Reading SOL 2023

Which option is the most likely setting for a story with the conflict “man vs nature?”

• A nursing home

• A middle school

• A forest

• A lawyer’s office

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Setting can give clues about a story’s ________.

• plot

• conflict

• mood

• all of the above

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Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch

• happy and loving

• a high school in 1956

• love is stronger than fear

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What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980s

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In the passage below, what can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• Randolph is a mean person.

• Randolph is a prince or king.

• Randolph has an older sister.

• The setting doesn’t give us any clues about Randolph.

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If the passage below were set in a snowy park where children were playing, what could you infer?

Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

• Lena might have been gently hit by a snowball.

• Lena might be lost.

• Lena might be playing a boardgame or card game.

• Lena might be talking to herself.

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In the passage below, what can you infer about the setting of the story?

When the men reached Oregon, they stepped out of their wagons and embraced. The journey was long and dangerous, but they made it. Soon, their families would follow their trail in their own wagons, leaving their homes in the East to meet them in this brand new land: the West.

• The story might take place on a different planet.

• The story might take place in the past.

• The story might take place in a desert.

• We can’t make any inferences about the setting from this passage.

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"I'm going to be a pirate this year," said Derek. "What about

you?"

"I'll be a vampire!" replied Emma. "We got the costume yesterday when we got our pumpkins."

When does this take place?

• October

• November

• April

• August

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Which sentence is NOT about the setting?

• John entered a dark room.

• John shivered in the cold.

• John was very frightened.

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Both the time period in history AND the time of day can affect the setting.

• True

• False

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