NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.WhatistheMAINreasonwhytheauthorwrote“TheBunyans”?toteachaboutimportantUnitedStateslandmarkstoexplainhowtomakecavesandmountainstopersuadereadersthattheBunyanswererealpeopletoentertainwithanamusingstory2.Whydidtheauthorwrite“Thelumberjackpulledupanacreofdrycaneandfashionedatorch...”?toshowhowcanewasusedinthepasttoshowhowPaulBunyanlithishometoshowthateverythingaboutPaulBunyanisverylargetoshowthattorchesweremadedifferentlyinthosedays3.Howdoyouknowthat“TheBunyans”isatalltale?Ithasaplotwithabeginning,amiddle,andanending.Ithashumor,folkheroes,andimpossiblehappenings.Ithasrealpeople,places,andeventsfromthepast.Ithastheauthor’spersonalthoughtsandfeelings.4.HowdidMaandPaBunyangetthebearsoutofTeeny’shair?Theyputherunderahugewaterfall.Theywashedthebearsoutinthesink.Theyusedabigcombtopullthemout.Theyusedhotwaterandalotofsoap.5.Whatisthemainideaof“TheBunyans”?PaulBunyanandhiswifecreatedahugecrystalcave.SomefamiliarlandmarksweremadebytheBunyans.PaulBunyanandhiswifehadtwoverylargechildren.TheBunyanswereafamilyoflargepeoplelivinginMaine.WeeklyLessonTestLesson28©Harcourt•Grade4SelectionComprehension“TheBunyans”237Name6.WhydoestheauthorwritethatPaulBunyan’sgrinwas“aswideastheMissouriRiver”?toshowthatPaulBunyanisveryhappytoprovethatPaulBunyanhastraveledtoshowthatPaulBunyanisfromMissouritoexplainthatPaulBunyanlooksstrange7.WhydidtheBunyansliketogocampinginWyoming?Teenylikedtosleepoutdoors.LittleJeanlikedtocarvetherocks.Theycouldwashtheirclothesinhotwater.Theythoughtthemountainswerebeautiful.8.WhichwordBESTdescribesLittleJean?sadcuriousproudshyREADTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.InwhatwaysdoesMaBunyanseemlikearealperson?Usedetailsfrom“TheBunyans”tosupportyouranswer.TOTALSCORE:/8+/2WeeklyLessonTestLesson28©Harcourt•Grade4SelectionComprehension“TheBunyans”238NameWeeklyLessonTestLesson28FocusSkill:FigurativeLanguageReadthepassage.Thenchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.TheNewPuppyIzumiwaswatchingabirdsingas...
