4th Grade NYS Test Prep!

Question 1

What is an inference?

Accepted Answer

an educated guess

Question 2

In paragraph 4 of the article, what is the most likely reason the author sends his work to an editor at Random House?

Accepted Answer

the author thinks his story is one that people would like to read

Question 3

How does the table support the information in the article?

Accepted Answer

It gives more examples of how animal fathers take care of babies

Question 4

LARGE letters are an example of a text feature

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which quotation from the story identifies the setting?

Accepted Answer

"Eleven years ago, my birth on Space Station Alpha made history"

Question 6

What are character traits?

Accepted Answer

dialogue, actions, feelings, thoughts

Question 7

Which are Graphic Features? Mark all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Map, Diagram, Photograph

Question 8

What is a setting?

Accepted Answer

the time & place of the story

Question 9

What does the word excerpt mean?

Accepted Answer

short piece of a text

Question 10

What does the fox think about himself in “The Otters and the Fox”?

Accepted Answer

full of himself

Question 11

What is a central idea?

Accepted Answer

what the text is mostly about

Question 12

What is the meaning of the word “breakthrough” as it is used in paragraph 2 of the article?

Accepted Answer

important change

Question 13

How can you find the meaning of an unkown word?

Accepted Answer

look for the word parts, read the sentence before and after

Question 14

MORE FABULOUS FATHERS is a text feature

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What is a central idea of paragraph 4?

Accepted Answer

Goodall’s actions helped her build trust with David Greybeard

Question 16

What is a theme?

Accepted Answer

a moral, a message

Question 17

Which sentence best states a theme of paragraph 7?

Accepted Answer

There are many ways to show someone that you care

Question 18

Character traits are a person or character's thoughts, feelings and physical attributes

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 18