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Selected Response Item for Grade 3

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 3. Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding

Objective d. Identify and analyze the characters

Assessment limits:

  • Character's traits based on what character says, does, and thinks and what other characters or the narrator says
  • Character's motivations
  • Character's personal growth and development
Read the story 'Saved by a Fly' and answer the following question.

The fly solved the animals' problem because he was brave, and he -

  1. frightened the moose
  2. didn't give up
  3. asked the moose to leave
  4. got the animals to work together

Correct Answer
B. didn't give up
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