"Georgia O’Keeffe” by Joan Didion Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test

This 19-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the nonfiction selection essay “Georgia O’Keeffe” by Joan Didion (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). The essay begins with the sentence “’Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant …’” and concludes with the paragraph beginning with the line, “At twenty-four she left all of those opinions behind and went for the first time to live in Texas, where there were no trees to paint and no one to tell her how to paint them”. The essay length totals 6 paragraphs (4 pages). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: point of view, making inferences, vocabulary (including words from SAT/ACT exams), cause and effect, figurative language, literary devices, author’s purpose, main idea, summarization, fact and opinion, analogies, and other elements of literature. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions 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. Teachers are encouraged to remove/add questions as they see fit for their students. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!

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

**PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that paragraphs be numbered as some questions refer to specific paragraphs in the selection.

Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED):

Students are expected to:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

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