Final Reading Exam Fifth Grade

Unit 5

1. What was at the beginning of the story?

a) Zeus b) Chaos c) Gaia

2. What was Chaos?

a) It was a deep, empty space, like a black hole. b) It was a God. c) It was a Titan.

3. Who was Uranus?

a) The Earth b) The Sky c) The Ocean

4. Who was Gaia?

a) The Earth b) The Sky c) The Ocean

5. Who was Uranus?

a) He was the first God to rule the world. b) He was the first to kill a Titan. c) He was the first to create
the Earth.

6. How many children do Uranus and Gaia have?

a) 10 b) 12 c) 20

7. How were the children known?

a) Olympians b) Titans c) Gods

8. Who were the Titans?

a) A group of Giant Gods. b) A group of monsters. c) A group of creatures.

9. What was Uranus afraid of?

a) his life b) his throne c) his money

10. Where did Uranus hide the children?

a) deep in the Earth b) in the ocean c) in the sky

11. Who were the Cyclopes?

a) monstrous with one eye b) monstrous with 50 heads c) monstrous with 100 arms

12. Who were the Hecatonchires?

a) monstrous with one eye b) monstrous with 50 heads and 100 arms c) giant monstrous

13. Where did Uranus take the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires?

a) Tartarus` island b) deep inside the Earth c) in the ocean
14. Who did Gaia ask for help?
a) Oceanus b) The Titans c) The Cyclopes

15. Who fought against Uranus?

a) Cronos b) Poseidon c) Zeus

16. What did Cronos use to stamp Uranus?

a) a sharp, curved knife b) a sword c) a gun

17. Where did Gaia tell Uranus to see her?

a) at an island b) at a cave c) at a temple

18. What was mixed with Uranus` blood?

a) the foam of the waves b) Cronos` blood c) Gaia`s blood

19. Who was formed with Uranus` blood?

a) Era b) Aphrodite c) Rhea

20. Who claimed Uranus` throne?

a) Cronos b) Zeus c) Gaia

21. What did Cronos do first after claiming the throne?

a) He killed Uranus. b) He feed his brothers and sisters. c) He married Rhea.

22. With whom did Cronos marry?

a) Rhea b) Gaia c) Aphrodite

23. What did they rule?

a) the Ocean and the Sky b) the Sky and the Earth c) the Earth and the Ocean

24. How did Cronos feel when he found out Rhea was expecting a baby?
a) happy b) sad c) angry

25. What did Gaia and Uranus warn Cronos about?

a) That one of his children would overthrow him just as he did with his father.
b) That one of his children would be a Cyclope.
c) That one of his children would die.

26. What did Cronos do with his children when they were born?
a) He killed them. b) He swallowed them. c) He gave them to Uranus and Gaia.

27. Whom did Rhea ask for help?

a) Uranus and Gaia b) Cronos and Aphrodite c) Cyclopes and Hecatonchires

28. Where did Rhea hide?

a) In the island of Tartarus b) In the island of Crete c) Deep inside the Earth

29. What was the name of the baby?

a) Zeus b) Aphrodite c) Era

30. What did Rhea have wrapped in a blanket?

a) a rock b) a baby c) a dog

31. What did Cronos think was wrapped with the blanket?
a) a baby b) a rock c) a dog

32. What did Cronos do with the rock?

a) He threw it. b) He swallowed it. c) He kicked it.

33. Who took care of Zeus?

a) Rhea b) Gaia c) The Nymphs

34. Whom did Zeus get married with?

a) Gaia b) Rhea c) Metis

35. What did Zeus want to do with his plan in the throne?
a) free his brothers and sisters b) become a king c) be rich

36. What did Metis prepare to force Cronos release Zeus` siblings?
a) a potion b) a plan c) a weapon

37. Where were Zeus` siblings hidden?

a) in Crete b) in Tartarus c) in Cronos` belly

38. Who helped Zeus with his plan?

a) Gaia b) Oceanus c) Metis

39. What did Cronos think the potion would make to him?
a) stronger, wiser, and more handsome b) more intelligent, richer, and invincible c) taller, thinner, and
stronger

40. What did Gaia tell Cronos the potion would help him about?
a) He wouldn`t die. b) He wouldn`t lose his throne. c) He will win all battles.
 41. How was Cronos?
a) greedy and vain b) silly and rich c) strong and clever

42. What happened when Cronos took the potion?

a) He felt sick. b) He felt sad. c) He felt strong.

43. What did Cronos split up?

a) his money b) his sons and daughters c) his crown

44. What were the names of Zeus` siblings?

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45. What did Zeus` siblings take from Cronos?

a) his throne b) his name c) his city

46. Where did Zeus go?

a) Tartarus b) Crete c) Mount Olympus

47. How were Zeus and his sibling known?

a) Titans b) Olympians c) Cyclopes

48. Who helped Cronos in the war?

a) his male brothers b) Atlas c) a and b are correct

49. Who was Atlas?

a) brother of Zeus b) brother of Cronos c) brother of Prometheus

50. Who helped Zeus in the war?

a) Prometheus and Epimetheus b) Cyclopes ad Hecatonchires c) The Olympians d) All are correct

51. How long was the war?

a) more than 10 years b) 1 year c) 25 years

52. What were the Cyclopes good at?

a) making weapons b) telling jokes c) making thunders

53. How strong were the Hecathonchires?

a) as strong as one man b) as strong as 100 men c) as strong as 50 men

54. Who released the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires from the island of Tartarus?
a) Zeus b) Gaia c) Rhea
 55. What did Cyclopes and Hecatonchires give to Zeus?
a) the gift of thunder and lightning bolt
b) strength and beautifulness c) wisdom and height

56. What did Zeus do with the Titans?

a) He prisoned them with chains in the dark prison of Tartarus. b) He sent them underground. c) He
killed them.

57. What was Atlas punishment?

a) To bear the weight of the Earth and Sky. b) To serve as a servant. c) To marry one Olympian.

58. With what did Zeus surround the island to stop the Titans to escape?
a) stone walls and heavy bronze gates b) with a gate c) with guards

59. Who keep an eye on the Titans?

a) The Olympians b) The Cyclopes and Hecatonchires c) Zeus

60. What did each Olympian have?

a) a territory to rule b) a wife c) family

61. Where did Hades rule?

a) The sky b) the sea c) the underworld

62. Where did Poseidon rule?

a) the sea b) the underworld c) the sky

63. What was Zeus?

a) The king of gods and master of the universe b) the underworld god c) the sea god

Unit 6
1. In what year was Benjamin Franklin born?
a) 1706 b) 1806 c)1906

2. Which of the following is a true statement about Benjamin Franklin?

a) He fought in World War I b) He signed the Declaration of Independence
b) He was the 15th president of the United States

3. Benjamin Franklin was many things in his life. What was one of his occupations?
a) Writer b) scientist c) inventor d) all of the above

4. How many siblings did Franklin have?

a) 0 b) 3 c) 8 d) 17

5. What did Franklin do that led to some theories related to electricity?

a) He flew a kite in a storm. b) He invented the light switch. c) He read many books about electrical
outlets.

6. Which of the following did Franklin invent?

a) Airplane b) car c) coffee maker d) lightning rod

7. True or False? Benjamin Franklin invented bifocal glasses.

a) True b) false

8. Franklin helped write the Declaration of Independence. What else did he help write?
a) Constitution of the united states b) pledge of allegiance c) star spangled banner

9. Which newspaper did Franklin publish?

a) Tribune b) Pennsylvania gazette c) new York times d) none of the above

10. Franklin died in 1790. In what state did he die?

a) Pennsylvania b) new York c) Massachusetts

11. What was the name of his child and what happened to him?
a) Francis and he died of smallpox. b) Bernard and he died of fever. c) Albert and he died in a car accident.

12. What was the “Poor Richard`s Almanac”?

a) It was the name of a newspaper. b) It was a yearly book filled with weather reports, predictions,
recipes, and advice. c) It was the name of an invention.

13. What was Junto Club?

a) It was a place where young men exchange ideas, study, argue issues of the day, and plan
improvements to their community.
b) It was a place where people read the newspaper.
c) It was a place where Franklin went to study.

14. How old was he when he became a diplomat?

a) 30 b) 40 c) 50

15. When did Benjamin Franklin die and how old was he?
a) He died on April 17, 1790 and he was eighty four years old. b) He died on January 17, 1706 and he
was fifty five years old. c) He died on March 14, 1783 and he was sixty one years old.

16. What was Franklin before becoming a printer?

a) apprentice b) diplomat c) teacher

17. What type of stove did Franklin invent?

a) wood b) metal c) carbon

18. What did he invent to swim faster?

a) a boat b) swim fins c) a swimming suit

19. Why did he invent the metal stove?

a) To make house bigger b) to keep houses warm
 20. What did he use to prove that lightning is electricity?
a) a ball b) an apple c) a kite

Unit 7

1. What is a large area of the world that has a distinct climate and geography?
a) Ecosystem b) biome

2. What is a group of plants and animals that depend on one another for survival?
a) Ecosystem b) biome

3. What is like a desert, but much colder?

a) Forest b) desert c) tundra

4. How are most of the animals in the desert?

a) Big b) nocturnal c) herbivores

5. What biome is covered with grass and has very few trees?
a) Arctic tundra b) grassland c) deciduous forest
6. How are tropical grassland also called?
a) Arid b) treeless c) savannas

7. Which is the largest and most diverse ecological system?

a) tundra b) desert c) forest

8. What is the largest and single biome on Earth?

a) conifer c) taiga c) deciduous forest

9. What is the action animals take in order to survive?

a) Eating b) migration c) sleeping

10. What is a way animals adapt to their environment?

a) They hibernate during the hot weather. b) They make friend with other animals.
c) They hibernate during the cold weather.

11. How is the climate in the tundra?

a) Hot b) cold c) rainy

12. What do deserts get less than other biomes?

a) Precipitation b) sunlight c) flora and fauna

13. Why does the cactus store water in the folds of its trunk?
a) To use it during the long dry months. b) To give it to the animals. c) To use it to plant other
cactus.

14. How are reptiles?

a) They are ugly. b) They are ectothermic. c) They are dry.
21. Which are the two types of grassland?
a) Temperate and tropical b) arid and semiarid c) deciduous and conifer

22. How are trees in the taiga?

a) Evergreen b) dry c) arid

23. How are the trees in the deciduous forest?

a) Evergreen b) they change with the seasons. c) They become brown.

24. What comes from the plants that grow in the rain forest?
a) medicines b) fruits c) flowers

25. What will happen if people continue building homes and communities in the biomes?
a) Air and water may become polluted. b) Animals and plants may die. c) The different species of
animals may become endangered. d) All are correct.

26. Who is the key element in the ecosystem balance?

a) animals b) plants c) humans