Reading Test on Excerpt from Rosa Parks by D. Brinkley & “Rosa” Poem by R. Dove

This 28-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on an excerpt from the biography Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley (21 questions) & the Poem “Rosa” by Rita Dove (7 questions) (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). Summary of excerpt: Rosa Parks is leaving her job at Montgomery Fair and refuses to give up her seat for a white man. The excerpt from the biography is 8 paragraphs long, begins with the paragraph that begins: “Rosa parks headed to work on December 1, 1955, on the Cleveland Avenue bus to Court Square” and ends with the paragraph beginning: “Her majestic use of ‘may’ rather than ‘can’ put Parks on the high ground, establishing her as a protester, not a victim.” 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).

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.