Material 6 – Comprehension Reading Test MEMO – Assignment A
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NAME : DATE:
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What Made Me The Way I Am?
Comprehension Reading Test
Answer question 1 through 10 using the reading text provided.
1. What are Summer’s parents’ names?
Dave and Lucy.
2. What is Summer’s dad’s background?
Mining.
3. What is Summer’s mom’s background?
Wealthy family.
4. At what age did Summer meet her grandparents?
7 years of age.
5. Where and on what specific day was a very popular festival held?
Stonehenge, Summer Soltice, 1985.
6. Why did Summer’s parents decide to join the convoy?
Mom: ran away from home.
Dad: to escape unemployment.
7. Fill in the gaps:
Summer didn’t have a conventional life. She grew up in a circus called the Anarkurkus which is an
alternative circus. Her mother was a gymnast. And her father was a talented musician. Summer
didn’t go to school. Instead, she went to lots of music festivals and political demonstrations. She
was an outsider. People were very hostile, but the circus people were very gentle and honest.
People are afraid of difference. That is what made Summer interested in how society treats minority
groups. That is why she started making documentaries, because she experienced social exclusion.
8. Which country did Summer and her parents move to when her grandmother was seriously ill?
The UK.
9. What was Summer so excited about? True or false:
House (TRUE/FALSE) Juggling (TRUE/FALSE)
Books (TRUE/FALSE) Her own bedroom (TRUE/FALSE)
10a. What could Summer do better than her classmates?
Reading, juggling and European geography.
10b. Why?
Because of the unconventional lifestyle she lived.
End of Comprehension Reading Test
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NAME : DATE:
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What Made Me The Way I Am?
Comprehension Reading Test
Answer question 1 through 10 using the reading text provided.
1. What are Summer’s parents’ names?
Dave and Lucy.
2. What is Summer’s dad’s background?
Mining.
3. What is Summer’s mom’s background?
Wealthy family.
4. At what age did Summer meet her grandparents?
7 years of age.
5. Where and on what specific day was a very popular festival held?
Stonehenge, Summer Soltice, 1985.
6. Why did Summer’s parents decide to join the convoy?
Mom: ran away from home.
Dad: to escape unemployment.
7. Fill in the gaps:
Summer didn’t have a conventional life. She grew up in a circus called the Anarkurkus which is an
alternative circus. Her mother was a gymnast. And her father was a talented musician. Summer
didn’t go to school. Instead, she went to lots of music festivals and political demonstrations. She
was an outsider. People were very hostile, but the circus people were very gentle and honest.
People are afraid of difference. That is what made Summer interested in how society treats minority
groups. That is why she started making documentaries, because she experienced social exclusion.
8. Which country did Summer and her parents move to when her grandmother was seriously ill?
The UK.
9. What was Summer so excited about? True or false:
House (TRUE/FALSE) Juggling (TRUE/FALSE)
Books (TRUE/FALSE) Her own bedroom (TRUE/FALSE)
10a. What could Summer do better than her classmates?
Reading, juggling and European geography.
10b. Why?
Because of the unconventional lifestyle she lived.
End of Comprehension Reading Test
