Reading Comprehension practice From A House Is Not a Home By Zan Gaudioso

Reading Comprehension practice From A House Is Not a Home By Zan Gaudioso: Here are three passages from “A House Is Not a Home,” each followed by 10 multiple-choice questions designed for a reading comprehension test.

Reading Comprehension Test: Passage 1 🔥

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

It was a Sunday afternoon. I was sitting at our dining-room table doing homework. My mother was stoking the fire to keep the house nice and warm. Suddenly, I smelled something strange, and then I noticed it: smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. The smoke began to fill the room so quickly that we could barely see. Groping our way to the front door, we all ran out into the front yard. By the time we made our way outside, the whole roof was engulfed in flames and it was spreading quickly.

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I ran to the neighbours to call the fire department, while I watched my mother run back into the house. My mother then ran out of the house carrying a small metal box full of important documents. She dropped the case on the lawn and, in a crazed state, ran back into the house. I knew what she was after. My father had died when I was young, and I was certain that she was not going to let his pictures and letters go up in flames. I screamed at her, “Mom! No!” I was about to run after her when I felt a large hand hold me back. It was a fireman.

Multiple-Choice Questions (Passage 1)

On what day of the week did the fire break out?
a) Saturday
b) Sunday
c) Monday
d) Friday
Answer: b) Sunday
What was the author doing when the fire started?
a) Watching TV
b) Doing homework
c) Playing outside
d) Sleeping
Answer: b) Doing homework
How did the author first notice the fire?
a) He saw flames
b) He heard an alarm
c) He smelled smoke
d) His mother shouted
Answer: c) He smelled smoke
Where did the family run to after escaping the house?
a) The back yard
b) The front yard
c) The neighbour’s house
d) The street
Answer: b) The front yard
After getting outside, the author ran to the neighbours to call the…?
a) Police
b) Ambulance
c) Fire department
d) Grandparents
Answer: c) Fire department
What did the author’s mother first save from the fire?
a) Her jewellery
b) The pet cat
c) A box of documents
d) A photo album
Answer: c) A box of documents
What did the author believe his mother ran back in to save the second time?
a) More documents
b) Her clothes
c) The cat
d) His father’s pictures and letters
Answer: d) His father’s pictures and letters
Who stopped the author from running back into the house?
a) His mother
b) A neighbour
c) A policeman
d) A fireman
Answer: d) A fireman
The word “engulfed” in the passage means…?
a) Slightly burned
b) Completely covered
c) Damaged
d) Painted
Answer: b) Completely covered
This passage highlights the mother’s desire to save…?
a) Valuable items
b) Important memories
c) The family pet
d) Official papers
Answer: b) Important memories

Reading Comprehension Test: Passage 2 ❤️

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The next day, Monday, I went to school. I was wearing the clothes I had worn to church on Sunday morning, but I had on the tennis shoes I had borrowed from my aunt. I didn’t have any books or homework, and my backpack was gone. I had my life in that backpack! The more I tried to fit in, the worse it got. Was I destined to be an outcast, a geek all my life? I didn’t want to grow up, change, or have to handle life if it was going to be this way. I just wanted to curl up and die.

I walked around school like a zombie. Everything felt surreal. I was shocked when I realised how quickly things can change. The next day at school, people were acting even more strange than usual. I was getting ready for gym class at my locker. People were milling around me, asking me to hurry up. I thought it was strange, but then I saw the reason. There was a big table set up with all kinds of stuff on it, just for me. They had taken up a collection and bought me school supplies, notebooks, all kinds of different clothes, jeans, and tops. I was overcome by emotion.

Multiple-Choice Questions (Passage 2)

The author went to school wearing shoes borrowed from his…?
a) Mother
b) Friend
c) Aunt
d) Neighbour
Answer: c) Aunt
What essential school item did the author lose in the fire?
a) His lunchbox
b) His water bottle
c) His backpack
d) His cap
Answer: c) His backpack
The author described his desire to “curl up and…”?
a) Sleep
b) Hide
c) Cry
d) Die
Answer: d) Die
How did the author describe himself walking around school?
a) Like a hero
b) Like a zombie
c) Like a stranger
d) Like a ghost
Answer: b) Like a zombie
At school the next day, what were people doing at the author’s locker?
a) Ignoring him
b) Teasing him
c) Milling around him
d) Waiting for him
Answer: c) Milling around him
What did the author find set up for him in the gym?
a) A surprise party
b) A new locker
c) A big table of supplies
d) A new backpack
Answer: c) A big table of supplies
Who had bought all the new things for the author?
a) His teachers
b) His grandparents
c) His schoolmates
d) The fire department
Answer: c) His schoolmates
The phrase “taken up a collection” means the students had…?
a) Borrowed things
b) Collected money
c) Found lost items
d) Made things
Answer: b) Collected money
How did the author feel when he saw what his schoolmates had done?
a) Embarrassed
b) Angry
c) Confused
d) Overcome by emotion
Answer: d) Overcome by emotion
This passage shows that the author’s schoolmates were very…?
a) Wealthy
b) Curious
c) Kind and generous
d) Strange
Answer: c) Kind and generous

Reading Comprehension Test: Passage 3 🐈

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

A month later, I was at my house watching them rebuild it. But this time it was different. I wasn’t alone. I was with two of my new friends from school. It took a fire for me to stop focusing on my feelings of insecurity and open up to all the wonderful people around me.

Now I was sitting there watching my new bedroom being built when I heard someone walk up to me from behind and say, “Does this belong to you?” When I turned around to see who it was, I couldn’t believe my eyes. A woman was standing there holding my cat! I leaped up and grabbed her out of the woman’s arms. I held her close to me and cried into her beautiful orange fur. She purred happily. My friends were hugging me, hugging the cat, and jumping around.

Apparently, my cat had been so freaked by the fire that she ran over a mile away. This woman found her and took her in. She put notices out and called us, but our phones had been disconnected because of the fire. She kept the cat, and one day my cat was back and so was I.

Multiple-Choice Questions (Passage 3)

How long after the fire did the event in this passage take place?
a) A week
b) Two weeks
c) A month
d) A year
Answer: c) A month
Who was the author with while watching his house being rebuilt?
a) His mother
b) His grandparents
c) Two new friends
d) His old friends
Answer: c) Two new friends
The author realised the fire had made him stop focusing on his…?
a) Homework
b) Feelings of insecurity
c) Old school
d) Lost belongings
Answer: b) Feelings of insecurity
Who approached the author from behind?
a) A fireman
b) A school friend
c) His mother
d) A woman
Answer: d) A woman
What was the woman holding?
a) A box of supplies
b) The author’s cat
c) A photo album
d) The author’s backpack
Answer: b) The author’s cat
What did the author do when he saw his cat?
a) He started laughing
b) He grabbed her and cried
c) He thanked the woman
d) He called his mother
Answer: b) He grabbed her and cried
How did the cat react when the author held her?
a) She was scared
b) She purred happily
c) She tried to escape
d) She was quiet
Answer: b) She purred happily
Why had the cat run away?
a) She was hungry
b) She was freaked by the fire
c) She was lost
d) She was chasing a mouse
Answer: b) She was freaked by the fire
Why couldn’t the woman contact the author?
a) She lost the phone number
b) She was too busy
c) The phones were disconnected
d) She didn’t have a phone
Answer: c) The phones were disconnected
What is the meaning of the last line, “my cat was back and so was I”?
a) The author had been physically lost
b) The author felt whole and happy again
c) The author was back at his old house
d) The author and his cat returned together
Answer: b) The author felt whole and happy again

Reading Comprehension practice From A House Is Not a Home By Zan Gaudioso