closet while playing in the spare bedroom. The closet
was big enough for her to walk into and turn around.
“A closet is like a wardrobe,” Brie thought. She wondered if
she could turn it into a make-believe wardrobe. She decided to ask.
“Well, you’re right, nobody ever uses it,” Mom said. “What do you
want to use it for?”
“I want to pretend it’s the wardrobe in the
story,” Brie replied.
“It’s alright with me, but you’ll have to ask
your dad,” Mom said.
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As it turned out, Brie’s dad did not mind her using the closet
either. He did ask her to wait until he had time to fix the doorknob. Her
dad worried she might get
locked inside the closet by accident.
“I know, Dad” Brie said. “It’s foolish to shut oneself inside a
wardrobe…or a closet.”
Soon after he fixed the doorknob, Brie’s dad
found some left-over paint. On the weekend, he helped her paint the
walls inside the closet. The green paint made Brie think of the forest in
the story.
Brie’s mom found her a thick, white rug that fit inside the
closet. Her sister found her a fluffy, white pillow to sit on. Brie thought all the
white looked like the snow in the story.
Brie’s brother gave her his camping light. The light worked inside the
closet because it did not need to be plugged in. Her dad hung it in from
the shelf, so it looked like the street lamp in the story.
Brie bought a poster of a lion to hang on the closet wall. She thought the
lion on the poster looked like the lion in the book. Brie liked the lion’s
character the best. Now the
closet looked like a make-believe wardrobe.
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That night, Brie asked her dad to read her favorite story. She wanted him to
read it to her while inside her make-believe wardrobe. “The closet is not big
enough for two,” her dad
explained. “It’s your play space.”
She invited her mom inside the make-believe wardrobe to read to her.
“The closet is not big enough for two,” Brie’s mom explained. “It’s your
play space.”
Her sister and brother also agreed that the make-believe wardrobe was
too small for two. Brie sat alone on the fluffy, white pillow with her
favorite book in her lap. She opened
the book to look at the pictures. As she turned the pages, she began to
read the story.
“Time for bed,” Dad said as he
knocked on the closet door. Lost in the
make-believe world of
the story, Brie forgot how
much she did not like to read.
“Please Dad, just five more
minutes,” Brie said.
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Answer the following question.
1. Number the events in order. (5 marks)
Brie’s dad helped her paint the closet walls.
Brie’s brother gave her his camping light.
Brie’s dad fixed the doorknob.
Brie got lost in the make-believe world of the story.
Brie’s sister found her a fluffy pillow to sit on.
2. Multiple Choice (1 Mark)
What color did Brie and her dad paint the closet walls?
a. purple
b. yellow
c. green
d. blue
What color pillow did Brie’s sister find? (1 Mark)
a. white
b. brown
c. green
d. black
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What did Brie think the camping light looked like? (1 Mark)
a. The moon
b. A star
c. The sun
d. A street lamp
What animal was on the poster Brie hung in the closet? (1Mk)
a. A giraffe
b. A dog
c. A lion
d. A bird
3. Do you prefer to listen to stories or to read stories? Give one reason
for your answer. (3 Marks)
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4. Think about your favorite book. Explain why it is your favorite.
(5 Marks)
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Read each noun. Is it a person, place or thing? Circle the person, Underline the places
and the things. (3 Marks)
lawyer marsh ice rink radio board game
Joe Biden island canoe uncle forest
Wheelbarrow skateboard pinecone principal whistle
