Grade 8 Prentice Hall Lit. Unit 6 Themes in American Stories Tests Bundle (16)

This bundle of 16 tests on 16 reading selections from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 8 ISBN-10: 0131317164 Unit 6 Themes in American Stories includes multiple-choice questions (number varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). Some tests cover several reading selections. It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: summarization, main idea, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & opinion, analogies, and other elements of literature. 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. These 16 tests total over 150 pages of test material. This is over a $39 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!

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

Included tests listed below:

UNIT 6: THEMES IN AMERICAN STORIES (16 TESTS TOTAL)

“Water Names,” Lan Samantha Chang (29 questions, 9 pages)

“Why the Waves Have Whitecaps,” Zora Neale Hurston (23 questions, 7 pages)

“Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon,” Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz (33 questions, 9 pages)

“Chicoria,” José Griego y Maestas and Rudolfo A. Anaya (29 questions, 9 pages)

Excerpt from “The People, Yes,” Carl Sandburg (26 questions, 9 pages)

“Brer Possum’s Dilemma,” Jackie Torrence (37 questions, 11 pages)

“John Henry,” Traditional (38 questions, 11 pages)

“Western Wagons,” Stephen Vincent Benét (19 questions, 6 pages)

“Davy Crockett’s Dream,” Davy Crockett (34 questions, 10 pages)

“Paul Bunyan of the North Woods,” Carl Sandburg (25 questions, 7 pages)

“Ellis Island,” Joseph Bruchac (20 questions, 6 pages)

Excerpt (3 Poems: “Debts”, “Fields of Flashing Light”, & “Migrants”) from Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse (52 questions, 15 pages)

“Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Alice Walker (28 questions, 9 pages)

“An Episode of War,” Stephen Crane (51 questions, 16 pages)

Excerpt from My Own True Name, Pat Mora (40 questions, 12 pages)

“Words to Sit In, Like Chairs,” Naomi Shihab Nye (39 questions, 12 pages)

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