1. the Passage Is MAINLY About

Spider Soup

By Linda Stocks

Illustrated by Steven Hallam

1.  The passage is MAINLY about….

a.  a boy and his pet rabbit

b.  a boy and his pet cat

c.  a boy and his pet rat

d.  a boy and his pet spider

2.  The author’s main purpose for writing the passage is to

a.  persuade the reader to learn about spiders

b.  entertain the reader about a story of a boy and his pet spider

c.  inform the reader about why it isn’t good to have pets

d.  to entertain the reader with a story about playing in the park

3. What is the main setting of the passage?

a. at the boy’s house

b. at the boy’s friend’s house

c. at the park

d. at the ball game

4.  In the passage, how would you describe the boy and spiders relationship

a.  scary

b.  mean

c.  sad

d.  happy

5.  What caused Michael to give Webster a bath, and blow-dry him?

a. Webster is too lazy to find his own food.

b. Webster cannot get his own lunch, because he was sick

c. Webster was given some bubble gum to chew and his feed got stuck together

d. Webster fell into the cereal after losing his balance

6.  How does Michael catch the flies for Webster?

a.  They are attracted to his smelly shoes, so they landed on them.

b. They are attracted to his smelly breath, so they landed on his mouth.

c.  They are attracted to his smelly socks, so they landed on them.

d.  They are attracted to his smelly hat, so they landed on it.

Vocabulary Quiz:

1.  Read the passage below.

I left Webster on a plate in my room and went to catch some flies. It wasn’t until I took my shoes off. I made a discovery. Flies love smelly socks.

In the passage, the word discovery means…

a. a marker that can be placed on a grave

b. something discovered by someone

c.  chewing gum which you can blow into bubbles

d.  d. a boy and his pet spider

2.  Read the passage below.

I closed my eyes and had a really bad dream. I

imagined a giant Webster. He was mean as well as big.

In the passage, the word imagined means…

a.  frozen juice on sticks

b.  something discovered

c.  to form in the mind a notion or idea

d.  the way you are thinking and feeling

Word structure Quiz:

1.  Knowing the meaning of the suffix –ed helps the reader to understand that the word yelled means

a.  the most yell

b.  against yell

c.  did yell

d.  yell again

2.  Knowing the meaning of the suffix –ing helps the reader understand that the word skating means…

a.  did skate

b.  to skate now

c.  skate in an even way

d.  against skate

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