PHIL IRI Screening Test 10. Which of the following best describes Benito?

Read each selection silently. Then read the questions (Inferential)

that follow and write the letter of the correct answer in A. He is selfish. B. He is giving.
the answer sheet: C. He is thrifty. D. He is greedy.
C. SELECTION #3
B.SELECTION #1 At Last!
The Best Part of the Day The spotted egg finally hatched. Out came a little bird
who was afraid. The tree where his mother built their
Mia was in her bedroom when she heard a rooster crow. nest was just too tall. “I don’t know how to fly,” he
Then she heard a man yell, “Hot pandesal! Buy your hot thought. He looked around for his mother, but she was
pandesal!” Mia wanted to sleep some more. But she not there. Where could she be? He looked down and
knew she might be late for school if she did. Finally, she felt his legs shake. He started to get dizzy and fell out of
began to smell fried eggs and fish. “It’s time to get up,” his nest. He quickly flapped his wings. At last – he was
she said. Mia jumped out of bed and ran down the flying.
steps.
11. Where did the bird come from? (Literal)
1. At the beginning of the story, where was Mia? A. an egg with lots of spots
(Literal) B. an egg with many colors
C. an egg with only one color
A. She was in her bedroom.
D. an egg with plenty of stripes
B. She was in the bathroom. 12. Why was the bird afraid? (Inferential)
C. She was at the kitchen table. A. He did not have any friends.
D. She was on a bench outside. B. He did not know how to fly.
2. What time of the day was it? (Inferential) C. He did not know his mother.
A. middle of the day B. late in the evening D. He did not see his brothers.
C. early in the morning D. late in the afternoon 13. Why was the bird’s mother not in the nest?
3. What do you think will happen next? (Inferential) (Inferential)
A. She will have lunch. B. She will have dinner. A. She had to look for a nest to house the little bird.
C. She will have a snack. D. She will have breakfast. B. She had to leave the bird so he will learn on his own.
4. What will she say when she gets up? (Inferential) C. She had to find food to feed the hungry little bird.
D. She had to look for something to help the little bird
A. “Good evening.” B. “Good afternoon!”
fly.
C. “Good morning!” D. “Thank you very much!”
14. How did the bird learn to fly? (Inferential)
5. What other title can be given for this story? (Critical)
A. by studying and practicing
A. The End of the Day B. The Start of the Day B. by watching other birds fly
C. Just Before Sleeping D. The Middle of the Day C. by having his mother teach him
D. by accidentally flapping its wings
B.SELECTION #2 15. At the end of the passage, how did the little bird
Ice Cream for Sale feel? (Inferential)
“Cling! Cling! Cling!” Benito and his sister Nelia raced A. lonely B. afraid C. nervous D. excited
out the door. He took some coins from his pocket and
counted them. “I can have two scoops,” he thought. But SELCTION #4
then his little sister Nelia asked, “Can I have an ice The Owl and the Rooster
cream?” Benito looked at his coins again. “May I have While the other owls slept in the day time, Hootie slept
two cones?” he asked. The vendor nodded. Benito and at night. She always yawned and fell asleep when her
Nelia left with a smile. friends asked her to hoot with them. This made her sad
because she liked hooting a lot. One day, she met a
6. Why did Benito and Nelia race out the door? rooster who could not wake up in the morning. He could
(Inferential) not awaken the villagers. This made the rooster
A. They wanted to buy something. unhappy.
B. They wanted to open the door. Hootie said, “I know how to help you. I’ll hoot in the
C. They wanted to find out what was going on. morning so you can wake up to do your job!”
D. They wanted to know what was making noise.
7. In the beginning, what did Benito plan to do? (Literal) 16. What was the owl’s problem? (Inferential)
A. buy ice cream for himself and his sister A. She slept in the morning.
B. buy two scoops of ice cream for himself B. She couldn’t hoot at night.
C. buy two scoops of ice cream for his sister C. She was awake all night long.
D. reach the ice cream vendor ahead of his sister D. She couldn’t wake the people up.
8. Why were they smiling at the end of the story? 17. What was the rooster’s problem? (Literal)
(Inferential) A. He couldn’t hoot with the owl.
A. They each got a free ice cream cone. B. He couldn’t wake the people up.
B. They made the ice cream vendor happy. C. He couldn’t sleep in the morning.
C. They shared a cup with two scoops of ice cream. D. He couldn’t be with his friends.
D. They each had a scoop of ice cream on a cone. 18. The word rouse has a synonym in the selection.
9. A vendor is someone who ___________________. What is this word? (Inferential)
(Inferential) A. wake B. solve C. slept D. hoot
A. sells things B. buys things 19. How did the owl and the rooster feel at the end of
C. counts things D. gives things away the passage? (Inferential)
A. worried B. alarmed C. relieved D.
unhappy
20. What was the author's purpose when she wrote the
selection? (Critical)
A. to inform B. to entertain
C. to evaluate D. to convince