LEVEL M

Quick Check The Legend of the Giant’s Causeway

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Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. The setting of this story 4. What part of Oonagh’s plan

is . does Finn not like?
A Scotland A He does not want to feed
Cucullin cheese.
B Oonagh
C Cucullin B He does not want to feed
Cucullin bread.
D Ireland
C He does not want to sleep
2. Cucullin wants to find Finn in a crib.
McCool because .
D He does not want to borrow
A Cucullin wants to meet iron pans.
Finn’s baby
5. Another word for a cradle
B Cucullin wants to fight Finn is .
C Cucullin likes to have A pan
breakfast with Finn
B crib
D Cucullin wants to help Finn
build the causeway C basket
3. What does Oonagh hide D loaf
in the loaf of bread? 6. Which word best describes
Oonagh?
A a frying pan
B a stone A scared
C a thunderbolt B talkative
D a cradle C funny
D tricky

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7. What does Oonagh do when 10. At the end of the story,

Cucullin gets to the house? .
A She makes cheese. A Finn finishes the bridge
B She gives Cucullin breakfast. B Cucullin runs back home
C She asks Finn to borrow C Cucullin fights Finn
frying pans.
D Oonagh chases Cucullin away
D She gives Finn Junior 11. Extended Response: How does
breakfast.
Cucullin change by the end of
8. Cucullin thinks the baby the story?
is .
A very hungry
B stronger than he is
C not really a baby
D a cute baby
9. When Cucullin checks the baby’s
teeth, .
A Finn jumps out of the crib
B he sees that the baby
is really Finn
C Finn bites his thumb
D he breaks another tooth

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Quick Check Answer Sheet The Legend of the Giant’s Causeway
Main Comprehension Skill: Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions

1. D Story Elements
2. B Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
3. A Main Idea and Details
4. C Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
5. B Vocabulary
6. D Analyze Character
7. B Sequence Events
8. B Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
9. C Cause and Effect
10. B Sequence Events
11. Answers will vary but should
include the following: At the
beginning of the story, Cucullin
is confident and not scared of
Finn. By the end of the story,
Cucullin is scared of Finn and
runs back home.

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