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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

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

Objective e. Analyze relationships between and among characters, setting and events

Assessment limit: In the text or a portion of the text or across multiple texts

Selected Response Item
Read "Scrambled Eggs" and answer the following question.

Which of these best describes how the innkeeper's attitude toward the farmer changes?

  1. Impatient to accepting
  2. Confused to disappointed
  3. Trusting to demanding
  4. Pleased to annoyed
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Correct Answer:
C

Selected Response Item
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "Scrambled Eggs" and answer the following question.

At first, the farmer thought it was a joke, but he soon realized the innkeeper was quite serious.

Why does the farmer most likely think that the innkeeper is joking at first?

  1. The innkeeper speaks in a teasing manner.
  2. The innkeeper uses a foreign word for money.
  3. The bill is for much more than the original cost.
  4. The bill he is given is on a large sheet of paper.
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Correct Answer:
C
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