Her hands & the Stars

Read the following inference.

Akeisha realized studying would help her reach her goals.

Which selection from the story supports this inference?

• "Just a kid. She should be thinking about math class, not stars."

• Equations played against the back of her lids in purple afterimages. If she wasn't ready for the test by now, more studying wasn't going to help.

• "I know I'm not going to reach the stars if I don't pass math class. I just don't want to leave all this behind."

• "I want to chase that star, Nana. All that sky up there, it should be for everybody."

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

According to the story, what causes the stars in Akeisha's hands to sparkle?

• She became determined to visit the stars.

• Her Nana reveals the same stars on her own hand.

• She is on top of the skyspear in the starlight.

• Her Nana had called for the stars to come to her.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which answer choice states a theme of the story?

• Children should listen to the advice of their parents.

• Everyone needs to find their own purpose in life.

• Pollution can keep people from seeing the stars.

• Running away is not a way to solve one's problems.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which statement would be necessary to include in a summary of this story?

• Akeisha gets dizzy and sweaty from running up many flights of stairs.

• Akeisha's Nana has a jacket that is several sizes too big for Akeisha.

• Akeisha's Nana works on the middle-low levels of the skyspear.

• Akeisha decides to disobey her father and go above the eversmog.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2