Lesson Quest Reading Inventory #5
2.0 - 5.3

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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Early Schools

In the early schools of our country, boys and girls used a book which was called the New England Primer. This book did not have the interesting stories and pretty pictures that our primers and readers have today. The alphabet was the most important part of the reader then. After each letter of the alphabet was a queer little picture, and beside it a rhyme. Children studied their lessons out loud so that the teacher might know how well they were doing. When they had learned their lessons, they stood in a row in front of the teacher with their toes touching a crack in the floor, and recited. It took most boys and girls a long time to learn to read this primer.

1. One of the first books used in the schools was

a geography
an arithmetic
a primer
a speller

2. This book was called the

Massachusetts Reader
New England Primer
New York Primer
Children's Reader

3. The most important part of it was the

pictures
stories
rhymes
alphabet

4. After each letter of the alphabet was a

picture
story
poem
lesson

5. The children studied

softly
carefully
out loud
quietly

6. When the children knew their lessons they recited them to their

neighbor
brother
mother
teacher

7. This book was read

with ease
with speed
with difficulty
with pleasure

8. To learn to read the book usually took

part of a year
one year
a long time
many years

9. The children studied out loud

to please themselves
to annoy their neighbors
so the teacher could hear
to learn more quickly


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