Tests for Higher Standards/English Language Arts
South Carolina MiniTest
The Land of Nod
Grade 3
Use this passage to answer the next 10 questions.
The Land of Nod
by Robert Louis Stevenson
From breakfast on through all the day
At home among my friends I stay,
But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
All by myself I have to go,
With none to tell me what to do―
All alone beside the streams
And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
The strangest things are there for me,
Both things to eat and things to see,
And many frightening sights abroad
Till morning in the land of Nod.
Try as I like to find the way,
I never can get back by day,
Nor can remember plain and clear
The curious music that I hear.
3-1.11
1. Why would a person most likely read this story?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to be entertained
to learn about a place called Nod
to be persuaded to use your imagination
to learn about sleeping
3-1.1
2. What is the speaker trying to say in the poem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dreams allow you to escape the day.
The speaker is discussing the idea of running away from home.
The land of Nod is a scary place.
The speaker prefers day to night.
3-1.5
3. What does the speaker hear in the poem?
A. animals talking
B. people whispering
C. curious music
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D. sounds of nature
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3-1.6
4. Read this line from the poem.
Try as I like to find the way,
I never can get back by day,
What does the author mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The speaker is lost.
The speaker enjoys daydreaming.
The speaker can only visit Nod during the night.
The speaker wants to return home to his friends.
3-1.6
5. Read this line from the poem.
Till morning in the land of Nod.
What does the author mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The speaker is waking up.
The speaker cannot remember the dream.
The land of Nod does not have nighttime.
The land of Nod is only accessible in morning.
3-1.3
1. What type of narrator is used in the poem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
first person
second person
third person
fourth person
3-3.2
2. Which word from the poem has a suffix?
A.
B.
C.
D.
night
abroad
morning
strangest
3-1.9
3. What makes this a work of poetry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It has few sentences.
It has stanzas.
It has a first-person narrator.
It explores internal thoughts.
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3-1.9
4. This poem is divided into four parts. What are these parts called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
sentences
stanzas
rhymes
stories
3-1.9
5. Read this excerpt from the poem.
From breakfast on through all the day
At home among my friends I stay,
But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
A.
B.
C.
D.
aabb
abcd
abab
abba
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