Grade 2 ELA Practice Test: Story Elements, Problem and Solution
- Story Elements: Problem and Solution
- 10 questions
- 15 minutes
All ten questions are about one story. Tip: most stories have a problem in the middle and a solution near the end, so look for what goes wrong and how it gets fixed.
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Question 1
Read the story and answer questions 1-10.
The Class Garden
(1) Every spring, Ms. Lopez's second-grade class grew a garden behind the school. This year, the children planted carrots, beans and pumpkins.
(2) One Monday, Jada saw that some carrot tops had been chewed. "Something is eating our garden!" she cried. The next day, even more carrots were gone.
(3) The class had a meeting. Leo wanted to stay at school all night to watch, but Ms. Lopez said that was not safe. Then Jada had an idea. "Rabbits can't climb well. What if we build a fence?"
(4) On Friday, Jada's dad helped the class put a short wire fence around the garden. After that, no more carrots went missing.
(5) In the fall, the class picked a big orange pumpkin. They put it by the front door of the school so everyone could see it.
Which characters are in the story?
Correct answer: B
Ms. Lopez, Jada and Leo all speak or act in the story (Jada's dad helps too). There is no farmer, dog or cat in it.
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Question 2
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
What is the setting of the story?
Correct answer: A
Paragraph 1 says the class grew a garden behind the school.
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Question 3
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
What is the problem in the story?
Correct answer: D
In paragraph 2, Jada sees chewed carrot tops, and the next day more carrots are gone.
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Question 4
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
Why did Ms. Lopez say no to Leo's idea?
Correct answer: C
Paragraph 3 says Leo wanted to stay at school all night, but Ms. Lopez said that was not safe.
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Question 5
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
How did the class solve the problem?
Correct answer: B
Paragraph 4 tells the solution: a short wire fence went around the garden, and then no more carrots went missing.
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Question 6
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
Jada says, "Rabbits can't climb well." What does she think is eating the carrots?
Correct answer: D
Jada wants a fence because rabbits cannot climb over it, so she thinks rabbits are the ones eating the carrots.
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Question 7
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
Which event happens first?
Correct answer: A
The planting is in paragraph 1, before the carrots are chewed (paragraph 2), the fence (paragraph 4) and the pumpkin (paragraph 5).
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Question 8
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
What happened after the fence was built?
Correct answer: C
Paragraph 4 says, "After that, no more carrots went missing." More carrots were gone before the fence, not after it.
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Question 9
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
Which word best describes Jada?
Correct answer: A
Jada notices the problem and thinks of the fence that solves it, so clever fits her best.
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Question 10
Story: The Class Garden (see above)
Where did the class put the pumpkin?
Correct answer: C
Paragraph 5 says they put it by the front door of the school so everyone could see it.
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