Mar24 Inference & Context Clues

Multiple Choice

Before leaving for school Samantha packed her favorite lunch.

• A. change leaving to leave

• B. insert a comma after school

• C. Change packed to pack

• D. no change is needed

Multiple Choice

The puppys collar sparkled with new tags.

• A. Change puppys to puppy’s

• B. change new to knew

• C. changes tags to tagged

• D. no change is needed

Multiple Choice

In the text, the word inquisitive means …

• curious

• admirable

• weary

• candles

Multiple Choice

In the text, the word illuminated describes light that is –

• inquisitive

• warm

• bright

• fading

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely reason the text states "He was on his way up”?

• A. Carnegie was moving to higher floors in the telegraph office

• B. Carnegie was getting better at being a messenger.

• C. Carrnegie was experiencing success and advancing in his career

• D. Carnegie was becoming more skilled at working in a cotton mill.

Multiple Choice

Which definition most closely fits the way the word charge is used in paragraph 5?

• A. definition q

• B. definition 2

• C. definition 3

• D. definition 4

Multiple Choice

Which definition most closely fits the way the word form is used in paragraph 2?

• A. definition 1

• B. definition 2

• C. definition 3

• D. definition 4

Multiple Choice

What does the word branch mean in paragraph 4?

• part of a tree

• additional location

• different subjects

• study area

​What can you infer about Andrew Carnegie?

Multiple Choice

Part A

Based on the details in the text “The Man Who Built Libraries”, what can the reader infer about Carnegie?

• Carnegie believed in helping others have better lives through education.

• Carnegie was primarily interested in politics.

• Carnegie thought libraries were a good way to make money.

• Carnegie wanted cities to run libraries without any rules.

Multiple Choice

Part B

Which sentence from the selection supports the answer to Part A?

• A year later, Carnegie became a messenger in a telegraph office. (paragraph 2)

• Before long, Carnegie was working a telegraph. (paragraph 2)

• That would be about $13.2 billion today.  (paragraph 3)

• Now that he had so much money, he wanted to do something for others. (paragraph 4)