EOC Practice

This excerpt is best summarized as

• A. a collection of anecdotes about pioneers.

• B. a young girl’s ideas about cultural values.

• C. a critique of nineteenth-century customs.

• D. a narrative of events in a young girl’s life.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read these sentences from paragraph 3.

Father’s family set store on ancestry. Mother’s side was more practical.

What does set store on mean in this context?

• A. valued

• B. negotiated

• C. left behind

• D. traded for

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read paragraph 9.

I was ten years old.

The author placed this sentence in a paragraph by itself most likely to

• A. emphasize how young Mary was to have taken on such responsibilities.

• B. provide a time frame to make it easy to follow the sequence of events.

• C. illustrate how calm Mary remained concerning her mother’s illness.

• D. make clear for modern readers the greater maturity of pioneer children.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What connection can be drawn between the narrator’s memories of “the immortal Becky” in paragraph 5 and the “seventh heaven of delight” she recalls in paragraph 18?

• A. They both depict occasions when the narrator had to overcome her mother’s disapproval.

• B. They both illustrate the narrator’s tendency to exaggerate her emotional reactions as a child.

• C. They both represent moments when the narrator’s understanding of the world expanded.

• D. They both reflect how few pleasures the narrator was able to enjoy as a child.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which two details in the passage best capture the contrast in the values of Mary’s parents?

• A. their preparations for moving West and response to family illnesses

• B. their cultural background and choice of reading materials

• C. their treatment of the shoemaker and reaction to Aunt Martha’s belongings

• D. their discussion about Aunt Martha’s napkins and regard for newspapers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do paragraphs 18 through 26 convey about the narrator’s point of view in this passage?

• A. Her memory of this event is suspect because she didn’t fully understand what was happening at the time.

• B. She recounts this event both as she remembers it as a child and as she perceives it as an adult.

• C. She tells this story both from her mother’s perspective and from her father’s to show how different they were.

• D. The story reveals more about her feelings toward her parents than it does about her growing knowledge of the world.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read this section of a student’s essay about his experience working on the school newspaper.

My first day on the newspaper staff was rather productive. After listening to the club sponsor, the chairs were moved so the staff could start working on their assignments. I received a pretty simple task; I would be taking pictures of the homecoming activities.

Which is the correct way to revise the underlined sentence?

• A. No change.

• B. So the staff could start working on their assignments, the chairs were moved after listening to the club sponsor.

• C. After listening to the club sponsor and moving the chairs, the assignments were started on by the staff.

• D. After listening to the club sponsor, the staff moved the chairs so they could start working on the assignments.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• A. For low priced, used clothes, Jenna likes to shop at a store that is a bit out of the way.

• B. The vintage dress Jenna is wearing comes from an out of the way store she happened to find.

• C. Jenna likes to shop at an out-of-the-way store that sells low-priced, used clothes.

• D. Jenna’s favorite store has really low prices, but it’s so out-of-the-way that I never go with her.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A