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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 5
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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text
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Indicator 2. Analyze text features to facilitate understanding of literary texts |
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Objective b. Identify and explain how graphic aids such as pictures and illustrations, punctuation, print features contribute to meaning
Assessment limit: In the text or a portion of the text
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Read this passage from ' Captain Kate', a novel that takes place during the Civil War. Kate and Seth must take the family canal boat to Washington City to sell a load of coal. Then answer the following.
Read these lines from paragraph 15.
"Stepbrother, Kate corrected silently, reaching for the plate."
The italicized word mostly shows Kate's
- desire to be in charge of the boat
- refusal to accept new family members
- concern that Seth shares family information
- anger that Seth receives more attention than she does
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| Correct Answer |
| B. refusal to accept new family members |
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