Reading Questions for the MAP Exam®

6th Grade
Literature - Advanced
10 Questions
Quiz 3

Directions: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

Read the following passage.

“That’s you?” I inquired, pointing at a poster with ‘Box Street Theatre’ in heavy black script across
the top.

“That’s me,” Aunt Iris said, folding herself elegantly onto an upturned packing case, 1976.
“Theatre was all very experimental, very avant garde back then. We were part of a youth
movement. We didn’t want to be part of the establishment. We were pretty much anti-
everything. We wanted our own theatre, our own identity.” She studied the picture. “Gods, was
I ever that young?”

According to Dad, she had been both young and wild. She rolled up the poster and tossed it back
into the suitcase, bending to pull out a handful of programs.

“Then I fell in with the Broadway set, and we did the classics as well as new plays.” She showed
me a program: Chekhov’s The Three Sisters.

“I played Masha in that,” Iris said. “Oh, that was a role! Masha was so… dynamic, so volatile, so
trapped. Stifled by the conventions of rural Russian society. I identified,” she added, her voice
intense.

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1. Based on the passage, which choice best sums up Aunt Iris’s character?
A. passionate and unconventional
B. attention-seeking and volatile
C. rebellious and hostile
D. fun-loving and adventure-seeking

2. Look at the following definitions of the word “movement”. Which one matches the use of
“movement” in the passage?
A. (noun) a change of place, position or posture
B. (noun) a series of organized activities to achieve a goal
C. (noun) the connected parts of a watch or clock
D. (noun) a section of a musical composition

3. It may be inferred from the passage that young, Aunt Iris probably did all of the
following except:
A. took part in demonstrations.
B. left home to go on the stage.
C. was disapproved of by her family.
D. lived in the Russian countryside.

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Read the following play.

Space. Two celestial figures stand talking. The 1st carries a pointer. The 2nd has a book under his
arm.

1st Being Well, I think that is all. You've seen everything now.
2nd Being It has all been very interesting.
1st Being Don't mention it. I like to show young and curious Spirits what there is to see in
the universe. If there is anything else you can think of that you'd like to see—
2nd Being [hesitantly] Well, there is one place . . .
1st Being You have the right attitude. Do you remember the name?
2nd Being No, but—[He turns the leaves of the book.] Here it is. [He holds the book closer so
as to read the footnote at the bottom of the page.] Earth, it's called.
1st Being Ah, yes, there is such a place. . . .
2nd Being The guide-book just mentions its name.
1st Being Well, there isn't very much to say about it. After what you've seen, you wouldn't
be impressed by it. Still, it has one curious feature that perhaps you'd be
interested in.
2nd Being Yes?
1st Being Perhaps I had better just show you.
[He raises the pointer, revealing a comfortable living-room. A girl and boy are
sitting on a sofa, petting, and playing with their dog. From time to time, they
speak.]
The girl Get it! Get it boy! [She claps and points with her finger.]
The boy Bring it! Bring it here boy! [He jumps up and down repeatedly.]
[The scene vanishes.]
2nd Being I've seen nothing like that anywhere in the universe. But why do you suppose—
1st Being Oh, as to that, I really cannot say. It's called "Fetch."
[They walk off thoughtfully.]

4. With which of the following statements would the author probably agree?
A. Earth is at the end of the universe.
B. Footnotes often contain key information.
C. We probably aren’t as important as we think we are.
D. Outside observers would probably find human behavior perfectly normal.

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5. What is the role of the 1st Being?
A. teacher
B. companion
C. friend
D. student

6. What is the tone of the play?

A. nostalgic
B. mocking
C. reflective
D. impartial

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Read the following two poems

Poem 1 Poem 2

The wind shakes the mists In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Making them quiver Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
With faint drum-tones of thunder. The only shadow that the Desert knows:—
Out of the crane-haunted mists of autumn, "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith 1 the
Blue and brown stone,
Rolls the moon. "The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
There was a city living here long ago, The wonders of my hand."— The City's
Of all that city gone,—
There is only one stone left half-buried in the Naught but the Leg remaining to disclose
marsh, The site of this forgotten Babylon.
With characters upon it which no one now can
read. —H. Smith (1818)

1.
— J. G. Fletcher (1918) saith = said

7. In Poem 1, which line suggests that the lost city marked the end of civilization?
A. “Out of the crane-haunted mists of autumn.”
B. “There was a city living here long ago.”
C. There is only one stone left half-buried in the marsh.
D. “With characters upon it which no one now can read.”

8. In Poem 2, what tells us there was once a city in the sand?

A. an old king
B. an inscription
C. a broken statue
D. a magical leg

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9. In Poem 2, what is the theme?
A. pride
B. time
C. change
D. loss

10. How do the two poems differ?

i. Date
ii. Mood
iii. Setting
iv. Verse form
v. Subject matter

A. i, and iii
B. i, iii and iv
C. i, ii, iii, and iv
D. All of these

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 ANSWERS
Literature - Advanced
Quiz 3

1. A It says, “Oh, that was a role!” when she refers to playing Masha in Chekhov’s
The Three Sisters, which suggests a passionate nature, as does being part of the
youth movement fighting for a new type of theatre. In addition, the narrator
(the niece) says that she had been “wild” in her youth, suggesting someone that
didn’t hold with convention but wanted something new. (C) is incorrect because
although rebellious, Iris is not depicted as hostile.
2. B The “movement” in this passage is a series of activities with a goal in mind. Iris
and her friends wanted a new type of theatre.
3. D Although the passage says Iris identified or felt empathy for Masha, it was only
Masha who was trapped in the conventions of the Russian countryside, not Iris.
4. C The author has made Earth just a footnote in the celestial beings’ book of the
universe, suggesting that—although we think we’re pretty important—to the rest
of the universe, we really aren’t.
5. A The first being is acting as a teacher or mentor to the second being, showing it
around the universe. It says, “I like to show young and curious Spirits what there
is to see in the universe”—just as a mentor or teacher would do.
6. B The author’s tone is mocking: he is poking fun at human behavior and at the
fact that we take ourselves so seriously.
7. D A civilization is everything connected with culture—its customs, architecture,
beliefs, and its language. If nobody is left to read the single stone with
characters on it that “no one now can read”, it suggests the end of not just a city,
but a whole civilization.
8. C The giant leg in the desert sands is on a plinth on which there is an inscription
saying, “I am the great OZYMANDIUS,” so it is a statue that tells us that there was
once a city there.
9. A The theme in poem 2 is pride. The statue proclaims, "I am great OZYMANDIAS…
The King of Kings; this mighty City shows / The wonders of my hand.” He is
boasting about his fabulous city and that he’s the best king of all, and yet his city
is so much dust now, so the poem is about pride—especially pride before a fall.

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10. B The poems differ in date (i) because Poem 1 is 20th century, and Poem 2 is 19th
century. They differ in setting (iii) because Poem 1 is set in a misty, marshy
valley, while Poem 2 is set in an empty desert among burning sands. They differ
in verse form (iv) since Poem 1 is in free verse and poem 2 has a rhyme scheme.
They share the mood (ii), which is sad, and they share the subject matter (v)
which is a lost city.

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