Lesson Quest Reading Inventory #13
2.3 - 5.8

The purpose of this reading inventory is to return a test score that directly correlates to the reading level of the student being tested.

Read the following selection and answer as many questions as possible in 3 minutes!

At the completion of the test, match the test score with the appropriate grade level listed at the bottom of the page.



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Your Mouth

Do you know that your mouth is like a little mill? Your teeth grind food. The front teeth are shaped to bite the food into bits. The others are made to grind it fine so that it can be made into liquid by the stomach. Probably you have twenty-four teeth now, but when you grow up you should have thirty-two. Enamel is the hard outer covering on the teeth. To crack nuts with your teeth might break this enamel, and it will not grow a second time. Down in the middle of the tooth is a nerve. When the enamel is broken this nerve feels the hear or cold. Soon the tooth begins to ache. If you want this mill of yours to work well for a long time, you must take very good care of it.

1. What is like a mill?

teeth
mouth
stomach
nerves

2. How many teeth do children your age usually have?

16
20
24
32

3. How many teeth do most grown people have?

16
20
24
32

4. On the outside of the teeth ther is

enamel
bone
muscle
nerves

5. In the center of the teeth we find

enamel
bone
muscle
nerves

6. The enamel on the teeth is

soft
cold
hard
liquid

7. The front teeth

bite food
grind food
soften food
chew food

8. The enamel may be broken by

chewing dry food
cleaning the teeth
biting on hard things
drinking hot or cold things

9. If the enamel is once broken, when does new enamel form?

in a few days
in a few weeks
in a few years
never

10. This is a lesson in

geography
health
history
nature


Your score is out of 10

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