READTHEORY.ORG Name Date Two Outings Passage 1 One evening, Elsie and her big brother, Johnny, go to a carnival. There are lots of people there. Johnny tells Elsie to hold his hand. But Elsie doesn t want to. She says she is a big girl. She says she can take care of herself. Johnny says okay, and he lets her go. Elsie says she is hungry. So Johnny and Elsie eat cotton candy. Then they ride the train. Then they ride the roller coaster. Elsie feels a little sick after they ride the roller coaster. There are so many people around her. And the carnival is getting crowded. Johnny tells her to stay close. He offers her his hand. But Elsie hits it away. So Johnny walks over to the shooting gallery. "Step right up!" the man says. He hands Johnny an air rifle. Johnny takes a couple shots. After he is done, he looks around for Elsie. But he doesn't see her anywhere. Passage 2 Bobbie loves elephants. One day, Bobbie and his sister go to the zoo. Bobbie and his little sister, Trisha, walk around the zoo. They see the tigers. They see the monkeys. They see the bears. After a while, they sit down on a bench. Bobbie wants to see the elephants. But he doesn't know where to find them. He gets out a map and studies it. He sees where the elephants are on the map. Finally, Bobbie points. "The elephants are this way," he says. He gets up from the bench and starts walking toward away. But Trisha doesn t follow him. Bobbie arrives at the elephant cage. He found them! He can't believe it. He has never seen a real elephant before! He wants to share his excitement with Trisha. But he doesn't see her anywhere. 1) What happens in both Passage 1 and Passage 2? A. Someone gets sick. B. Someone gets lost. C. Someone gets hurt. D. Someone gets hungry. 2) What do Elsie and Johnny do right before they ride the roller coaster? A. They eat cotton candy. B. They go to the shooting gallery C. They go to the carnival. D. They ride the train.
3) Which of these is NOT one of the animals that Bobbie and Trisha see at the zoo? A. tigers B. lions C. bears D. monkeys 4) Which choice correctly pairs brother and sister? A. Elsie and Trisha B. Trisha and Johnny C. Johnny and Bobbie D. Bobbie and Trisha 5) Which lesson do both Passage 1 and Passage 2 teach? A. don t pet the animals B. always pay attention C. eat smart, eat healthy D. learn to use a map 6) Choose either Passage 1 or Passage 2. Continue the story below.
Answers and Explanations 1) B Core Standard: Integration of Knowledge In order to answer this question correctly, we need to say which thing happens in both passages. In this case, it is helpful to use the process of elimination, since we know that anything that does not happen in both passages cannot be the correct answer. In Passage 1, we read that Elsie feels a little sick after they ride the roller coaster. But nobody gets sick in Passage 2. This eliminates (A). Nobody gets hurt in either passage. This eliminates (C). In Passage 1, we read that Elsie says she is hungry. But nobody gets hungry in Passage 2. This eliminates (D). We have now eliminates 3 of the 4 choices for this question. In Passage 1, after Johnny goes to the shooting gallery, he looks around for Elsie. But he doesn t see her anywhere. From this we can understand that, in Passage 1, Elsie gets lost. In Passage 2, after Bobbie finds the elephant cage, he looks for Trisha. But he doesn t see her anywhere. From this we can understand that, in Passage 2, Trisha gets lost. We can now understand that, in both Passage 1 and Passage 2, someone gets lost. Therefore (B) is correct. 2) D In order to answer this question correctly, we need to find where in the passage Elsie and Johnny ride the roller coaster, and then see what they do right before doing that. In the passage, we read: Then they ride the train. Then they ride the roller coaster. This lets us know that right before they ride the roller coaster, Elsie and Johnny ride the train. Therefore (D) is correct. In the passage, we read: So Johnny and Elsie eat cotton candy. Then they ride the train. Then they ride the roller coaster. This lets us know that, although Elsie and Johnny eat cotton candy in the passage, they do not do so right before they ride the roller coaster. Instead, the eat cotton candy right before they ride the train. This eliminates (A). According to the passage, only Johnny goes to the shooting gallery. Also, this happens after they ride the roller coaster, not before. This eliminates (B). In the first sentence of the passage, we read: Elsie and her big brother, Johnny, go to a carnival. According to the passage, the next thing that happens is Johnny tells Elsie to hold his hand. Then
they eat cotton candy. Then they ride the train. And then they ride the roller coaster. From this we can understand that they do not go to the carnival right before they ride the roller coaster. This eliminates (C). 3) B In order the answer this question correctly, it is helpful to use the process of elimination. Since we have to say which one of the animals they do NOT see at the zoo, we can begin by eliminating each of the animals they DO see at the zoo. Near the beginning of the passage, we read: They see the tigers. This eliminates (A). Near the beginning of the passage, we read: They see the bears. This eliminates (C). Near the beginning of the passage, we read: They see the monkeys. This eliminates (D). We have now eliminated 3 of the 4 choices. The passage does not say that they see lions. We can now understand that the animals that Bobbie and Trisha do NOT see are the lions. Therefore (B) is correct. 4) D In Passage 2, we read: Bobbie and his little sister, Trisha, walk around the zoo. This lets us know that Bobbie is Trisha s brother. Therefore (D) is correct. In Passage 1, we read: Elsie and her big brother, Johnny, go to a carnival. This lets us know that Elsie is Johnny s sister, not Trisha s. Also, Elsie appears in Passage 1, but Trisha appears in Passage 2. This eliminates (A). In Passage 2, we read: Bobbie and his little sister, Trisha, walk around the zoo. This lets us know that Trisha is Bobbie s sister, not Johnny s. Also, Trisha appears in Passage 2, but Johnny appears in Passage 1. This eliminates (B). In Passage 1, we read: Elsie and her big brother, Johnny, go to a carnival. This lets us know that Johnny is Elsie s brother, not Bobbie s. Also, Johnny appears in Passage 1, but Bobbie appears in Passage 2. This eliminates (C). 5) B Core Standard: Integration of Knowledge
According to Passage 1, just before Johnny goes to the shooting gallery, he tells his sister, Elsie, to stay close and hold his hand, but she does not do either. We are then told that Johnny goes up to the shooting gallery and that he takes a couple shots. We then read: After he is done, he looks around for Elsie. But he doesn t see her anywhere. From this we can understand that Elsie gets lost because Johnny does not look around for her until after he is done. This lets us know that Elsie gets lost because Johnny is not paying attention. In Passage 2, we are told that Bobbie gets up to go see the elephant cage, but that Trisha doesn t follow him. We are then told that when Bobbie arrives at the elephant cage he looks for Trisha, but does not see her anywhere. From this we can understand that Trisha gets lost because Bobbie does not make sure she is following him when he gets up to go see the elephant cage. This lets us know that Trisha gets lost because Bobbie is not paying attention. From this we can understand that the lesson that both Passage 1 and Passage 2 teach is to always pay attention. Therefore (B) is correct. Although there are several animals in Passage 2, the passage does not say anything about anybody petting them. And Passage 1 does not mention any animals at all. From this we can understand that the lesson that both Passage 1 and Passage 2 teach cannot be don t pet the animals. This eliminates (A). Although Passage 1 does say that Johnny and Elsie eat cotton candy, it does not say that this was a bad choice. And Passage 2 does not mention eating at all. From this we can understand that the lesson that both Passage 1 and Passage 2 teach cannot be eat smart, eat healthy. This eliminates (C). Although Passage 2 does tell us that Bobbie uses a map to find the elephant cage, Passage 1 does not say anything about using maps. From this we can understand that the lesson that both Passage 1 and Passage 2 teach cannot be learn to use a map. This eliminates (D).