3rd Grade Reading STAAR Review

You are a Crewmate among the famous SKELD Spaceship, on its way to a far off planet to discover fascinating, unknown extraterrestrials! (Aliens)

You need to complete all your tasks to make sure the ship can keep running and reach your destination. Make sure to record your answers as you journey through the ship!

But BE CAREFUL! There is an imposter among us who is trying to sabotage the ship!

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White sus.

Why?

He doesn't search the text for evidence.

WHAT?! NOOO!!! OF COURSE I DO!!!

Prove it.

According to the text, what did the United States Supreme Court decide in the case against the Africans on the Amistad?

A) The Supreme Court ruled that children need to learn about slavery.

C) The Supreme Court ruled that the Africans could go back to Africa

D) The Supreme Court ruled that the Africans should not have rebelled.

B) The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad was a slave ship

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question 1

In this text, a sequence of events related to the Amistad is described. What happened right after Joseph Cinque led the rebellion on the Amistad?

C) The Africans were taken from Sierra Leone.

A) Cinque ordered the captain of the ship to sail back to Africa.

B) The Africans returned to Sierra Leone.

D) Cinque steered the ship to the United States

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question 2

The captain of the Amistad did not want the Africans to return to Sierra Leone and escape slavery. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

C) "The Africans wanted to return home. They tried to steer the ship back to Sierra Leone."

A) "At night, though, the captain secretly steered the ship the wrong way. That is how the Amistad ended up in the United States."

B) "In 1839, a group of Africans was forced aboard the original ship. The Africans had been kidnapped and sold into slavery."

D) "Cinque used a nail to unlock the other Africans' chains. Then he ordered the captain of the ship to sail back to Africa."

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question 3

Based on the text, what words best describe the Africans aboard the Amistad?

C) happy and enthusiastic

A) scared and confused

B) brave and determined

D) uncertain and sad

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question 4

What is this text mostly about?

A) how to sail a ship from Sierre Leone to the United States

C) a present-day ship that tells an important story from history

B) the voyage of the Amistad and ways to honor the Africans who rebelled

D) why the Supreme Court let the Africans go back to Sierra Leone

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question 5

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. The Africans wanted to go back to Africa, __________ they rebelled and took over the ship.

C) so

A) because

D)after

B) but

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question 6

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In paragraph 10, the word speechless means that Amy -

A) is not able to speak

C) has too many things to say

B) does not like to speak

D) repeats things when speaking

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question 7

Read these sentences from paragraph 15 in the story: I was frozen in a block of ice. I wanted to cry, but my tears were frozen, too. Why did the author include sensory language in these sentences?

A) To show that Amy is too excited to say anything.

C) To show that Amy is too frightened to do anything.

B) To suggest that Amy feels too sad to continue her job.

D) To suggest that Amy feels too cold to think clearly.

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question 8

Based on the information in the story, the reader can conclude that Amy looks unhappy in the last picture because she -

A) thinks the greens feel strange

C) wants to open the bag of crickets

B) wants to go outside with Trent

D) thinks Trent will hand her the lizard

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question 9

Which statement describes the main theme of the story?

A) It is good to share the things you have with others.

C) It is often possible to overcome your fears.

B) It is important to smile even when you are not happy.

D) It is helpful for people to work together.

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question 10

Amy does not want to sit near Trent mainly because he -

C) wants to look at her list of scary things

A) bothers and teases her

B) tries to talk to her during class

D) wants to help her take care of the class pet

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question 11

Paragraphs 1 and 2 are important to the story because they -

A) provide details about Amy's job

C) explain why Amy is afraid of lizards

B) introduce Amy's problems

D) show how Amy solves her problem

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Green sus.

Why?

He doesn't stop and jot his thinking.

I DO!! I DO!!!

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In paragraph 7, the word promoted means -

A) finished with the task

C) required to work more hours

B) discussed by others

D) given a better job

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question 13

Throughout the selection, the author describes Tama as being -

A) adventurous

C) friendly

B) brave

D) clever

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question 14

The reader can tell that Tama is allowed to stay at the station because she -

A) cares for the other cats

C) sits inside the ticket booth

B) walks people to the train

D) attracts more passengers

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question 15

Which sentence shows that people are interested in learning about Tama?

A) She spent most of her time at Kishi station.

C) Tama has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles as well as on television shows and in video clips.

B) She walks around the station in her uniform and greets passengers.

D) From stray cat to famous stationmaster, life is sweet for Tama!

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question 16

The author wrote this selection most likely to -

A) show the reader how cats are different from other animals

C) share an opinion about why cats make great pets

B) explain why some stray cats like to be around people

D) inform the reader about a special cat that lives in an unusual place

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question 17

In what way does Tama's presence at the train station help the nearby town?

A) People in the town want to work at the train station.

C) People who come to see Tama often spend money in the town.

B) People in the town enjoy taking pictures with the visitors.

D) People who come to see Tama want to move to the town.

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question 18

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A synonym for the word eager in line 33 is -

A) excited

C) amused

B) satisfied

D) surprised

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question 19

What is the main message for the poem?

A) Finding adventures requires careful planning.

C) Replacing objects that are damaged is part of growing up.

B) Events are more meaningful when experienced alone.

D) People can find comfort in things that are always in them.

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question 20

When the speaker of the poem says "you", he is talking to -

A) his pants

C) the grass

B) the dryer

D) the ocean

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question 21

The poem begins and ends with the idea of -

A) loneliness

C) togetherness

B) amusement

D) embarrassment

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question 22

The poet uses dialogue in lines 12 through 16 to help the reader understand -

A) how much the pants dislike the washing machine

C) why the pants make sounds in the washing machine

B) how much the pants need to be washed and dried

D) why the pants like to spend time with the speaker

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question 23

How can the reader tell that this is a free verse poem?

A) There are words that describe sights and sounds.

C) The speaker uses the word "I" to describe himself.

B) The lines of the poem do not rhyme with each other.

D) The pants are able to talk to the speaker.

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