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FL 04-05 Reading Grade 5

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    Read this sentence from the article.

    Many folk artists choose to show rural life through their art, but some also choose subjects from the city.

    Which words have almost the same meaning as rural life?


    an artistic life
    a practical life
    life in the country
    life in a foreign land


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  • Which sentence BEST tells what the story is about?

    Ollie and his father go to the museum at night.
    Ollie discovers a secret dinosaur exhibit in the museum.
    Ollie sits on some dinosaur eggs in the museum at night.
    Ollie and his father hear a strange sound as they leave the museum.


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  • The author says that the baby dinosaurs sound “like a bad day at school band practice” because

    they tune up their horns.
    they make a dreadful noise.
    they begin to march around.
    they toot many small horns.


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  • People send Jimmie Lee Sudduth unusual sand because

    he uses the sand in his paintings.
    there is very little sand where he lives.
    he teaches them how to paint with sand.
    there is only one color of sand where he lives.


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  • As a boy, Jimmie Lee Sudduth faced a problem in creating his artwork. What was the problem?

    He did not take art lessons.
    He sometimes ran out of painting materials.
    He refused to paint on anything but canvas.
    He did not know how to make his own colors.


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  • When the author writes that Jimmie Lee Sudduth applies nature’s paints, she means that Sudduth is applying

    bright colors.
    purchased art supplies.
    sands, soils, and leaves.
    stems of poison ivy and oak.


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  • Read this sentence from the passage.

    When he finishes a painting, he can point to the different colors in it, as though he were reading a map, explaining where he got each color.

    What does the author mean when she says that Jimmie Lee Sudduth can read a painting like a map?


    His paintings contain thin and thick lines that look like roads, so that he can trace a route on each painting.
    He uses soils from all over the country, which means that he can identify various locations on each painting.
    He has shown his paintings in several states, which means that he can use his paintings to tell where he has been.
    He paints a variety of subjects, so that he can use his paintings to explain how his imagination travels from one idea to another.


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  • What was the author’s purpose in writing this article?

    to describe the work of a famous artist
    to teach readers how to make their own paints
    to encourage artists to attend folk art festivals
    to inform readers about the creation of folk art


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  • If the article needed a new title, which would be BEST?

    “A Brush and a Canvas”

    “A Typical Artist at Work”

    “A Visit with the President”
    “A Little Earth and Imagination”


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  • Near the end of the story, Ollie has changed his mind about seeing the dinosaur eggs hatch. What BEST shows thathe has changed his mind?

    He runs to tell his dad.
    He keeps the story to himself.
    He looks around the exhibit hall.
    He drags his dad to the exhibit hall.


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  • What is Ollie’s BIGGEST problem in the story?

    He is frightened by strange noises.
    He slips on the newly mopped floor.
    He cannot find the baby dinosaurs he saw.
    He does not want to be alone in the museum.


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  • The author wants the reader to think that Ollie

    is cautious and quiet.
    is curious and excitable.
    wants a dinosaur for a pet.
    knows little about dinosaurs.


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  • Read these sentences from the story.

    Right in front of me was a new dinosaur! The scientists were putting the bones together. . . There was a big metal structure all around it for the scientists to climb on.

    What does the word structure mean?


    frame

    ladder

    pile
    sign


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  • What happens RIGHT AFTER Ollie hears the first baby dinosaur toot its horn?

    Ollie stands up quickly.
    The rocks begin to move around.
    The other dinosaur eggs start to hatch.
    Ollie runs down the hall to tell his dad.


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  • Why are Ollie and his dad in the museum after it has closed?

    Ollie is looking for dinosaurs.
    Ollie is doing a school project.
    Ollie’s dad is finishing some work.
    Ollie’s dad is showing Ollie a new exhibit.


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