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Selected Response Item for Grade 6

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 "Sierra Oscar Sierra" and answer the following question.

Eric sets his ham-radio to scan for his friends because he is

  1. worried about Mac
  2. excited to hear an SOS
  3. bored by the weather report
  4. afraid of freezing in the blizzard

Correct Answer
C. bored by the weather report
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