"The Tail" by Joyce Hansen *ONLINE* (BOOM CARDS) Reading Comprehension Test

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This 24-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “The Tail” by Joyce Hansen has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests). It is recommended that students number the paragraphs of the reading selection as some questions may refer to specific paragraphs in the selection.

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Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):

Students are expected to:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1

Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.