5th - Parmele
5th Open Court Reading Assessment
- 1.The Littles traveled to Parmele by
- A.
Bus
- B.
Car
- C.
Train
- 2.What did Pa do for a living?
- A.
He was a sharecropper
- B.
He was a shopkeeper
- C.
He was a carpenter
- 3.What is Pa most afraid of?
- A.
Pa is most afraid of the chain gangs they pass on the way to Parmele.
- B.
Pa is most afraid of the crickets that buzz the night lights on the back deck.
- C.
Pa is most afraid of the frogs that jump out of the ditches at night and flop across the yard.
- 4.What did the Marcus Garvey group talk about and plan to do?
- A.
They talked about the beauty and strength of blackness and planned the return of black people to Africa.
- B.
They talked about the great black leader Garvey and how they would build him a memorial.
- C.
They talked about how to win the rights of black people.
- 5.What did Pa keep in a jar on the front-room mantel?
- A.
Pa kept the top joint of his right thumb in the jar.
- B.
Pa kept dill pickles in the jar.
- C.
Pa kept the jar empty with the hope of putting money in it later.
- 6.What was so funny about Pa's scary stories?
- A.
They were funny, because in the middle, Pa would stop and when asked what happened next, he would say, "Oh, I left after that."
- B.
They were funny, because they always ended with a joke.
- C.
They were funny, because in the middle, Pa would stop and make everyone sing along.
- 7.Why did Pa's prayers bring tears to everyone's eyes?
- A.
Pa's prayers brought tears to their eyes because they were tears of happiness.
- B.
Pa's prayers brought tears to their eyes because he talked about this being the last time he would see his family.
- C.
Pa's prayers brought tears to their eyes because Granny always cried so much when the family left.
- 8.Why did Pa finally move to Washington, D.C.?
- A.
He moved to D.C. to be closer to his great Aunt.
- B.
He moved to D.C. for a job in the White House.
- C.
He moved to D.C. because he had a stroke and Mamma and Daddy took care of him.
- 9.When it was time for the LIttles to leave Pa's house, Pa always
- A.
Bought them presents
- B.
Pretended to be sick
- C.
Stayed in his room
- 10.What is this story mostly about?
- A.
A family visits a grandfather in a small town.
- B.
Parmele was not a train town or a mill town.
- C.
Pa had to move to Washington because he had a stroke.
- 11.Granny bent over the collards in her garden. Collards are
- A.
A patch of white clouds
- B.
A group of friendly kittens
- C.
A green leafy vegetable
- 12.In one of his ghost stories, Pa said they would commence hearing strange sounds. What does commence mean?
- A.
Begin
- B.
Pretend
- C.
Study
- 13.Granny sewed patchwork quilts out of leftover material. A patchwork quilt
- A.
Has lots of holes
- B.
Is made from scraps
- C.
Is made out of pure wood
- 14.Pa was a sharecropper who worked in the fields. A sharecropper is someone who
- A.
Farms someone else's land and gets paid with a share of the crops
- B.
Offers to give some of his own land to someone who has none
- C.
Owns his own land and has other people raise crops on it for him
- 15.When Pa told a story, you could almost feel all those scary spirits hovering. To hover means to
- A.
Jump or hop up and down
- B.
Run and hide behind something
- C.
Hang or float above something
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