LEVEL L
Quick Check
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Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Anna and her family are
getting ready for
A Thanksgiving
B Easter
C Christmas Day
D Valentine’s Day
2. What did the old woman
do every night before she
found the goose?
A She painted eggs.
B She read books.
C She played her music box.
D She told stories to her son.
3. Read this sentence: Pysanky eggs
are Ukrainian Easter eggs. What
does Ukrainian mean?
A made from eggs
B from the country of Ukraine
C covered with snow
D made just for you
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4. Who painted the eggs Anna’s
. mother takes from the box?
A Anna
B Grandmother Sasha
C Anna’s mother
D Grandmother Sasha’s
grandmother
5. Grandmother told Anna
the story of the dancing
goose after .
A Anna painted a special egg
B Anna saw the special
music box
C Anna sold all her painted
eggs
D Anna met the old woman
with the goose
6. Why does Anna get up early
the next morning?
A She is hungry.
B She has trouble sleeping.
C She is worried about
the goose.
D She is excited about painting
the eggs.
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7. Why did the woman in
Grandmother Sasha’s story
have dozens of goose eggs?
A Her geese laid too
many eggs.
B She wanted to paint on them.
C She couldn’t go to the market
because of the snow.
D She loved to save eggs.
8. Which of the following best leads
readers to believe that Anna
enjoys Grandmother Sasha’s
stories?
A Anna only likes stories
from old storybooks.
B Anna listens to more
than one of Grandmother
Sasha’s stories.
C Anna knows she’ll get
another gift if she
pays attention to
her grandmother.
D Anna claps and jumps
up and down at the
end of each story.
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9. What is a village?
A a festival
B a small community of people
C a music box
D a baby goose
10. Why does Anna decide to put
a dancing goose on her egg?
A Her favorite bird is a goose.
B She wants it to be like the
music box.
C She has a goose for a pet.
D Her mother told her to.
11. Extended Response: What
does the reader learn about
the relationship between
Anna and her grandmother
by looking at the pictures
and reading the story?
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 LEVEL L
Quick Check Answer Sheet Anna and the Painted Eggs
Main Comprehension Skill: Sequence Events

1. B Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions

2. C Sequence Events
3. B Vocabulary
4. D Story Elements
5. B Sequence Events
6. D Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
7. C Cause and Effect
8. B Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
9. B Vocabulary
10. B Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
11. Answers will vary but should
include how the illustrations and
story together show that Anna
and her grandmother have a
close relationship, learn from
each other, and like spending
time with one another. Students
should support their answers
with examples from the text.

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