MCA Prep: The Trade Fair at Sheshalik

Read these sentences from paragraph 13: "Big like a lemming. Aaluk laughed. Tupaaq laughed, too, which made my cheeks grow warm." Which word best describes how the narrator feels in this excerpt?

• embarrassed

• frightened

• invisible

• upset

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which word best describes how the narrator feels in this excerpt?

• signal changes of setting

• indicate important information

• show when a character speaks

• introduce words from other languages.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which event signals the arrival of the narrator’s family?

• people drumming

• flags waving

• babies squealing

• dogs barking

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In paragraph 19, why does the narrator describe the song by saying she is 1 “hearing it as if with new ears”?

• She has never heard this song before.

• The song has more meaning for her this time.

• She is unfamiliar with the words in the song.

• The song is louder than ever before.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why is the narrator forbidden to ride with Tupaaq?

• The narrator’s grandmother is angry at Tupaaq.

• Tupaaq plans to invite the narrator’s sister instead.

• Tupaaq’s boat is too crowded to carry the narrator.

• The narrator is too young to ride in Tupaaq’s boat.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In paragraph 15, the narrator says “the women’s voices, clear as water” most likely to reveal that...

• the sound is perfect and pure.

• the words are simple and familiar.

• the women sing near the shore.

• the women are visible from a great distance.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3