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Grade 4

Reading

Practice Test

Nebraska Department of Education 20 09

Directions:

On the following pages are passages and multiple-choice questions for Grade 4

Reading Practice Test, a practice opportunity for the Nebraska State Accountability

(NeSA).

Each question will ask you to select an answer from among four choices.

For all questions:

• Read each passage. Then answer each question carefully by choosing the

best answer.

• Mark your answers for ALL of the questions.

Remember only one of the choices provided is the correct answer.

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1. What is the setting at the beginning of the story?

A. Saturn B. outer space C. a town D. a science classroom (^) 565156 / I

2. In the sentence, “I was hovering in the air, way above the school,” what does the word hovering mean? A. floating B. dreaming C. walking D. jumping (^) 565158 / I
3. Why are the words “ Floating through the air, like a helium filled balloon, your travels will not stop, until you reach the moon ” written in italics? A. The teacher thinks they are important. B. They are words the student says. C. They are words from the video. D. The words on the disk are important. (^) 565160 / I
4. In which sentence does the word bound have the same meaning as in the sentence “I was bounding over to something in the distance... ”? A. The sticks were bound in a bundle. B. The rabbit will bound through the field. C. My book was bound at the printers. D. There is bound to be a change of plans. (^) 565159 / I

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5. Why does the main character NOT know if the moon trip really happened?

A. The main character was sitting in a desk when the video ended. B. The metal disk was gone and the main character did not have any proof. C. The main character had difficulty remembering the order of events. D. The solar system video is still being shown. (^) 565162 / I

6. Which event happens first in the story?

A. The main character is hovering above the town. B. The main character reads the words on the disk. C. The main character picks up a sparkling metal disk. D. The main character is sitting at a desk. (^) 565161 / I

7. What would be another title for the passage?

A. The Great Class Field Trip B. The Living Moon C. The Magic Metal Disk D. The Solar System (^) 563453 / I

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Some Native Americans also made cords from the sinew of animals. Sinew is the stretchy band of tissue that fastens a muscle to a bone.

Plenty of Plants

Native Americans ate plants, of course. But they also used many plants as medicine. And when water wasn’t easy to find in the southwestern desert, people in that area knew to cut open a cactus. There would be water inside.

A fistful of dry grass could mop up morning dew from rocks and plants. The water would then be squeezed from the grass into a jug or pot.

A plant with many uses was the cattail. This plant grows in wet areas. The top of the cattail looks like a brown, fuzzy sausage. The western Paiute tribe was one tribe that twisted the plant’s leaves into rope or wove them into baskets, mats, cradles, and hats. The fluffy part inside the head of the cattail made great diaper material and bandages.

Life for most people in the United States is quite a bit different today. With department stores and supermarkets, people don’t have to make many of the things they use. But the Native Americans did, and the earth gave them everything they needed.

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8. Why does the author begin by having the readers imagine they are Native Americans?

A. to express the main idea of the text B. to summarize the text C. to catch the reader’s attention D. to persuade the reader to live a different life (^) 563324 / I

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9. Why does the author use bold headings to separate some of the paragraphs?

A. to locate supporting details in the paragraphs B. to compare and contrast different topics C. to show the main idea of a group of paragraphs D. to show the order of events as they happened (^) 563346 / I

10. How were the Navajo and the Paiute tribes similar?

A. Both tribes used weaving in their daily lives. B. Both tribes made clay pottery. C. Both tribes used cattails in their daily lives. D. Both tribes traded horses with other tribes. (^) 563339 / I

11. Under the heading, Tool Time, what does the word useful mean?

A. not used much B. full of use C. used again D. rarely used (^) 563336 / I

12. “They also scraped animal hides to make leather.” In which sentence does the word hide have the same meaning? A. The animal will hide when it hears the enemy. B. The tipi was made from soft smooth buffalo hide. C. The Native American children played hide and seek. D. Native Americans hide in shelters when buffalo come. (^) 563348 / I

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Grade 4 Practice Test Answers

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. D
16. B