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Leveled Reader Quick Check Walking in Roman Footsteps Level Q
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Why did Rosa and Andria go to Italy?
to understand their family’s past better
to visit their grandmorther and grandfather
to bring presents to their friends and relatives
to take pictures of many interesting old buildings
2. Why were the girls worried when the woman in the piazza pulled them into the dance?
They didn’t know what to do.
They didn’t like to dance.
They didn’t want to go back in time.
They were afraid of the woman.
3. Rosa found a gold coin in her pocket because _________.
Her parents had given it to her to spend on gelato.
The tour guide gave it to her to travel through Italy.
She and Andria looked down and found it in the street.
She and Andria discovered something new built on something old.
4. What did the author tell you that signaled the time of the story had changed after the girls danced?
Andria felt a gentle touch on her shoulder.
Artists had gathered near the fountains.
The crowd was dressed in very old-looking clothes.
From the Colosseum, they followed the rough stone street.
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Leveled Reader Quick Check Walking in Roman Footsteps Level Q
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
5. Why couldn’t the Romans who had built the Arch of Titus see the stone street?
The street hadn’t been built yet.
The Arch of Titus hid the stones.
The street had been covered over with dirt.
The street didn’t lead to the Arch of Titus.
6. Ancestors are _________.
people who built old buildings
a group of old buildings in Italy
the gods the Italians worshipped long ago
people in a family who lived in the past
7. What was the main problem in this story?
Rosa and Andria wanted to go back to their own time and be with their parents.
Rosa and Andria wanted to learn the dance that would take them to the past.
Rosa and Andria wanted to go to Italy to see the old buildings and meet relatives.
Rosa and Andria wanted to collect three old gold coins to add to their collection.
8. How did the Colosseum look when the girls saw it after they danced?
It had worn, broken brick walls.
It was made of gleaming white marble.
It was made of large, smooth stones.
all of the above
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Leveled Reader Quick Check Walking in Roman Footsteps Level Q
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
9. What did Andria and Rosa see in the piazza at the beginning of the story?
ancient ruins
a Roman battle
costumed performers
a movie theater
10. What did the author probably hope you would learn from reading this book?
that what happened in the past affects what is going on now
which sites are the most interesting to visit in Italy
what it feels like to go back in time
why it is important to collect old coins
11. What was different for the girls after they danced with the woman?
Their parents were not with them.
They had been taken to a time long ago.
They knew how to speak a different language.
all of the above
12. What does “native tongue” mean?
an old type of food
the language a person learns as a child
a way to confuse your enemies
a way of speaking to a person you don’t know
13. Extended Response: What would you fi nd interesting if you were to visit Italy? Give two examples.
14. Extended Response: Explain what you think the girls’ parents said to them when they returned.
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