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Selected Response Item for Grade 5

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 3. Analyze elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding and interpretation

Objective d. Analyze characterization

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 this story titled "Teeth for Two." Then answer the question below.

Details in this story suggest that the people in the audience are —

  1. careless
  2. cautious
  3. cowardly
  4. concerned

Correct Answer
D. concerned
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