Lesson Quest Reading Inventory #16
1.1 - 7.4

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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The Ten Dollar Purse

"I have come for my ten dollars," said the little boy, as he walked up to a big policeman. "Your ten dollars! What do you mean?" " I'm the boy who gave you the purse, I found with ten dollars in it. You told me that it would be mine if no one claimed it in six months. It's now been more than six months." The policeman shook his head, puzzled, and said, "you had better go with your mother to see the chief." The mother told the chief of police that her son had found the money and had given it to the mayor. The mayor, as a reward, gave him the ten dollars and the purse. In the purse the boy found a beautiful honor card for good citizenship.

1. What did the little boy want?

a purse
ten dollars
the policeman
his mother

2. To whom did he first go for the money?

the mayor
the chief
his mother
a policeman

3. The boy had found?

a purse
a medal
the policeman
his mother

4. The money was to be his if unclaimed for?

one month
six weeks
six months
one year

5. When he found the purse what did he do with it?

kept it
gave it to his mother
gave it to the policeman
hid it

6. His mother told the full story to the?

a policeman
mayor
chief of police
owner

7. Who gave the boy the money and purse?

the mayor
the chief
the owner
the policeman

8. What was in the purse given to the boy?

$10
nothing
$1 reward
an honor card

9. He was rewarded because he?

was a hero
was brave
had done right
had found the purse

10. The lesson taught is:

all good things come to those who wait.
Honesty is the best policy
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Virtue is its own reward


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