Patch Adams STAAR Passage

Multiple Choice

The details in paragraph 8 show that Adams believes that --

• sometimes doctors cannot make people laugh

• sometimes humor can help people heal

• doctors should be required to wear funny costumes

• patients should be required to joke with doctors

Hotspot

Which words from paragraph 3 help the reader understand the meaning of the word excelled?

Open Ended

What is the most likely reason Adams opened his own hospital? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Multiple Choice

How can the reader identify this selection as a biography?

• It tells about a book that Adams wrote.

• Its about important events from Adams's life.

• It explains details about a hospital Adams helped start.

• It describes the training that doctors receive at Adams's hospital.

Multiple Choice

The photographs are included in the selection to show --

• different costumes Adams wears to amuse people

• how Adams trains people who work at his hospital

• how Adams raises money for new hospitals

• different reactions people have when Adams wears a costume

Dropdown

In paragraph 10, the reader can use the suffix "-less" to know that the word effortless means ---​ ​

Select answer

Open Ended

Why does the author end the selection with the information in paragraph 11? Provide evidence to support your answer.