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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 6

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 5. Analyze elements of drama to facilitate understanding

Objective b. Identify and explain the action of scenes and acts

Assessment limit: Literal versus interpretive meaning

Read the play 'The Weeping Willow Wedding Day'. Then answer the following.

The purpose of Scene 2 is to

  1. learn the children’s punishment
  2. introduce Grandpa and Grandma
  3. show Grandpa’s cleverness
  4. show the beauty of the wedding

Correct Answer
C. show Grandpa’s cleverness
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