Miss Awful TCAP Prep Questions

Miss Awful TCAP Prep Questions

“Miss Awful” TCAP Prep Questions

Directions: For questions 1-9, choose the best answer. For question #10, please SLAM your answer.

Part One: Plot Elements

  1. What is the climax of the story?
  2. Miss Wilson leaves for Omaha.
  3. The children take the leaves off Miss Orville’s plant.
  4. Roger spells flower correctly.
  5. Miss Orville speaks to the students about being good citizens.
  6. Which one of these would be appropriate for the exposition?
  7. Roger Clark was a third grader at St. Geoffrey’s.
  8. Miss Orville was more strict than their “normal” teacher.
  9. The mothers of the third grade students did not like Miss Orville.
  10. Roger learned how to spell flower and castle by the end of the week.
  11. Identify the statement that best describes an event in the falling action of “Miss Awful”.
  12. Miss Orville approaches Mrs.Clark outside the school and asks Roger to spell.
  13. Midge tears the leaves from Miss Orville’s plant.
  14. Miss Orville walks to her desk, slower than before.
  15. Roger asks his father if he can go to the park.
  16. Choose the resolution from the following statements:
  17. Miss Orville speaks to the students about being good citizens.
  18. Roger spells flower and castle correctly.
  19. The students make a plan to get back at Miss Orville.
  20. Mrs. Webster returns from Omaha safely.
  21. Which one of these happened in the rising action of “Miss Awful”?
  22. Roger stays behind on Miss Orville’s last day.
  23. Miss Orville walks slowly to her desk.
  24. Miss Orville lets the third grade go without having them line up outside in military precision.
  25. Roger asks the students to “let it go” when they are making plan to get revenge on Miss Orville.

Part Two: Theme, Author’s Purpose, Point of View, Characterization, Cause/Effect

  1. What is the author’s purpose of this story?
  2. To entertain readers with a funny story about school.
  3. To persuade readers that homework is important.
  4. To inform readers of the differences in regular classroom teachers and substitute teachers.
  5. To describe to readers the many reasons that plants are important in a classroom.
  1. From which point of view is “Miss Awful” told?
  2. First person
  3. Third person omniscient
  4. Third person limited
  5. Third person objective
  6. Which sentence best states the theme, underlying message, of “Miss Awful”?
  7. People aren’t always what they seem
  8. Private schools have less rules than public schools.
  9. Children are like plants.
  10. Substitute teachers are strict.
  11. In the story, the character of Roger is best revealed by what
  12. He says
  13. Other characters say about him
  14. He thinks
  15. The author tells the reader
  16. According to the story, what causes Roger to feel sympathy toward Miss Orville?
  17. He knows she is elderly and possibly sick.
  18. She reminds him of his grandmother.
  19. He knows what happened to her when she got “evicted”.
  20. She told him that he is her favorite student.

Bonus Question: Challenge yourself to answer this question. Remember 100% effort goes a long way! Worth 5 points!

For what reasons do you think it took Miss Orville so long to cover the distance from where she was to her desk after discovering the plant? What does her behavior here tell about her feelings?

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