The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) Test 2021
General Instructions:
Read the questions carefully.
Marks are indicated against each question.
Check your paper before you submit it.
Who
is telling the story?
Jeremy
Dad
Stanley
Tom
Find the part of the
story next to the picture of a piece of pie: .
Why
did Tom think it could be a great summer after all?
He liked playing outside.
He was excited about Dad’s plan.
He made a new friend.
He wanted to taste Enemy Pie.
Why
did Tom go to Jeremy’s house?
To invite Jeremy to dinner.
To ask Jeremy to leave Stanley alone.
To invite Jeremy to play.
To ask Jeremy to be his friend.
At dinner, why did Tom
begin to think he and his dad should forget about Enemy Pie?
Tom did not want to share dessert with Jeremy.
Tom did not think Enemy Pie would work.
Tom was beginning to like Jeremy.
Tom wanted to keep Enemy Pie a secret.
How was Tom feeling
when Dad passed the piece of Enemy Pie to Jeremy?
alarmed
satisfied
surprised
confused
What was it about
Enemy Pie that Dad kept secret?
It was a normal pie
It tasted disgusting.
It was his favorite food.
It was a poisonous pie.
Look
at this sentence from the end of the story: “After dessert, Jeremy invited me to come over to his house the
next morning.”
What
does this suggest about the boys?
They are still enemies.
They do not like to play at Tom’s house.
They wanted to eat some more Enemy Pie.
They might be friends in the future.
At the beginning of
the story, why did Tom think Jeremy was his enemy?
Write one ingredient that Tom
thought would be in Enemy Pie.
How did Tom feel when he first
smelled Enemy Pie? Explain why
he
felt this way.
What did Tom think could happen
when his enemy ate Enemy Pie? E
Write one thing.
P
What were the two things
Tom’s dad told Tom to do for Enemy Pie to work?
What surprised Tom about
the day he spent with Jeremy?
Use
what you have read to explain why Tom’s dad really made Enemy
Pie.
What kind of person is
Tom’s dad? Give an example of what he did in the story that shows this.
What lesson might you learn
from this story?
