1. Yolanda helped Sarah carry the last box from her bedroom to
the moving van. Although she'd known this day was coming,
Yolanda couldn't help feeling sad about her best friend's move.
Sarah promised that they would see each other often, but this did
little to comfort Yolanda. When Sarah's dad told her it was time to
go, she gave Yolanda a big hug. Before getting in the van, Sarah
handed Yolanda a card and told her to read it later. Yolanda waved
goodbye as the moving van disappeared down the street. When she
returned home, Yolanda remembered Sarah's card. She opened it
and saw sunflowers on the front. The inside read, "You will always
be my best friend." Yolanda smiled and started making plans to
visit her friend's new home.
The conflict that Yolanda has while watching her best friend leave
is about
A) feelings.
B) helping.
C) moving.
D) plans.
2. Ricardo sat at his desk, anxiously waiting for his teacher to hand
back his math exam. He'd been studying for the test for weeks.
After his last report card, Ricardo realized that he needed to work
on his math grade. His older brother, Lorenzo, was a mathematics
genius, and he helped Ricardo study for the test. The two spent
many afternoons going over practice problems. Although he felt
confident while taking the test, Ricardo was now second guessing
every answer. He wondered if all the studying had helped his
grade. The teacher put the test on Ricardo's desk. Ricardo flipped it
over and saw that he'd earned an A! He smiled, happy with the
result of his hard work.
What is the climax of the story?
A) Ricardo sees his grade.
B) Ricardo waits for the test.
C) Ricardo gets his report card.
D) Ricardo studies with his brother.
3. Excerpt from: Before a Painting
James Weldon Johnson
I knew not who had wrought with skill so fine
What I beheld; nor by what laws of art
He had created life and love and heart
On canvas, from mere color, curve and line. 4
Silent I stood and made no move or sign;
Not with the crowd, but reverently apart;
Nor felt the power my rooted limbs to start,
But mutely gazed upon that face divine. 8
And over me the sense of beauty fell,
As music over a raptured listener to
The deep-voiced organ breathing out a hymn;
Or as on one who kneels, his beads to tell, 12
There falls the aureate glory filtered through
The windows in some old cathedral dim.
What is MOST LIKELY the setting of the poem?
A) a church
B) a dreamscape
C) an art museum
D)an old library
4. Excerpt from: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - 2
Ambrose Bierce
(2)The preparations being complete, the two private soldiers
stepped aside and each drew away the plank upon which he had
been standing. The sergeant turned to the captain, saluted and
placed himself immediately behind that officer, who in turn moved
apart one pace. These movements left the condemned man and the
sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which
spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge. The end upon which
the civilian stood almost, but not quite, reached a fourth. This
plank had been held in place by the weight of the captain; it was
now held by that of the sergeant.
In paragraph 2, the author describes the
A) plot
B) setting
C) conflict
D) characters
5. Excerpt from: A Taste of Korea
Elizabeth Kibler
Standing near the window, Joshua viewed the moving vans pull up
next door. He couldn’t wait to meet his neighbors. Joshua saw a
boy his own age hop out of the truck. Walking outside, Joshua
waved to his new neighbors.
Joshua boldly walked up to the young man and shot a hand out in
front of him. The young man looked like he did not know what to
do with Joshua’s outstretched hand. Joshua scooped up the young
man’s hand and shook it vigorously. While looking down at his
shoes, the young man quietly introduced himself as Dong Soo.
Which word BEST describes Joshua?
A) selfish
B) bashful
C) conceited
D) considerate