Reading Comp Test

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Student Test Booklet

Half-Length Practice Test

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Selection 1: Something to Keep the Ears Warm“Something to Keep the Ears Warm” from BE AN INVENTORby Barbara Taylor, copyright © 1987 by Field Publications,reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. This material maynot be reproduced in any form or by any means withoutthe prior written permission of the publisher.

Selection 2: The Marble Champ

Excerpt from “The Marble Champ” in BASEBALL IN APRILAND OTHER STORIES, copyright © 1990 by Gary Soto,reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. This material maynot be reproduced in any form or by any means withoutprior written permission of the publisher.Artwork: Illustrated by Kenneth J. Spengler.

The Ohio Department of Education does not discriminate on the basisof race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in

employment or the provision of services.


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Directions:

Today you will be taking the Ohio Grade 6 ReadingPractice Test. Three different types of questions appearon this test: multiple choice, short answer andextended response.

There are several important things to remember:

1. Read each question carefully. Think about what isbeing asked. Look carefully at graphs ordiagrams because they help you understandthe question.

2. For short-answer and extended-responsequestions, write your answers neatly and clearly inthe space provided in the Student Test Booklet.

3. Short-answer questions are worth two points.Extended-response questions are worthfour points. Point values are printed near eachquestion in your Student Test Booklet. The amountof space provided for your answers is the samefor two- and four-point questions.

4. For multiple-choice questions, circle your choicein the Student Test Booklet for the test question.Mark only one choice for each question. If youchange an answer, make sure that you eraseyour old answer completely.

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5. Do not spend too much time on one question.Go on to the next question and return to thequestion skipped after answering the

remaining questions.

6. Check over your work when you are finished.

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Barbara Taylor

1 Fifteen-year-old Chester Greenwood of

Farmington, Maine, had a problem with his ears.They were very sensitive to the freezing cold of thelong Maine winters.

2 While other childrenhis age would race sledsdown slopes, build ice

forts, and skate on frozenponds, poor Chesterwould rub his ears andgo home.

3 One December dayin 1873, Chester decidedhe had to do something.

He tied a scarf around hishead, but it itched andwould not stay in place.Then he hit upon the ideaof covering just his ears.Chester bent a piece ofwire into loops, fitted the

loops over his ears, andattached the loops to ahat. Chester asked hisgrandmother to coverthem with wool and fur.

This photographshows the inventorof earmuffs proudlypromoting hisproduct. ChesterGreenwood’s

imagination servedhim well all of hislife. He is creditedwith more than 100other inventions.


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4 When the other kids saw Chester in his strangeheadgear, they laughed. But the laughter stoppedwhen they realized that Chester was staying

outside in the cold longer than he ever hadbefore. Soon the other kids were asking Chester ifhe would make them covers for their ears. ChesterGreenwood realized he was on to something big.

5 Orders from all over town started pouringin. Chester’s mom and grandmother werebusy helping him make more earmuffs, the

name people were calling Greenwood’sclever invention.

6 As word of Chester’s earmuffs spreadthroughout New England, the inventor foundways to improve his invention. Instead ofattaching the ear covers to a hat, Chester

fastened them to the end of a strip of flat metalthat he fitted over his head. The band held theear covers firmly in place.

7 By the time he was 19, Chester had received apatent for his invention and was well on his way tobecoming rich and successful.

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1.What was Chestermost interested

in when hecreated the first setof earmuffs?

A. creating jobsfor his motherand grandmother

B. becoming well-known asan inventor

C. earning moneyfrom his invention

D. using his

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2. “Orders fromall over townstarted pouring in.

Chester’s mom andgrandmother werebusy helping himmake moreearmuffs, thename people werecalling Greenwood’s

clever invention.”Identify the opinionin the sentencesabove and explainwhy it is an opinion.(2 points)

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3. “Fifteen-year-oldChester Greenwoodof Farmington,

Maine, had aproblem with his ears.They were very

sensitive to thefreezing cold of thelong Maine winters.”

What does the word

sensitive mean inthe secondsentence above?

A. easily affectedor hurt

B. having good

sense

C. excited; agitated

D. cautious; careful

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4.In the fourthparagraph, howdoes the attitude

of “the otherkids” change?

A. from mockingto interested

B. from joyousto sorrowful

C. from amusedto bored

D. from cruelto nervous

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author organizethe information in

this selection?

A. by creatingcategories ofinformation andthen supplyingspecific examples

B. by makingthe main pointfirst andthen presentingsupporting details

C. by presentingevents in

chronologicalorder

D. by comparingand contrastinginformation

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Gary Soto

1 Lupe Medrano, a shy girl who spoke in

whispers, was the school’s spelling bee champion,winner of the reading contest at the public librarythree summers in a row, blue ribbon awardee inthe science fair, the top student at her pianorecital, and the playground grand champion inchess. She was a straight-A student and—notcounting kindergarten, when she had been stung

by a wasp—never missed one day of elementaryschool. She had received a small trophy for thishonor and had been congratulated by the mayor.

2 But though Lupe had a razor-sharp mind, shecould not make her body, no matter how muchshe tried, run as fast as the other girls’. She begged

her body to move faster, but could never beatanyone in the fifty-yard dash.

3 The truth was that Lupe was no good in sports.She could not catch a pop-up or figure out inwhich direction to kick the soccer ball. One timeshe kicked the ball at her own goal and scored apoint for the other team. She was no good at

baseball or basketball either, and even had a hardtime making a hula hoop stay on her hips.

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even then she had to use training wheels. Shecould walk in the swimming pool but couldn’tswim, and chanced roller skating only when her

father held her hand.

5 “I’ll never be good at sports,” she fumed one

rainy day as she lay on her bed gazing at the shelfher father had made to hold her awards. “I wish Icould win something, anything, even marbles.”

6 At the word “marbles,” she sat up. “That’s it.Maybe I could be good at playing marbles.” Shehopped out of bed and rummaged through the

closet until she found a can full of her brother’smarbles. She poured the rich glass treasure on herbed and picked five of the most beautiful marbles.


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7 She smoothed her bedspread and practicedshooting, softly at first so that her aim would beaccurate. The marble rolled from her thumb and

clicked against the targeted marble. But the targetwouldn’t budge. She tried again and again. Heraim became accurate, but the power from herthumb made the marble move only an inch ortwo. Then she realized that the bedspread wasslowing the marbles. She also had to admit thather thumb was weaker than the neck of a

newborn chick.8 She looked out the window. The rain was

letting up, but the ground was too muddy to play.She sat cross-legged on the bed, rolling her fivemarbles between her palms. Yes, she thought, Icould play marbles, and marbles is a sport. At thatmoment she realized that she had only two weeks

to practice. The playground championship, thesame one her brother had entered the previousyear, was coming up. She had a lot to do.

9 To strengthen her wrists, she decided to dotwenty push-ups on her fingertips, five at a time.“One, two, three . . .” she groaned. By the end of

the first set she was breathing hard, and hermuscles burned from exhaustion. She did one moreset and decided that was enough push-ups for thefirst day.

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10 She squeezed a rubber eraser one hundredtimes, hoping it would strengthen her thumb. Thisseemed to work because the next day her thumb

was sore. She could hardly hold a marble in herhand, let alone send it flying with power. So Luperested that day and listened to her brother, whogave her tips on how to shoot: get low, aim withone eye, and place one knuckle on the ground.

11 “Think ‘eye and thumb’—and let it rip!”he said.

12 After school the next day she left herhomework in her backpack and practiced threehours straight, taking time only to eat a candy barfor energy. With a popsicle stick, she drew an odd-shaped circle and tossed in four marbles. She usedher shooter, a milky agate1 with hypnotic swirls, to

blast them. Her thumbhad

become stronger.13 After practice, she squeezed the eraser for an

hour. She ate dinner with her left hand to spare hershooting hand and said nothing to her parentsabout her dreams of athletic glory.

14 Practice, practice, practice. Squeeze,

squeeze, squeeze. Lupe got better and beat herbrother and Alfonso, a neighbor kid who wassupposed to be a champ.

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described as which

type of work?

A. a piece ofhistorical fiction

B. a contemporaryshort story

C. an informationalarticle about how toplay marbles

D. an autobiographicalaccount of theauthor’s childhoodexperiences

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7. “Lupe Medrano, ashy girl who spoke in

whispers, was theschool’s spelling beechampion, winner ofthe reading contest atthe public library threesummers in a row, blueribbon awardee in the

science fair, the topstudent at her pianorecital, and theplayground grandchampion in chess.”

In the sentence above,

what does the wordformed by the rootword award and thesuffix -ee mean?

A. the highest award

B. an award in science

C. one who givesan award

D. one who receivesan award

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8. “It wasn’t untillast year, when shewas eleven years

old, that shelearned how to ridea bike. And eventhen she had to usetraining wheels.”

What is the purposeof the second

sentence above?

A. It highlights thepressure placedon Lupe byher parents.

B. It shows

Lupe’s preferencefor doingthings differently.

C. It demonstrateshow strict Lupe’sfather really is.

D. It reinforcesLupe’s lack ofathletic ability.

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9.Why does Lupebecome interestedin marbles?

A. She thinks marblesis a sport that shemight actually beable to master.

B. She wants to belike her brother

and enter theplaygroundchampionship.

C. She enjoys theidea of a sportthat can beplayed indoors

and away fromthe rain or mud.

D. She believesthat marblesare beautifulobjects andthat a collection

is a “richglass treasure.”

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10.“She hopped out ofbed and rummagedthrough the closet

until she found acan full of herbrother’s marbles.”

What does the word

rummaged suggestabout Lupe in thesentence above?

A. She did not reallycare whether ornot she foundthe marbles.

B. She and herbrother kept the

closet neat andwell-organized.

C. She had to movea lot of thingsaround in order tofind the marbles.

D. She probablyused the marblesoften, since sheknew where tofind them.

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11.“She also had toadmit that herthumb was weaker

than the neck of anewborn chick.”

Identify thecomparison in thesentence aboveand explain what itmeans. (2 points)

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12.Where is there amajor contrast inthe selection?

A. Lupe’s academicability and herathletic ability

B. Lupe’s shybehavior andher classmates’

confident actionsat school

C. Lupe’sinexperience atmarbles andher brother’saccomplishments

in athleticsD. Lupe’s ability to

do many handexercises and herfatigue aftershooting marbles

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13.Describe Lupe’sproblem in theselection and

explain how shesolves it. Then state away that Lupe workstoward her specificgoal and identify aplot event thatdemonstrates a

sign of progress.(4 points)

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practice, practice.Squeeze, squeeze,

squeeze. Lupe gotbetter and beat herbrother and Alfonso,a neighbor kid whowas supposed to bea champ.”

What does

the paragraphabove suggest?

A. that the other kidsare letting Lupewin so she willfeel better

B. that Lupe’spersistence ishelping her meether goal

C. that Lupe isgrowing tired ofher repetitiveexercises

D. that Lupe’sbrother isher toughestopponent

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15.Why is Alfonsomentioned atthe end of

the selection?

A. He highlightsLupe’simprovementwhen she winstheir match.

B. He understandswhy Lupe’s brotheris annoyedwith her.

C. He makes Lupefeel useful becausehe needs her help.

D. He criticizesLupe the sameway everyoneelse does.

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