Flightsend Public Release Keystone

Which information, if added, could best support the author’s purpose?

• an explanation of what Charlie liked to study in school

• an explanation of why the family is moving

• a description of the house that the family had sold

• a description of what Kathy’s car looks like

Read the sentences from the passage.

“The house was perfectly symmetrical, like a child’s drawing: the front door and porch, windows either side, two bedroom windows above, chimney-stacks each side of a tiled roof crusted with lichens. A weedy gravelled path led to the open-fronted porch and a door that had curls of paint peeling off; the nearest window showed a bare, gloomy main room that was probably full of cobwebs.”

How does the author’s use of imagery in the sentences help to communicate an idea?

• It provides a vivid description that portrays deterioration.

• It provides objective information that illustrates cleanliness.

• It provides a general description that suggests beauty.

• It provides specific details that depict imagination.

Which word is a synonym for dilapidation?

• discomfort

• disrepair

• disfavor

• disbelief

The suffix “-tion” helps the reader know that “renovation” means

• the belief in restoring.

• without any restoring.

• one who is restoring.

• the act of restoring.

Read the incomplete summary of the passage.

• Kathy is looking for a house for her family.

• Her daughter, Charlie, is disappointed with the condition and location of the house.

• Kathy is excited by all the possibilities that the house offers for their happiness.

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Which sentence is a key detail that best completes the summary?

• Charlie stops trying to discuss with her mother the negative aspects of the house.

• Charlie is concerned about available transportation at the house.

• Charlie is upset that the house is in a rural area.

• Charlie becomes concerned about the cost of driving lessons.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the generalization that a positive attitude can influence one’s perceptions?

• “They went together on Saturday, a raw autumn day that was more like winter, stirring memories of foggy mornings and afternoons dark by four-thirty.”

• “She thought of long winter evenings marooned here, miles from her friends.”

• “Charlie guessed that she saw climbing roses and honeysuckle, not dereliction and decay.”

• “Charlie saw ramshackle outbuildings that looked as if they’d better be pulled down before they collapsed.”

Which word best describes Charlie?

• charming

• secretive

• cowardly

• observant

Which sentence from the passage best represents the

conflict?

• “Flightsend arrived on their doormat, in an envelope from the estate agent.”

• “Perhaps Mum would give up the idea of moving.”

• “Charlie turned up her coat collar against the wind.”

• “Kathy stood smiling in the rain, not bothered about her wet hair.”