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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 3. Analyze elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding and interpretation |
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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
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Brians's words and actions show that they are mostly
- kind and helpful
- wise and friendly
- skilled and agreeable
- serious and concerned
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| Correct Answer |
| A. kind and helpful |
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