Lesson Quest Reading Inventory #22
2.9 - 5.9

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 Squirrels

When Bill and Tom were walking in the woods one day they stoped to pick up some chestnuts which were under a tree. Hearing a strange noise coming from a hole in the trunk of the tree, Bill climbed up to look in. Two cunning baby squirrels were inside, crying for their mother. A hunter had shot her and left the babies to die. Each of the boys tucked a baby squrrel in his jacket pocket and carried it home. There the boys made a soft bed in a box for little animals, and fed them warm milk from a tiny nursing bottle. The squirrels soon grew round and fat. Bill and Tom were proud of their pets.

1. Bill and Tom were walking

on the street
in the woods
in the yard
in the park

2. Bill found the baby squirrels

on a limb
on the ground
under the tree
in a hole in the tree

3. Who shot the mother squirrel? A

hunter
boy
man
farmer

4. The boys

left the babies to die
carried them home
put them back in the tree
hid them in the leaves

5. What did the boys feed the squirrels?

cookies
warm milk
bread
chestnuts

6. The boys fed them from a

plate
spoon
bottle
cup

7. The squirrels soon

grew sick
ran away
died
grew round and fat

8. The boys

were afraid of them
were proud of them
hated them
grew tired of carring for them

9. Which is the order of events?

walk, climb, feed
climb, feed, walk
feed, walk, climb
feed, climb, walk


Your score is out of 9

Click on the appropriate grade level for a list of equivalent reading books.
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3.1
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5.9