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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 8
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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text
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Indicator 8. Read critically to evaluate literary texts |
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Objective b. Analyze and evaluate the extent to which the text contains ambiguities, subtleties, or contradictions
Assessment limit: Questions and predictions about events, situations, and conflicts that might occur if the text were extended
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Read this passage from 'Dear Mr. President Thomas Jefferson Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm', a novel that takes place when President Jefferson was in office. Amelia Hornsby has grown up in Philadelphia but has recently followed her father, a doctor, to Pittsburgh. Then answer the following.
Which of these questions is NOT answered by the details and events in this passage?
- What happened to Amelia's mother?
- What is Amelia's attitude toward Sacagawea?
- How concerned is Amelia with current events?
- Why is Amelia interested in the purchase of Pvt. Cruzatte's rifle?
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| Correct Answer |
| A. What happened to Amelia's mother? |
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