The Other Side of the Sky

What does paragraph 2 mainly reveal about the crowd of refugees?

• Most of the crowd does not want to cross the border.

• There is a rhythm to the behavior of the crowd.

• The crowd is scattered all over the desert.

• Crowds of people usually behave like sheep.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following inferences is best supported by paragraph 5?

• The border guards are too lazy to open the gate for the Afghan refugees.

• Most of the border guards enjoy confronting the crowds.

• The guards are lounging in the shade because it is too hot to move around.

• The Pakistani border guards want to use their power to get money from the refugees.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What information do paragraphs 7-8 mainly convey about Ghulam Ali?

• Ghulam Ali does not think they should take the smuggler's path.

• Ghulam Ali is knowledgeable and brave.

• Ghulam Ali was a former Pakistani border guard.

• Ghulam Ali intends to abandon his family.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which statement by Ghulam Ali in paragraph 9 most strongly supports the idea that he has made a commitment to the narrator?

• “You will need some rest before you attempt this mountain crossing.”

• “Spend tonight here and sleep well, knowing that you will have nothing to do tomorrow except lounge around, rest, and catch your breath.”

• “Let your only work be the gathering of your strength.”

• “You and your mother are in my care now.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following selections best states a central idea of paragraph 11?

• If you can’t change your circumstances, it’s best to lower your expectations.

• Knowledge can always change a person’s situation.

• Knowing the reason why something exists doesn’t necessarily help matters.

• Prayer is the most important thing a person can do in times of great struggle.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which sentence from paragraph 11 most strongly supports the answer to the previous question?

• “We got up and performed our ablutions quickly in the darkness, with just sand because that’s allowed when you have no access to water.”

• “Steep as it was, we could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother.”

• “It was no use knowing that her difficulty was rooted in anxiety, just as it was no use knowing that we could have moved more quickly if we had possessed wings.”

• “Because of her, we had to pause every few minutes, so our journey took many hours.”

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following best states a central idea of the excerpt as a whole?

• The lowest common denominator of human behavior is found in large crowds of people.

• Nothing can stop a person’s fate from happening.

• It’s risky to put one’s trust in strangers.

• You can never give up on humanity, because there are always kind people in this world.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to the previous question?

• “That’s the thing about life. You never know when and where you will encounter a spot of human decency.”

• “In the thickening dusk we could hear the dull roar of people still trying to get past the border guards, but we receded into the desert, farther and farther back from the border gate.”

• “I don’t know what made me so supple and strong that day, but I felt no hardship, no anxiety or fear, just concentration and intensity.”

• “They kept saying, ‘Look at that girl. She’s missing a leg, and yet she’s going faster than you. Why can’t you keep up? Hurry now!’”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following sentences uses the word scale in the same way as in this sentence: "How did I scale that mountain so easily?"

• Place your order on the scale to see how much it weighs.

• Every scale on the barracuda was shiny and tough.

• This map is not to scale, meaning you can't make too many assumptions about distance.

• The expedition group is set to scale Mount Everest next week.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is the correct chronological order of story events?

^{1) The Pakistani border guards kept shoving the Afghani refugees away from the gate while both groups were yelling back and forth at each other.}

^{2) After they started to climb the mountain, the narrator’s mother began to suffer an asthma attack.}

^{3) Ghulam Ali checked out a goat path that smugglers often use.}

^{4) In spite of her prosthetic leg, the narrator went up and down the mountain like a sure-footed goat.}

• 3, 4, 2, 1

• 3, 4, 1, 2

• 1, 3, 2, 4

• 1, 3, 4, 2

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4