Level I

Leveled Reader Quick Check Hippo’s Toothache

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What was Harry’s problem? 5. What was Polly Parrot’s idea to

He couldn’t get to sleep. help Harry?
He made too much noise. tie a vine around the tooth
He had a bad toothache. tie a rock to the vine
He had a headache. fly away
tie the vine to Ella Elephant
2. What does Harriet suggest they
do about the tooth? 6. How was the tooth problem
fix it solved?
put ice on it Polly Parrot pulled out Harry’s
tooth with a vine.
get some medicine
When a mouse scared Ella,
pull it she ran away, pulling out
3. What did Milly use to try to the tooth as she ran.
help Harry? The rock went over the cliff,
a vine and out came the bad tooth.

a string none of the above

a rope 7. Which word is a compound

a rag word that is made up of two
smaller words?
4. What happened when the rock
parrot
went over the cliff?
terrible
Harry’s tooth came out.
louder
Harry fell over the cliff.
toothache
The tooth did not come out.
The tooth broke. 8. Extended Response: Tell
what you would have done
to help Harry.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Soup and a Sandwish

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why is the book called Soup and 5. In what order does the boy make
a Sandwish? his sandwich?
the boy eats a special bread, cheese, meat, lettuce
sandwich and tomato
the sandwich is a wish in the bread, meat, lettuce and
boy’s mind tomato, cheese
the boy is very, very hungry bread, meat, cheese, lettuce
the boy eats soup and and tomato
sandwiches for lunch cheese, meat, bread, lettuce
and tomato
2. What kind of sandwich did the
boy want? 6. What did the boy wish for at the
a grown-up sandwich end of the story?
a gigantic sandwich chicken noodle soup
a mountain-high sandwich a grown-up sandwich
with soup
all of the above
a meat and cheese sandwich
3. What did the boy use to cut soup with a peanut butter
the bread? and jelly sandwich
a knife
7. Which word would not describe
a sword the boy’s special sandwich?
a saw gigantic
a hatchet huge
4. What kind of cheese does not go make-believe
on the sandwich? thin
cheddar
8. Extended Response: What is
Swiss your favorite sandwich? Describe
Monterey jack the steps you take to make
provolone this sandwich.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Families

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What do you call your parent’s 5. What is a family tree?

mother and father? a special tree that grows in
aunt and uncle the family garden
niece and nephew a tree used for special
celebrations
sister and brother
a diagram that shows who is
grandmother and grandfather
in your family
2. What would your mother call her a diagram that shows when
sister’s son? you were born
nephew 6. Why do people study their
cousin family tree?
niece to learn about nature
uncle to find out their family
history
3. Your aunt is your mother’s
_________. to learn what a family is
cousin to plan for a party
stepmother 7. What is a relative?
sister someone who is related
niece to you
another name for a
4. Your maternal grandmother family tree
is _________.
someone who works hard
your father’s mother
someone who is a close friend
your aunt’s sister
8. Extended Response: Tell about
your cousin’s sister
the people who live with you
your mother’s mother and explain how they are related
to you.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Building a Bridge

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What is one thing that is not true 5. What is an overpass?

about bridges? a bridge over shallow water
Most are made of steel something that holds back
and concrete. water
They can be long or short. tubes filled with concrete
Bridges are cheap to build. a bridge over a road
Bridges can be made of rope. or railroad

2. How are workers building a 6. Why are steel bars placed

bridge able to work under water? between the girders?
Steel tubes protect them. to carry water over land
They use diving gear. to make the concrete
stronger
Girders take the water away.
to hold back water
Cofferdams hold the water
back. to connect the bridge to the
river bottom
3. What is the first step in building a
bridge over a river? 7. Which one is a low bridge built
over a swamp or shallow water?
Steel tubes are hammered
into the river bottom. girders
Steel bars are placed between piles
girders. causeway
Piers are built. gorge
Girders are put into place.
8. Extended Response: Tell why
4. What material was not used to bridges are important.
make old bridges?
stone
rope
wood
steel
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Healthy Me

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why is it good to wash your 5. How does the girl feel when
hands before eating? she is healthy?
to get rid of germs full of energy
to stay healthy happy
so germs don’t get in good
your body all of the above
all of the above
6. What is the girl’s favorite sport?
2. Why is it good to eat breakfast? swimming
It helps you think better hiking
at school.
baseball
It stops you from being sad.
soccer
It stops germs getting in
your body. 7. Read the example sentence:
She gets plenty of rest. Which
all of the above
sentence uses the same
3. Which of these does the girl meaning for the word rest
not do? as the example sentence?
get plenty of rest Did you rest after school?
watch television for hours Who ate the rest of the
wash her hands grapes?

eat healthy foods 8. Extended Response: Tell what

things you do to stay healthy.
4. What is the girl’s favorite food?
pizza
sandwiches
ice cream
apples
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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check A Visit to the Zoo

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why is the lion happy? 5. Which animal has a horn on

She has lots of room to its head?
move around. rhinoceros
She likes having visitors. turtle
She is playing with her cubs. baboon
She is eating dinner. flamingo
2. Why are there schools at the zoo? 6. Why are zoos important?
so zookeepers can learn They feed the animals.
about animals
They raise animals so people
so animals can be trained to can have pets.
do tricks
They teach people to care
so children can learn about about animals.
animals
They give people something
so volunteers have something to do on weekends.
to do
7. What is a lioness?
3. What is a volunteer?
a male lion
someone who teaches school
a kind of baboon
someone who takes care of
a baby lion
animals
a female lion
someone who works at night
someone who offers to work 8. Extended Response: Tell what
for free things you might learn at a school
at the zoo.
4. What is Fran’s favorite animal?
giraffe
elephant
tortoise
zebra
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Life at the Pond

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. The pond is like a small _________ 5. Which animal is a reptile?

river duck
city beaver
park water strider
world turtle
2. What skates on top of the water? 6. Where does a beaver live?
tadpoles in a nest in the mud
insects in a house made from sticks
fish on a big log
beavers all of the above
3. What part of the lily pad is 7. What is a tadpole?
under water? a baby frog
stems and flowers an insect
roots and stems a kind of bird
flowers and leaves a fish
leaves and roots
8. Extended Response: Tell why you
4. What is the same about ducks think so many different animals
and turtles? live near and in the pond.
They both hop on the water.
They both build houses
of sticks.
They both eat small fish.
They both sleep in the mud
in winter.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Childhood Stories of George Washington

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What is the most famous story 5. Why didn’t George’s mother

about George Washington? punish the stableman?
when he chopped down a The stableman was afraid and
cherry tree ran away.
when he told his first lie She was a very kind woman.
when he joined a fox hunt George told her it was
when he rode a wild horse his fault.
The stableman told her what
2. Which is true about the horse really happened.
that George took to the fox
hunt? 6. Why do people like to tell stories
about George Washington?
It was wild.
He is a very famous American
It was the best horse.
hero.
It belonged to the stableman.
He was our first president.
It had a bad heart.
He is a symbol of our
3. What is the most important thing country’s history.
the stories tell about George? all of the above
He was smart. 7. The opposite of to punish
He was always getting into is _________.
trouble.
to harm
He could admit when he did
to trust
something wrong.
to reward
He was dishonest and told
lies when he could. to change

4. A hatchet is a kind of _________. 8. Extended Response: Tell what

sword the stories show about the
character of George Washingon.
knife
clippers
axe
 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Bonk and the Big Splash

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What did Snag, Lurk, and Jupe 4. Why did Bonk say he swam
do to help Bonk so he could across the ocean?
go to swimming lessons? so he could enter
They taught him to swim. a swimming race
They gave him the things so he could help teach
he needed. swimming lessons
They said he would be so no one would try to
a great teacher. race him across the pool
They told him they wouldn’t so the other monsters
go without him. would think he was a
2. How did Jupe, Lurk, and good swimmer
Snag feel about taking 5. What are goggles?
swimming lessons? special eyeglasses to
sad wear swimming
angry something that helps
scared you float

excited something to put in

the water
3. Why did Bonk say his swim
trunks were too small? a way to learn to swim

He didn’t like swimming.

He didn’t really know
how to swim.
He wanted to get a new
pair of trunks.
He hoped Snag would
give him his trunks.

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Bonk and the Big Splash
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

6. Why did Bonk admit to Jupe

he could not swim?
Snag bet Bonk he could
beat him across the pool.
Jupe was quiet and just
listened to Bonk talk.
The teacher asked Bonk
to help the class.
Jupe called Bonk a
scaredy-cat.
7. Why did Bonk not get into
the swimming pool?
He was scared.
He didn’t like to swim.
He didn’t want to get
his trunks wet.
He thought it would be
more fun to watch.
8. Extended Response: Why did
Bonk decide to go swimming
the next day?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check How Glooskap Found Summer

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What problem did Glooskap’s 4. Why did Glooskap go south?

people have? to find Summer
It was always summer where to get help to fight Winter
they lived.
to bring Summer with him to
They needed to find fire to meet Winter
keep them warm.
all of the above
It was always winter where
they lived. 5. What happens when Summer
They grew too much corn and meets Winter?
it spoiled. Summer falls asleep when
Winter tells his stories.
2. Why did Glooskap travel north?
Winter chases Glooskap and
He wanted to defeat Winter. Summer away.
He wanted to hear Winter’s Summer tells her own stories
stories. and defeats Winter.
He needed to find Summer. Winter and Summer decide to
He got tired of living in his be friends.
village.
6. Why do you think this folktale
3. What happened when Glooskap was first told long ago?
found Winter? to explain why we don’t
Winter gave Glooskap a have winter
new coat. to show that people need to
Winter made Glooskap be friends
fall asleep. to tell people that they
Glooskap fought a battle should share things
with Winter. to explain why there are
Glooskap begged Winter seasons in the year
for help.

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Leveled Reader Quick Check How Glooskap Found Summer
continued
Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What does the word defeat

mean?
scare
challenge
fight
beat
8. Extended Response: Tell why
you think it is good to have both
winter and summer seasons.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Birds

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Which birds are fast runners? 5. What is true about both owls
pelican, toucan and eagles?
puffin, owl They have strong legs.
roadrunner, emu They have small wings.
eagle, vulture They have long beaks.
They have good eyesight.
2. Which bird can catch fast lizards?
toucan 6. Which bird does not have feathers
on its head?
vulture
eagle
cockatoo
vulture
roadrunner
emu
3. Which bird can fly like
hummingbird
a helicopter?
puffin 7. Which word is not a compound
word made up of two smaller
hummingbird
words?
vulture
pelican
emu
without
4. What can you learn about birds roadrunner
from this book?
rainforest
All birds have wings, beaks,
and come in different colors 8. Extended Response: Choose two
and sizes. birds from the book and tell how
All birds have wings and they are alike and different.
can fly.
All birds have thick, sharp
beaks that help them crack
open nuts.
All birds live in dry, warm
places.
 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Bonk and the Big Splash

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What did Snag, Lurk, and Jupe 4. Why did Bonk say he swam
do to help Bonk so he could across the ocean?
go to swimming lessons? so he could enter
They taught him to swim. a swimming race
They gave him the things so he could help teach
he needed. swimming lessons
They said he would be so no one would try to
a great teacher. race him across the pool
They told him they wouldn’t so the other monsters
go without him. would think he was a
2. How did Jupe, Lurk, and good swimmer
Snag feel about taking 5. What are goggles?
swimming lessons? special eyeglasses to
sad wear swimming
angry something that helps
scared you float

excited something to put in

the water
3. Why did Bonk say his swim
trunks were too small? a way to learn to swim

He didn’t like swimming.

He didn’t really know
how to swim.
He wanted to get a new
pair of trunks.
He hoped Snag would
give him his trunks.

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Bonk and the Big Splash
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

6. Why did Bonk admit to Jupe

he could not swim?
Snag bet Bonk he could
beat him across the pool.
Jupe was quiet and just
listened to Bonk talk.
The teacher asked Bonk
to help the class.
Jupe called Bonk a
scaredy-cat.
7. Why did Bonk not get into
the swimming pool?
He was scared.
He didn’t like to swim.
He didn’t want to get
his trunks wet.
He thought it would be
more fun to watch.
8. Extended Response: Why did
Bonk decide to go swimming
the next day?

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Monster Soccer

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Who did not practice with 4. Why did Bonk think he didn’t
the other monsters? need a team to play with him?
Lurk He could kick the ball hard.
Snag He could dribble by himself.
Bonk He could kick goals.
Uzzle all of the above
2. Why did Uzzle, Lurk, and Snag 5. What happened at the end
cross their arms when they of the story?
were talking to Bonk? The monsters won the game.
They wanted to stay warm. Bonk went home because
They wanted to kick the ball. he was mad.
They couldn’t use their The other monsters wouldn’t
hands in soccer. let Bonk play.
They didn’t like what Bonk The other team got more
was saying. goals than the monsters.
3. Bonk would dribble the soccer 6. Why did Bonk think everyone
ball. What does dribble mean? should watch him?
to move a ball with He would make all the goals.
small kicks He’s the biggest monster
to learn a new move on the team.
to make a goal He is very good at soccer.
to feel sad all of the above.

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Monsters Quick Check Monster Soccer
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. Why did Bonk have

trouble when he was
playing in the game?
He made two goals
by himself.
He wanted to go home early.
He didn’t know how to
play with his team.
He couldn’t find his
teammates on the field.
8. Extended Response: What
did Bonk learn about being
on a team?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Is That a Fish?

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why do you think the author 5. What other animal does an eel
wrote this book? look like?
to tell readers about all the a horse
kinds of fish you can catch a snake
to tell readers that fish can be a beaver
many colors, sizes, and shapes
a cat
to tell readers that fish live
in different oceans all over 6. What fish is large, flat and
the world sometimes has spines on its tail
to tell readers how to stay that sting?
away from dangerous fish a mudskipper
in the seas
a climbing perch
2. What is the biggest fish in a moray eel
the world?
a ray
whale shark
7. Which sentence is true?
great white shark
All fish can live out of water
elephant seal
for a while when it is cool.
manta rays
Some fish can breathe
3. What do fish use gills for? through their skin and live
out of water.
to swim
All fish die when out of the
to bite
water because they can’t
to breathe breathe.
to grab plants Some fish stay alive out of
water because they hold
4. Why would a seahorse grab a their breath.
plant and hide?
to pretend it’s a plant 8. Extended Response: Which
fish described in this book do
to play with friends
you think is most interesting?
to protect itself State two reasons to support
to sleep your choice.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Discovering Dinosaurs

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Where do scientists find fossils? 5. Why do scientists think the

in mud dinosaurs disappeared?
in sand No one knows for sure.
in rocks Hunters killed them.
in water No food was left.
They got too big.
2. Scientists think dinosaurs ate meat
if their teeth were _________. 6. Why do scientists take fossils
flat to museums?
dull to give them away
big to study them
sharp to clean them
to sell them
3. What is a fossil?
statues of dinosaurs put 7. How are dinosaur bones and
in museums other animal bones alike?
parts of living things size
protected in rock shape
things made by scientists weight
to look like animals
location
footprints made by large
animals in soft mud 8. Extended Response: Would
you like to be a scientist
4. Why is it harder to find older
who digs for fossils? Give
fossils than newer ones?
two reasons why or why not.
Older ones are smaller.
Older ones are bigger.
Older ones are on the top.
Older ones are deeper down.
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Extreme Insects

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Insects in this book can look 5. What happens if insects have no

a lot like a _________. way to protect themselves?
leaf They will be able to live
stick a long time.
flower They will stay away
from enemies.
all of the above
They will make new homes.
2. Insects are always in danger They will be killed quickly.
of _________.
6. What does not protect an insect?
getting lost
hard cover
being eaten
special food it eats
flying away
looking like something else
having no home
very big or very small size
3. What happens after an insect
shoots poison into another bug? 7. What do the fake eyes on
a caterpillar do?
The bug’s insides turn to goo.
find food
The insect flies off to
get help. help it see better
The bug flies away. scare away enemies
More bugs attack the insect. look like a big stick

4. What does extreme mean? 8. Extended Response: Describe

smaller than others what you think is the most
interesting way an insect
more than normal
protects itself.
to look different
bigger than all
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Alistair’s Night

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why did Alistair want Becky 5. You can tell that Alistair
to wake up? is _________.
to pet him playful
to feed him tired
to let him out lazy
to play with him old
2. How did Alistair feel about 6. What is a vase?
being put out? a game
upset a picture
happy a dish for food
scared a container for flowers
excited
7. Why did Becky get up?
3. Who is telling this story? She wanted to get food
man for Alistair.
cat She wanted to play
with Alistair.
girl
She couldn’t sleep.
woman
She was hungry.
4. Why didn’t Dan or Becky want
to get up? 8. Extended Response: Why did
Alistair want to sleep when
felt sick
Becky got up?
too early
too busy
wanted to work
 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Why Robins Hop

Name Date

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What caused the birds’ problem? 5. What would happen if robins

A fox met a mouse. couldn’t walk on the ground?
A fox chased a chicken. They would starve.
A fox met the birds. They would not have a home.
A fox chased a robin. They would be chased
by eagles.
2. The birds met to _________. They would learn
get rid of foxes to eat flowers.
protect the robins 6. At the end of the story, who
build a nest for the robins did the foxes chase?
keep the chickens from owls
the foxes
robins
3. Why was it easy for the chickens
fox to chase the robins? all of the above
They had short legs.
7. How do you think the robins
They could not run fast.
felt about Owl’s plan?
They didn’t know to run
upset
away from foxes.
sorry
all of the above
scared
4. What kind of tracks were
thankful
in this story?
rails a train runs on 8. Extended Response: Explain what
Owl’s plan was for the robins.
letters made by a pencil
marks birds make with
their feet
a joke someone plays
on someone else
 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Monster Snow Day

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What was Uzzle pretending 4. Why did Bonk think it

to do down the hallway? would snow?
ski It was gray and cold.
ice skate It was January and cold.
build a snowman It was winter and sunny.
all of the above It was raining and cloudy.
2. How did Bonk make snow? 5. Read the sentence: Bonk
He threw flour. stomps his feet. What does
that mean Bonk did?
He just pretended.
He ran fast.
He got ice cubes.
He pounded his feet.
He cut paper snowflakes.
He tripped on his feet.
3. After the monsters said they
He looked down at his feet.
were sorry, they _________.
went to bed 6. Why did Lurk, Uzzle, and Bonk
decide to say they were sorry?
walked away
They didn’t like getting
sat down on the couch yelled at.
played in the real snow They didn’t want to play
with each other.
They still wanted to be
friends with each other.
They wanted all their other
friends to come back.

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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What did the monsters do

when they went outside?
skied down a hill
built a snow monster
made lots of snowballs
all of the above
8. Extended Response: If it
snowed in your town today,
what two things would you
like to do in the snow?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Tian Tian, a Giant Panda

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why was it important to know 5. What would happen to

that Tian Tian was a father? the wild pandas if all the
He was like all other pandas. bamboo were cut down?

There were not many pandas They would all die.

left in the world. They would move away.
There were too many pandas They would grow bigger.
where Tian Tian was born. They would start to
He was a good father. eat trees.
2. Where would wild pandas live? 6. How did Tian Tian stay strong?
in China by sleeping
near cities by living in the zoo
in America by lifting heavy boxes
on beaches by playing with toys
and in trees
3. What does survive mean?
to cut down 7. How much does Tian Tian
weigh?
to stay alive
60 pounds
to have fur
100 pounds
to build
275 pounds
4. What kind of animal is a panda?
500 pounds
cat
8. Extended Response: Explain
bear one way that Tian Tian is
beaver like you and one way that
he is different from you.
raccoon

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Monster Music

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. How was Jupe’s problem of 4. Why did Jupe have to

wanting a real piano solved? stop playing the first
The storeowner wanted piano she tried?
to be nice to Jupe, so he Someone bought the piano.
bought her a piano. She wanted to try a
Jupe helped sell pianos, bigger one.
so the storeowner bought The storeowner told her
her a piano. to stop.
Jupe practiced playing the Lurk thought she couldn’t
piano more, so her parents play right.
bought her a piano.
5. What was it like in the store
Lurk paid the storeowner
when Lurk and Jupe first
money for a piano for Jupe.
walked into it?
2. Who were the main characters cold
in this story?
loud
Lurk and Jupe
quiet
the music store shoppers
all of the above
Lurk and Bonk
6. What did Lurk do when Jupe
the store owner
played the pianos in the store?
3. Why did Lurk and Jupe go into He learned how to play.
the store the first time?
He sang along with her.
to sell pianos
He got people to listen.
to look at toys
He would go outside.
to try a real piano
to meet someone

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Monsters Quick Check Monster Music
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What made Jupe happy in

this story?
Lurk sang along with her.
The storeowner bought
her a piano.
People in the store liked
to listen to her play.
all of the above
8. Extended Response: Explain why
Jupe gave Lurk her toy piano.

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check The Monster Pumpkins

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. In which season did the story 4. At the end of the story

take place? the monsters were both
fall feeling _________.

winter sad

spring upset

summer happy
hungry
2. Whoever lost the pumpkin
contest would _________. 5. What did the monsters
give the other monster do after they planted
10 dollars their pumpkin seeds?

grow the other monster They went inside to rest.

a pumpkin They got ready to bake
bake the other monster a pie.
a pumpkin pie They got water for
do chores for the other their seeds.
monster They went to do their
homework.
3. Why did Bonk have to cut
up his pumpkin?
to weigh it
to make a pie
to get all the seeds
to take it to the store

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Monsters Quick Check The Monster Pumpkins
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

6. What was the problem

in this story?
Bonk wanted to scare Lurk.
Lurk had too many
pumpkin seeds.
Bonk and Lurk wanted
to make the best pie.
Lurk and Bonk both wanted
the biggest pumpkin.
7. What does it mean for a seed
to sprout?
to get planted
to turn into pie
to start to grow
to make lots of pumpkins
8. Extended Response: What did
Lurk and Bonk decide about
the contest when the pumpkins
weighed the same?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Mike’s Good Bad Day

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why did Mike look like a 4. Where was Mike’s frosting?

pumpkin? at school
He spilled orange punch in the car
on his shirt.
at his house
He put a pumpkin over his
head. in his backpack
He wore a pumpkin 5. Why did Mike’s sister clean
costume. up the cat food for him?
He had on an orange shirt. He was crying.
2. At the end of the story, Mike He had to get on the bus.
was going to ____________. He wanted to go outside
go to bed. to play.
read a book He had to leave with his
mother.
play a game
6. Why did Mike laugh when his
help his sister
sister tripped over Tiger’s bowl?
3. Why did Mike drop the library because she looked funny
books?
because she had done it
He tried to carry too many. before
Someone knocked into him. because he didn’t know
He picked one that was how she did it
very big. because he had done the
He wasn’t watching what same thing in the morning
he was doing.

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Leveled Reader Quick Check Mike’s Good Bad Day
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. Why was Mike happy about

his day?
Lots of nice people helped
him.
He had good luck during
the day.
He won the big pumpkin
contest.
He got everything he
wanted done.
8. Extended Response: How has
someone helped you in the
past day or two?

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check Monster Moving Day

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What was Bonk’s problem 4. Bonk had a tennis ball

in this story? collection. What is a collection?
He didn’t want to work late. a group of things that
His house was too crowded. someone keeps

He had too many friends. something that someone

gives away
He got mad a Jupe.
a thing that someone
2. Why did Bonk like his invents
first house?
a place to hide special
It had a creaky floor. things
It was next to his friends. 5. Why did Jupe think Bonk
It had secret hiding places. should move?
all of the above He wouldn’t have to drive
to work.
3. Why did Bonk say, “Now I
have space,” after he moved So he could keep all his
back to his old house? pets in his house.

He had a bigger house. So he would have room

for his collections.
He bought a lot of new
things. He could be closer to
where his friends lived.
He didn’t have so many
things.
He put lots of things in
the basement.

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Monsters Quick Check Monster Moving Day
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

6. Why didn’t Bonk stay in his

new house?
It had too much space.
It didn’t have a kitchen.
It was too scary for him.
It didn’t seem right to him.
7. What did Bonk take to
Jupe’s house?
a story to read
stuffed bunnies
a dinner he cooked
a picture he had painted
8. Extended Response: Explain
how Bonk solved his problem
so he could move back to his
old house.

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check How to Make Paper

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What was this book mostly about? 4. What do you do after you pour
how to color paper the pulp into a pan?

how to make paper slide the frame with panty

hose into the pan
how to make wood into paper
turn on the blender and
how to mix paper in a blender mix up the paper
2. What should you do next if your get all the things you
mixed paper looks watery? need together
add water mix water into the blender
dry it on a frame 5. What are supplies?
add more torn paper old paper
all of the above things you need
3. What can you do with the a thing that mixes
paper you make?
something put into
draw a picture a blender
write a letter 6. Why would anyone want to
make a card learn how to make paper?
all of the above to have fun making it
to teach someone how
to make it
to use the paper that’s made
all of the above

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Leveled Reader Quick Check How to Make Paper
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What do you have to do

before you blend the
paper in the blender?
tear old paper into
small pieces
drain the water off
the paper
mix color into your paper
let the paper dry
8. Extended Response: If you
made paper, what would
you do with it?

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 Level I
Monsters Quick Check A Broken Leg for Bonk

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What happened to Bonk after 4. Why was Lurk happy the

he was swinging? bell was gone at the end
He played on the slide. of the story?

He went to find his friend. He wanted to take the

bell home with him.
He fell off and broke
his leg. The bell made a loud sound
and hurt his ears.
He and Lurk went to
the sand pit. He didn’t want Bonk to try
to make music with it.
2. What did Lurk do when
He wouldn’t have to do
Bonk rang the bell?
things when Bonk rang it.
played checkers with Bonk
5. What is an apology?
baked Bonk a cherry pie
when something is
brought Bonk ice cream hard to do
all of the above when a person hurts
3. While Bonk was swinging, he him or herself
wanted Lurk to _________. when someone says he
go away or she is sorry

swing with him when someone tells

someone else what
get him a snack to do
push him harder

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Monsters Quick Check A Broken Leg for Bonk
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

6. Why did Bonk like to ring

the bell?
The bell made a nice sound.
Lurk would do things
for him.
He could make up new
songs with the bell.
All his friends would
come play with him.
7. If Bonk were to go swinging
again, what do you think he
wouldn’t do?
ask Lurk to push him harder
hold on to the swing tightly
sit carefully on the swing
all of the above
8. Extended Response: Explain
why Lurk said Bonk was
being bossy.

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check The Magic Bike

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Where did the magic bike go 4. What is a contest?

after Jayden got on it and said when you compete for
the magic word? a prize
up the wall and on the when you try something
ceiling magic
down the street to the when you learn to do
school something new
up into the air and into when you get a gift in
a tree the mail
onto the roof of his house
5. How did Jayden feel when
2. Jayden thought it was the magic bike first took off
strange to win a contest on its own?
because _________. sad
he didn’t want a prize upset
he didn’t tell his parents bored
he didn’t enter a contest excited
he knew that he had won
6. What did Jayden do after he
3. What did Jayden have to do got off the magic bike?
to make the bike be magic? rode to his friend’s
count to 100 put it back in the box
stand on his head told his dad to try it out
press a magic button called his mom into
say a-bra-ca-da-bra the room
backward

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Leveled Reader Quick Check The Magic Bike
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. Before Jayden got the big box

he _________.
got a letter
sent the bike back
rode the new bike
told his parents he’d won
8. Extended Response: Explain
why Jayden decided to send
back the bike.

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Winter Vacation

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What problem did Denise have 5. What helped Denise solve

in this story? her problem?
She didn’t have any friends. watching television
She wanted to go to school. reading a book
She didn’t have anything going for a walk
to do. solving a puzzle
She was waiting for her
6. What did Denise do after
Dad to come home.
she called her friends?
2. What did Denise’s friends put a blanket on the floor
think of her game?
got a wooden spoon
It was boring.
got out a big pad of paper
It was scary.
all of the above
It was fun.
7. At the beginning of the story,
It was hard.
Denise was hoping for ________.
3. What did Denise want to do? snow
play hopscotch a present
play talent show her friend to call
play bingo all of the above
play cards
8. Extended Response: Explain one
4. What does squeals mean? reason why Denise would be
to make a loud sound happy at the end of the story.

to run very fast

to play a game
to give directions

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check The Three Little Pigs

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What happened before the 4. When the wolf huffed and

pigs built their houses? puffed he _________.
a They all ate lunch together. a ran away
b They ran into the woods. b talked to the pigs
c They left home. c blew very hard
d The wolf blew down d didn’t know what to do
the houses.
5. Which event happened first?
2. Why did the third pig build a Two pigs rolled down a hill.
a brick house?
b The wolf blew the straw
a It was prettier.
house down.
b It was bigger. c The pigs worked together
c It was stronger. to build the brick house.
d. It was by the river. d The wolf blew down the
brick house.
3. Why did the wolf likely want
to get into the pigs’ houses? 6. What did the first pig do after
a to play games he built his house?

b to help them paint a He sat down to eat lunch.

c to sleep on their beds b He told his mother goodbye.

c He decided to take a nap.
d to eat the pigs
d He went to visit his brothers.

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Leveled Reader Quick Check The Three Little Pigs
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What happened at the end

of the story?
a The wolf ran home.
b The first pig went back
to his mother’s house.
c The wolf decided to be
nice to the pigs.
d The three pigs all stayed
in the brick house.
8. Extended Response: Why
was the wolf lying down
at the end of the story?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Hibernation

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Which of these animals does 5. Hibernating animals try to

not hibernate? stay safe from predators.
a bear What are predators?
a cold habitats
b skunk
c deer b certain kinds of bears
c bats that live in dens
d snake
and caves
2. A hibernating animal lives off
_________ while it sleeps. d animals that hunt other
animals
a oxygen
6. Why do hibernating animals
b caves wake up in the spring?
c food a They can find food
d fat more easily.
3. Why do some animals hibernate? b They do not want to sleep.
a They hate cold weather. c They like warm weather.

b Food is hard to find. d All of the above

c The animals get sleepy. 7. How does an animal’s body
change during hibernation?
d Fat tastes better than food.
a The animal’s breathing slows.
4. What does an animal do while
it is hibernating? b The animal’s heartbeat slows.
a eat c The animal is in a deep sleep.

b walk d All of the above

c breathe 8. Extended Response: How might
an animal look different at the
d hunt
beginning of hibernation than
at the end? Explain.
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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check The 100th Day Project

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why did Leticia need 4. Who helped Leticia with

100 things? her project?
a She needed 100 things for a her friends
a school project. b her teacher
b She wanted to have more c her mother
things than her friends.
d her grandfather
c She owed her best friend
100 things. 5. Where was Leticia at the
beginning of the story?
d She wanted to trade the
things for candy. a home

2. After Leticia drew 100 squares b school

on her paper she _________. c forest
a went home d playground
b called her best friend 6. Why did Leticia write very
c bought a book small in the books?
d made tiny books a The books were small.

3. What does celebrate mean? b She liked to write small.

a to work hard c She thought it looked better.

b to do something special d She didn’t want anyone to

read them.
c to make something
d to bring a present

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Leveled Reader Quick Check The 100th Day Project
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. What does Leticia love

about books?
a the titles
b the covers
c the stories
d all of the above
8. Extended Response: What
would you like a book to
say about you?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Arthur’s Bad News Day

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What is Arthur’s life not like at 5. Read this sentence: It starts

the beginning of the book? my day on a happy note.
a great Which sentence uses the same
meaning for the word note?
b boring
a The trumpet player hit
c happy a high note.
d fun b The story ended on
2. What things does Arthur a sad note when the
like about each day? puppy ran away.

a He loves his cereal. 6. A synonym for great is:

b He likes playing with his dog. a fantastic

c He gets to watch TV. b terrible

d None of the above c boring

3. What do Arthur and his d play

friend Jeff both have? 7. What makes Arthur change
a They both have bikes. his mind about his sister?
b They both like pancakes. a She cries and kicks.

c They both have baby sisters. b She falls asleep on his lap.

d All of the above c She smiles at him.

4. What does Arthur not want d She holds on to his finger.

to share? 8. Extended Response: Tell
a Mom about a time you didn’t want
to share but had to anyway.
b Dad
c his room
d all of the above

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why did Goldilocks break Wee 4. What can you tell from
Baby Bear’s chair? the picture on page 11?
a It was in her way. a The bears are upset.
b She jumped on it. b The bears are happy.
c She was too heavy for it. c The bears want to
d She didn’t want anyone
go to sleep.
to sit on it. d The bears didn’t like
their porridge.
2. What did the bears see first
when they came home? 5. Why did Goldilocks jump
a Goldilocks in bed out of the bed when she
saw the bears?
b the broken chair
a She was hungry.
c a window open
b She was angry.
d the porridge was eaten
c She wanted to play.
3. Why did Goldilocks say “Shhh!”
d She was scared.
when she heard the bears?
6. What does medium mean?
a She didn’t like the bears.
a in the middle
b She wanted dinner.
b close by
c She wanted to sleep.
c at the bottom
d She wanted the bears
to go away. d the biggest

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Leveled Reader Quick Check Goldilocks and the Three Bears
continued
Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. The small bed was _________.

a bigger
b too little
c just right
d too hard
8. Extended Response: Why
did Goldilocks never go
back to the bears’ house?

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 Level I
Leveled Reader Quick Check Goldilocks and the Other Three Bears

Name ________________________________________________ Date ______________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What does returned mean? 4. Why did Goldilocks jump

a to find out of the bed when she
saw the Bears?
b to come back
a She was hungry.
c to run away
b She was angry.
d to get closer
c She wanted to.
2. What did Goldilocks do after
d She was scared.
she sat in Baby Bear’s chair?
a She said, “This chair is 5. Why did Goldilocks walk
just right.” into the house?
a She was lost.
b She ate porridge.
c She sat in the big chair. b No one answered the door.
c She wanted to go to sleep.
d She went into the house.
d She heard the bears.
3. How was this story different
from most Goldilocks stories? 6. What can you tell from the
a Goldilocks ate some picture on page 11?
porridge. a The Bears are upset.
b The Bears were people. b The Bears are curious.
c The smallest Bear’s bed c The Bears are happy.
was just right. d The Bears want to eat
d Goldilocks ran away at their porridge.
the end.

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Leveled Reader Quick Check Goldilocks and the Other Three Bears
continued
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

7. Baby Bear’s chair broke

because _________.
a Goldilocks sat down
too hard
b the chair was bent
c Goldilocks was too heavy
d no one sat in the chair
8. Extended Response: Where do
you think Goldilocks ran after
the story ended? Explain why.

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 Fiction • Level I
Benchmark Quick Check On Vacation

Name ______________________________________________________ Date ___________________

1. According to the story, what time of year

Comprehension Analysis:
do the girls visit Grammy?
Text-based: ____/3
(text-based) summer Inference: ____/1
Critical Response ____/1
2. What is the color of Grammy’s new house? Total Comprehension: _____%
(text-based) purple
Comprehension Level (circle one)
3. Why do the girls in the story think their Grammy
Independent – 95% - 100%
is cool?
Instructional – 80% - 90%
(text-based) She does things that most grammies don’t do. Frustrational – 75% and below

4. Do you think the girls like visiting their Grammy?

How do you know?
(inference) Yes, they have fun with her; the older sister seems excited when she talks to Grammy.

5. What are some things you do to have fun with someone special?
(critical response) any appropriate response

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 Nonfiction • Level I
Benchmark Quick Check Land and Water

Name ______________________________________________________ Date ___________________

1. What is Earth mostly covered by?

Comprehension Analysis:
(text-based) water, oceans Text-based: ____/3
Inference: ____/1
2. How are mountains and valleys different from Critical Response ____/1
each other? Total Comprehension: _____%
(inference) Mountains are land that is high; valleys
are land that is low. Comprehension Level (circle one)
Independent – 95% - 100%
3. According to the book Land and Water, what does
Instructional – 80% - 90%
fresh water mean?
Frustrational – 75% and below
(text-based) water that is not salty

4. Name one thing streams and rivers flow into.

(text-based) ponds, lakes, oceans

5. Explain what happens to streams when a large amount of snow melts.

(critical response) Streams flood; more water from the streams flows into rivers, ponds, lakes,
and oceans.

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 Leveled Reader Quick Check Answers Level I
Stories listed alphabetically
Alistair’s Night Families Soup and a Sandwish
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. b 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. d 1. b 2. d 3. c 4. d
5. a 6. d 7. c 5. c 6. b 7. a 5. a 6. d 7. d
8. Answers will vary but should 8. Answers will vary 8. Answers will vary
include the idea that Alistair
had played so much and Healthy Me Tian Tian, a Giant Panda
had been so busy he wore 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. a 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. b
himself out. 5. d 6. d 7. a 5. a 6. d7. c
8. Answers will vary 8. Answers will vary, but should
Birds
use information from the
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a Hippo’s Toothache book, such as: Tian Tian is
5. d 6. b 7. a 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. c like me because we both
8. Answers will vary 5. d 6. b 7. d like to play with toys, but
8. Answers will vary he is different from me
Building a Bridge because he eats lots of
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. d How Glooskap Found bamboo and I don’t.
5. d 6. b 7. c Summer
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. d A Visit to the Zoo
8. Answers will vary but should
mention allowing people 5. c 6. d 7. d 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. c
and goods to travel over 8. Answers will vary 5. a 6. c 7. d
water. 8. Answers may include: what
Is That a Fish? the animal eats, how it cares
Childhood Stories of 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c for its young, where it lives,
George Washington 5. b 6. d 7. b what we can do to protect
1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d it, etc.
8. Answers will vary
5. c 6. d 7. c
Life at the Pond Why Robins Hop
8. Answers will vary. Possible
answers include: He was 1. d 2. b 3. b 4. c 1. d 2. b 3. d 4. c
honest and trustworthy; 5. d 6. b 7. a 5. a 6. c 7. d
he wasn’t afraid to take 8. Answers will vary. Look for 8. Answers will vary but should
the blame for his actions; an answer that shows the include: that the robins
he liked riding; he child understands that the would hop on both feet
sometimes did the varied habitat of water, so their tracks would look
wrong thing, etc. grasses, mud, trees, rocks, different from chickens’
etc. provides for the needs tracks.
Discovering Dinosaurs
of different species, which
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. d
in turn provide for the
5. a 6. b 7. b needs of other species.
8. Answers will vary
Mike’s Good Bad Day
Extreme Insects 1. a 2. d 3. a 4. c
1. d 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. d 7. a
5. d 6. b 7. c 8. Answers will vary. Example:
8. Answers will vary but should Yesterday I forgot my
be similar to: I think it is backpack with my lunch in
interesting that some insects it, and my brother ran back
actually look like the plants to the house to get it for me
they live near and eat. because he is a fast runner.

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 Monsters Quick Check Answers
Stories listed by level alphabetically

Level I Monster Music Level J

1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a
Bonk and the Big Splash Bonk at the Barbershop
5. c 6. b 7. d
1. b 2. d 3. b 4. d 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. a
8. Answers will vary but would
5. a 6. b 7. a likely state: Jupe wouldn’t 5. c 6. d 7. c
8. Answers will vary somewhat need her toy piano anymore 8. Answers will vary somewhat
but should include the idea: since she has a real one, so but should include the idea:
Bonk had put on a life jacket she probably thought Lurk Bonk’s hair is now out of his
and water wings, and had a would like to have a piano eyes, and he can see without
float to help him swim. to play while he sings. standing on his head or
wearing a ponytail.
A Broken Leg for Bonk The Monster Pumpkins
1. c 2. d 3. d 4. d 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c Bonk, the Healthy Monster
5. c 6. b 7. a 5. c 6. d 7. c 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. a
8. Answers will vary somewhat 8. Answers should include one 5. b 6. b 7. d
but should include the idea: of the following ideas: Bonk 8. Answers will vary. Sample:
Bonk was always ringing the and Lurk decided to make I like to eat apples and
bell and telling Lurk what he each other a pie because no play soccer.
should do. Lurk was getting one won, or Bonk and Lurk
tired of it. decided the contest was a Bonk’s New Bike
tie. 1. b 2. b 3. d 4. a
Camping with Bonk 5. d 6. a 7. a
1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a Monster Snow Day
8. Answers will vary somewhat
5. d 6. c 7. c 1. a 2. d 3. d 4. a but should include the
8. Answers will vary somewhat 5. b 6. c 7. d idea: Bonk would be happy
but should include one of 8. Answers will vary somewhat to share his bike with the
the following ideas: it would but should include: two monsters because they
be more fun; things wouldn’t snow-related activities, such helped him earn the money
scare him if his friends as sledding, making snow to buy it.
were there; his friends had angels, building a snow fort,
equipment and food. throwing snowballs, skiing, Monster Cowboy
snowboarding, etc. 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. d
Monster Moving Day 5. a 6. a 7. d
1. b 2. d 3. c 4. a Monster Soccer
8. Answers will vary somewhat
5. c 6. d 7. b 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. d but should include the idea:
8. Answers should include the 5. a 6. c 7. c Lurk wanted quarters to
idea: Bonk gave away a 8. Answers will vary somewhat make the play horse work,
lot of his collections to his but should include: Bonk so his friends would be able
monster friends so he didn’t learned teammates are to ride the play horse, too.
have as much stuff. important if you want to
win a game. Uzzle, the Football Star
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. d
5. b 6. d 7. c
8. Answers should include the
idea: He felt good to be
able give it and make his
friend happy; or he was sad
because he didn’t have his
helmet any more.

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