Core knowledge ELA complete test

Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address begins with the words

In what play did a mischievous character named Puck put magic drops in peoples eyes to make them fall in love

What is the subject: In the play. Julius Ceasar, Shakespeare dramatizes specific events of a murder.

complete the sentence: Mr. and Mrs. Gomez decided to paint the kitchen __________.

complete the sentence: Sheila's mom works in a laboratory as a _________.

The poet, who wrote the Jabberwocky and also wrote Alice in Wonderland was

"I will fight no more forever"

complete the sentence: All the students in Mr. Lee's class _______ pictures for the art contest.

Native americans in the southwest tell stories about a trickster named

"The Road Not Taken" is mainly about

Who tries to help Sherlock Holmes solve his cases?

Jimmy stared through a magnifying glass and was looking for clues pretending to be a great detective like

When a poet writes about the tree as though it has human qualities, then the poet is using

Complete the sentence correctly: The printing press led to great advances in our ___________.

If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens

What word is an adjective: The Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings ever built.

Which contains an error?

Where does this quote come from: "does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence everyday?"

What is the title of Cervantes book about adventures of an old man who thinks he is a knight?

What part in the introduction paragraph briefly restates the prompt and states the topic of each body paragraph?

The "azure world" in The Eagle most likely refers to

Many of Shakespeare's plays were performed at a theater in London called

What speech is the bolded word: The symbol of Republicans is an elephant, and the symbol for Democrats is a donkey.

But there is no joy in _________- mighty Casey has struck out

Ellen wants to show that Plain Indians way of life depended on buffalo. Which information would help her?

choose the way of writing that is clearest and most correct

Complete the sentence: If our team wins its last game, we will play in a ______ tournament next week.

"those are giants with longs arms!" "Those are not giants, they are windmills!"

Which is the correct way to write the title of a book?

Hellen Keller was deaf, blind, and mute but she was able to read and write. What best describes Hellen's determination?

Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

But I with mournful tread, walk the deck my ______ lies, fallen cold and dead

The lives of four March sisters- Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy- are described in the book named

When Frederick Douglass was a slave, his owners wife dared to teach him how to

What kind of book was the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

one day when he was waiting, his mother said "paul, dont just sit there waiting for the mail to come."

complete the sentence: Stop for a short rest when you reach the park _________ through the forest.

choose the way of writing that is clearest and most correct

What is the title of "mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord"

What is the verb: Yesterday Alicia presented a report on the poetry of Langston Hughes.