“Bodybuilders’ Contest” Poem by Wislawa Szymborska Reading Comprehension Test

This 16-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the poem “Bodybuilders’ Contest” by Wislawa Szymborska (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test:

• students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection

• plot development

• characterization

• author’s purpose

• point of view

• making inferences

• vocabulary

• literary devices

• figurative language

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.

Answer key included.

Editable MS Word Doc.

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