Chets Creek Elementay Benchmark Comprehension Assessment

CHETS CREEK ELEMENTAY BENCHMARK COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT

Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse– Level L Name ______

Directions: Read each question. Then bubble in the BEST answer.

1. Which sentence BEST tells what the story is mostly about? O a. A black mouse is in search of a purple pebble. O b. A lonely mouse is in search of a friend. O c. A toy mouse wanted to be a real mouse. O d. A real mouse wanted to be a lizard.

2. Read the following passage from the story.

Willy told him a sad story. It had been Annie’s birthday. There had been a party and everyone had brought a gift. “The next day,” Willy sighed, “many of the old toys were dumped in the box. We will all be thrown away.”

Willy was ______. O a. replaced O b. rewound O c. returned O d. repaired

3. Read the following passage from the story.

But when he was alone in the dark of his hideout, Alexander thought of Willy with envy. “Ah!” he sighed. “Why can’t I be a wind-up mouse like Willy and be cuddled and loved?”

Which of the following words mean the same as envy? O a. love O b. jealously O c. sadness O d. fear 4. Read the following passage from the story.

All Alexander wanted was a few crumbs and yet every time they saw him they would scream for help or chase him with a broom.

From the passage in the story you would PROBABLY agree that ______. O a. Mice are dangerous. O b. Mice are harmful. O c. People are afraid of mice. O d. People like a clean house.

5. Read the following sentence from the story.

All excited, he ran to the garden, the precious pebble tight in his arm.

The pebble was ______to Alexander. O a. hot O b. heavy O c. interesting O d. important

6. Read the following sentences from the story.

He told him of his adventures with brooms, flying saucers, and mousetraps. Willy talked about the penguin, the woolly bear, and mostly about Annie.

How were Alexander’s adventures DIFFERENT from Willy’s? O a. Alexander’s adventures were frightening and Willy’s were fun. O b. Alexander’s adventures were happy and Willy’s were sad. O c. Alexander’s adventures are dull and Willy’s were exciting. O d. Alexander and Billy’s adventures were lonely. 7. Why did the author write this story? O a. to explain to readers how to catch a mouse O b. to persuade readers to sweep up their crumbs O c. to inform readers about magic purple pebbles O d. to entertain readers with a story about friendship

8. What was the purpose of the purple pebble? O a. to make the lizard more colorful O b. to turn Willy into a real mouse O c. to change Alexander into a toy mouse O d. to feed the lizard

9.What happened AFTER the purple pebble disappeared? O a. The lizard disappeared. O b. Alexander sees a blinding light. O c. Alexander went to see if Willy was a real mouse. O d. Willy went to see if Alexander was a real mouse.

10.What caused Alexander to stop his wish to become a toy mouse? O a. He was afraid of Annie. O b. He did not want to be cuddled and loved. O c. Willy didn’t want to be his friend anymore. O d. Willy was being replaced by new toys.