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Where The Forest Meets The Sea
Join a father and his son as they explore an isolated location off the coast of Australia in the children's book Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker. Engage young learners in reading this fun story with this series of...
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Comparison and Contrast: Neat People vs. Sloppy People and Batting Clean-up and Striking Out
After your class reads Neat People vs. Sloppy People and Batting Clean-up and Striking Out, provide them with this resource. Use it as a quiz or a homework assignment to assess your class's understanding of the author's purpose, the...
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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 1 Reading and Study Guide
As the story unfolds and your class is introduced to George and Lennie, provide them with this short reading guide for chapter one. It addresses challenging vocabulary and any literary terms used in the section before asking learners to...
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Jane Eyre Reading Guide
Use this list of questions as short daily reading quizzes. Two to five questions are provided for each chapter, and they focus on basic reading comprehension. Or consider providing your independent readers with a section of the questions...
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Selective Reading Guide: Jane Eyre
Guide your independent readers with this sheet containing five reading comprehension questions for pages 171-178 of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Deeper analysis is required to answer most of the provide questions.Â
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Story Map for Crime and Punishment Part I, Chapters 1-5
While reading chapters one through five of Crime and Punishment, focus your readers with this guide. Eight questions are given here, encouraging the reader to study the protagonist and the struggles that ensue with the surrounding...
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Tom Sawyer Questions: Chapters 1-13
Reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Give your class a list of reading questions to guide their reading. Questions are divided into seven sections according to the chapters they accompany.Â
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Richard II-How Well Do You Know the Action?
Test your knowledge of the events of William Shakespeare's Richard II. Twenty-five multiple-choice questions are based on the factual information directly taken from the play.
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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Prove your recall for exact words and numbers with this quiz based on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Though not long, these 10 questions are rather detailed.
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Macbeth: The Basics
Just as the title states, this quiz covers basic questions related to Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Test your learners' knowledge with 10 multiple-choice questions. Answers appear when you submit online.
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CTBS Reading Practice #2
This is a basic reading comprehension practice worksheet. Learners read 3 passages: folktale, Richard Cory, and an informational text about the Roosevelts. They then answer multiple choice questions that test reading comprehension. Some...
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Mission Impossible
Many myths contain "impossible tasks." Can you recognize who completed the various tasks listed here? Ten questions compose this quiz based on mythology from Greece, Norway, and Wales. Test your readers' comprehension after studying...
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Who's Been East of Eden?
Explore the characters in John Steinbeck's East of Eden with this quiz. Nearly all questions focus on names and actions of characters. Good luck!
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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
The touching story of friendship in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is the main topic of this quiz. Ten mostly multiple-choice questions focus on the main characters in the novel, comprehensively covering the plot.
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A Christmas Carol Quiz
The classic story A Christmas Carol is the focus of these ten multiple-choice questions in this quiz. It addresses numbers and names of characters, as well as a staged version of the story.
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Quiz
Can you imagine an entire mountain consisting of a solid diamond? It is possible, though a bit farfetched in The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is meant to be a satire about wealth and greed; the quiz asks...
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The Lion, the Witch...Wardrobe Quiz
Lions, dwarves, and witches, oh my! Check your readers' understanding of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Ten multiple-choice questions are based on plot.
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The Pearl Quiz
Do your readers remember Steinbeck's The Pearl? Check with this quick multiple-choice quiz. One question does not seem to have an accurate answer, so take the quiz yourself before giving to your class and check the answers.
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The Diary of Anne Frank-The Play
The Diary of Anne Frank is not only a book, but a play as well, and this quiz focuses on the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Nineteen of the questions are multiple-choice and one is fill-in-the-blank.
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Othello Quiz
Focusing on the words uttered in Shakespeare's Othello, select the speaker from several options. All but one question give parts of lines and either ask the reader to identify the speaker or complete the quote.
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Julius Caesar Quiz
Detailed questions about characters form this multiple-choice quiz over The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Check reading comprehension quickly and receive automatic answers online.
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Diary of Anne Frank: The People
Name the people and dates in The Diary of Anne Frank. This multiple-choice quiz focuses on basic reading comprehension. Use this resource in your Anne Frank lesson, or within a larger Holocaust literature unit.
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Quote the Raven...'NeVeRmOrE'
What does the raven say and do in the poem by the same name by Edgar Allan Poe? Test your readers' understanding of the raven and the narrator's thoughts and actions with this multiple-choice quiz.
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Romeo and Juliet Quiz
"Wherefore art thou Romeo?" These simple multiple-choice questions focus on Romeo and Juliet. Focusing on reading comprehension, this quiz can be a quick check to see if students are reading. A few are tricky!