Lesson Quest Reading Inventory #21
3.0 - 5.5

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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Little Girl

Can you make a pair of scales? When I was a little girl I liked to play store. One day I made some scales to weigh my groceries. I took two small tin dishes. I made four holes around the edge of each dish. Through these holes I put strings. Then I hung a dish on each end of a short stick. I pushed a longer stick partly into the ground, balanced the shorter stick on top of the longer one, and there was my pair of scales ready to use. I put a stone in one round tin dish and some nuts in the other. When the two tin dishes came to rest at level, I knew that the nuts in one dish weighed the same amount as the stone in the other dish.

1. When I was a little girl, I played

horse
store
marbles
games

2. I made some scales to weigh

candy
flour
groceries
apples

3. The dishes I used were

flat
round
square
high

4. I put in one dish some

nuts
candies
sand
buttons

5. I hung the dishes on a

hook
stick
tree
fence

06. The string was tied to the

scales
girl
long stick
dish

7. How many holes did I make in each dish

one
two
three
four

8. I wanted the scales to

sing
balance
tip
hang up

9. Which is the correct order?

dishes, string, sticks, nuts
dishes, sticks, nuts, sting
nuts, string, sticks, dishes
stick, nuts, dishes, string


Your score is out of 9

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