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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 3

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 8. Read critically to evaluate literary texts

Objective b. Identify and explain questions left unanswered by the text

Assessment limit: Questions and predictions about events, situations, and conflicts that might occur if the text were extended

Read the story 'The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea' and answer the following question.


After reading this story a reader might still want to know

  1. how Julian cleans the kitchen
  2. why the pudding is full of deep holes
  3. when Huey and Julian crawl under the bed
  4. why the pudding is only for their mother

Correct Answer
D. why the pudding is only for their mother
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