raz_cqll11_ancientegypt

Quick Check LEVEL L

Ancient Egypt

Name Date

Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What was the king of the 4. A mummy is .
ancient Egyptians called?
A a body treated in a special
A the pharaoh
way so it won’t rot
B sun god
B a type of worker that helped
C a mummy
build the pyramids
D the Sphinx
C a person who kept thieves
2. Why do pyramids have many
hidden tunnels and rooms? away from the pyramids

A to make them harder to build D none of the above

B to keep builders busy 5. Why did thieves want to get
into the pyramids?
C to trick thieves
A to look at the pharaoh
D to make the ground
B to use the pharaoh’s tools
more solid
C to take the pharaoh’s riches
3. Why did farmers have farms
on the banks of the Nile River? D to draw art on the walls

A They wanted to be able 6. Which of the statements below
is a fact?
to go swimming.
A Objects buried in the
B They used the water for
pyramids were beautiful.
their crops.
B Queens’ burials were the
C They liked the view.
most fancy.
D They wanted to be near
C Pharaohs were the best kings.
the pyramids.
D Pyramids took many years

to build.

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Quick Check (continued) LEVEL L

Name Ancient Egypt

7. Which detail tells about the topic Date
of ancient Egyptian beliefs?
10. W hat happened after
A People were buried with a king died?

many of the things they A He was placed on a boat.
owned. B He was buried in the ground.
C He was preserved with spices
B Many tunnels and rooms
and oils.
were built inside a pyramid.
D He became a pharaoh.
C The burials were not fancy.
11. Extended Response: What details
D The ancient Egyptians had in the text support the author’s
statement that the ancient
a great culture. Egyptians had a great culture?

8. What is the main idea of the
section titled “Pyramids”?

A Farmers and hunters along

the Nile were ruled by a king.

B Kings were given fancy

burials.

C Huge stone structures

called pyramids were
burial places for kings.

D The preserved body

was called a mummy.

9. Why do scientists explore
the pyramids?

A to get rich from the treasure

B to learn how to build

C to learn about life long ago

D none of the above

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Quick Check Answer Sheet LEVEL L

Main Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details Ancient Egypt

A 1. Vocabulary www.readinga-z.com
C 2. Cause and Effect
B 3. Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
A 4. Vocabulary
C 5. Main Idea and Details
D 6. Fact or Opinion
A 7. Main Idea and Details
C 8. Main Idea and Details
C 9. Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
C 10. Sequence Events

11. A nswers will vary but should
include several details from the
text that support the belief that
the ancient Egyptian culture was
great, such as the following: they
were able to build huge pyramids
made of stone, they created
many different kinds of works of
art, the design of the pyramids
tricked thieves and helped the
pyramids last for hundreds of
years, and so on.

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