African-American/Black History Month Secondary ELA Reading Test Bundle (12 total)

This bundle of 12 tests on 13 reading selections related to African-American History Month includes multiple-choice questions (length of test varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!

*Teacher’s note: It is recommended that the reading selection’s lines be numbered before copies are given to students. This helps students locate answers to questions with references to specific lines of the text.

**PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, this product does not contain the reading selection(s).

Reading selections/tests include:

“The People Could Fly” by Virginia Hamilton

“Runagate Runagate” Poem by Robert Hayden

“The American Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.

“Martin Luther King” Poem by Raymond Patterson

Excerpt from “Sharing in the American Dream” by Colin Powell

“Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom” Nonfiction by Ann Petry

“Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last” by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Excerpt from The Biography of Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley

“Rosa” Poem by Rita Dove

“Brown VS. Board of Education” by Walter Dean Myers

Excerpt from “Emancipation” by Russell Freedman

Excerpt from the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

“Caged Bird” Poem by Maya Angelou

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