English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Reading Information - Comprehension (Questions)

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Reading textbooks that contain information and specific terms may be difficult for some students. They need to practice reading material that contains difficult concepts. History, science and other technical texts should allow 4th graders to practice reading concepts. Sometimes, teachers may need to help with this difficult material. In this quiz, the students will read a historical text and answer questions about it.

Story - Tea

Tea is a drink that has been around for a long time. This drink has been around longer than most drinks with the exception of water. Even though it is difficult to determine exactly where tea originated from, it is believed that it may have begun in China. When traders and religious people were traveling through China during the 1500s, they probably were given tea to drink. These merchants and religious people may have brought the tea back to Europe. However, there is evidence that people were drinking tea long before that.

Marco Polo was from Italy and he is well-known for traveling to China. While in China, he was probably served tea. Then he brought some back to Italy and other countries.

Today, tea can be found everywhere. People drink hot tea and cold iced tea. To make your own tea, you can buy tea bags from the grocery store. Put a couple of them in boiling water and then turn off the stove. Cover the pot and let the tea steep for about half an hour. Then remove the tea bags and pour the water into a pitcher. Add cold water and ice to it.

1.

Read the story - Tea above.
What drink has been around longer than tea?

[ ]	Soft drinks
[ ]	Water
[ ]	Lemonade
[ ]	Coffee

2.

Read the story - Tea above.
Where is it believed that tea was first discovered?

[ ]	India
[ ]	United States
[ ]	China
[ ]	Italy

3.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who is believed to have brought tea to different areas?

[ ]	Merchants
[ ]	Teachers
[ ]	Farmers
[ ]	Students

4.

Read the story - Tea above.
Why is it believed that Marco Polo brought tea to Italy?

[ ]	Marco Polo was known to be a farmer
[ ]	Marco Polo grew tea leaves on his land
[ ]	Marco Polo loved tea
[ ]	Marco Polo had traveled to China

5.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who else could have brought tea to other areas of the world?

[ ]	Explorers
[ ]	Religious people
[ ]	Leaders of countries
[ ]	Tea farmers

6.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who would China serve tea to based on the text?

[ ]	Servants
[ ]	Workers
[ ]	Poor people
[ ]	Guests

7.

Read the story - Tea above.
According to the story, when did tea originate?

[ ]	In the 1500s
[ ]	Before the 1500s
[ ]	After the 1500s
[ ]	In the 1600s

8.

Read the story - Tea above.
Why do you think tea can be found everywhere?

[ ]	Because it is easy and cheap to make
[ ]	Because people travel a lot today
[ ]	Because everyone drinks tea
[ ]	Because many farmers want to grow tea leaves

9.

Read the story - Tea above.
In which common place can you get tea bags?

[ ]	China
[ ]	A grocery store
[ ]	A tea store
[ ]	McDonalds

10.

Read the story - Tea above.
What does steep mean?

[ ]	To stir in sugar
[ ]	To pour the tea leaves into the water
[ ]	To keep the tea bags in the water
[ ]	To add hot water

English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Reading Information - Comprehension (Answers)

1.

Read the story - Tea above.
What drink has been around longer than tea?

[ ]	Soft drinks
[x]	Water
[ ]	Lemonade
[ ]	Coffee

Water has always been around

2.

Read the story - Tea above.
Where is it believed that tea was first discovered?

[ ]	India
[ ]	United States
[x]	China
[ ]	Italy

Tea was believed to have originated from China

3.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who is believed to have brought tea to different areas?

[x]	Merchants
[ ]	Teachers
[ ]	Farmers
[ ]	Students

Since merchants traveled, they probably took tea back with them

4.

Read the story - Tea above.
Why is it believed that Marco Polo brought tea to Italy?

[ ]	Marco Polo was known to be a farmer
[ ]	Marco Polo grew tea leaves on his land
[ ]	Marco Polo loved tea
[x]	Marco Polo had traveled to China

Marco Polo stayed in China for a long time and returned probably with tea

5.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who else could have brought tea to other areas of the world?

[ ]	Explorers
[x]	Religious people
[ ]	Leaders of countries
[ ]	Tea farmers

Since religious people wanted to convert other people to their religion, they would travel a lot

6.

Read the story - Tea above.
Who would China serve tea to based on the text?

[ ]	Servants
[ ]	Workers
[ ]	Poor people
[x]	Guests

Tea was probably made available to guests and leaders

7.

Read the story - Tea above.
According to the story, when did tea originate?

[ ]	In the 1500s
[x]	Before the 1500s
[ ]	After the 1500s
[ ]	In the 1600s

It is believed that people were drinking tea before 1500

8.

Read the story - Tea above.
Why do you think tea can be found everywhere?

[x]	Because it is easy and cheap to make
[ ]	Because people travel a lot today
[ ]	Because everyone drinks tea
[ ]	Because many farmers want to grow tea leaves

Tea is easy and cheap to make so it is served all over the world

9.

Read the story - Tea above.
In which common place can you get tea bags?

[ ]	China
[x]	A grocery store
[ ]	A tea store
[ ]	McDonalds

Many grocery stores sell tea bags

10.

Read the story - Tea above.
What does steep mean?

[ ]	To stir in sugar
[ ]	To pour the tea leaves into the water
[x]	To keep the tea bags in the water
[ ]	To add hot water

Steep means to leave the bags in the water for a certain period of time