Identify supporting details in literary texts

Select the best evidence to support the statement that Patroclus relies on his father to know what to do.

"I am Patroclus, son of Menoitius." My voice sounded high, and scratchy with disuse. "I am here as a suitor for Helen. My father is a king and the son of kings." I had no more to say. My father had not instructed me; he had not thought that Tyndareus would ask me to speak. I stood and carried the bowl to the pile of gifts, placed it where it would not topple. I turned and walked back to my bench. I had not disgraced myself with trembling or tripping, and my words had not been foolish. Still, my face burned with shame.

• "I am Patroclus, son of Menoitius." My voice sounded high, and scratchy with disuse.

• "I am here as a suitor for Helen. My father is a king and the son of kings."

• I stood and carried the bowl to the pile of gifts, placed it where it would not topple.

• I had no more to say. My father had not instructed me; he had not thought that Tyndareus would ask me to speak.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the best evidence to support the statement that the Tin Woodman is kindhearted.

Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret. These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted. When Dorothy presently asked him a question the Tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his jaws were tightly rusted together.

• Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing.

• When Dorothy presently asked him a question the Tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his jaws were tightly rusted together.

• These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted.

• This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In the following passage, a boy named Alistair has joined a group of strangers whom he met while traveling. Select the best evidence to support the statement that Alistair is not particularly brave for his age.

If the men had intended to harm him, then they could have done it already. Alistair wasn't as strong or as fearsome as a bull. Even for a twelve-year-old boy—which is what he was, after all—he was considered timid.

At the edge of the forest, the group passed by an enormous blackened tree stump. It was even thicker than the sequoias Alistair had seen during a family trip out west, and though he wanted to examine it closer, the tall man advised against it.

• Alistair wasn't as strong or as fearsome as a bull.

• It was even thicker than the sequoias Alistair had seen during a family trip out west, and though he wanted to examine it closer, the tall man advised against it.

• Even for a twelve-year-old boy—which is what he was, after all—he was considered timid.

• If the men had intended to harm him, then they could have done it already.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the best evidence to support the statement that the children would rather get wet than wear the calfskins.

By the end of October the rain had come, falling heavily upon the six-inch layer of dust which had had its own way for more than two months.. . .To shield us from the rain, Mama issued us dried calfskins which we flung over our heads and shoulders like stiff cloaks. We were not very fond of the skins, for once they were wet they emitted a musty odor which seeped into our clothing and clung to our skins. We preferred to do without them; unfortunately, Mama cared very little about what we preferred.

• By the end of October the rain had come, falling heavily upon the six-inch layer of dust which had had its own way for more than two months..

• We were not very fond of the skins, for once they were wet they emitted a musty odor which seeped into our clothing and clung to our skins.

• We preferred to do without them; unfortunately, Mama cared very little about what we preferred.

• To shield us from the rain, Mama issued us dried calfskins which we flung over our heads and shoulders like stiff cloaks.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Select the best evidence to support the statement that Jess regularly runs barefoot.

His dad had the pickup going. He could get up now. Jess slid out of bed and into his overalls. He didn't worry about a shirt because once he began running he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill, or shoes because the bottoms of his feet were by now as tough as his worn-out sneakers.

"Where you going, Jess?" May Belle lifted herself up sleepily from the double bed where she and Joyce Ann slept.

• His dad had the pickup going.

• He didn't worry about a shirt because once he began running he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill...

• ...or shoes because the bottoms of his feet were by now as tough as his worn-out sneakers.

• Jess slid out of bed and into his overalls.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the best evidence to support the statement that Johnny has a good memory.

I got tired of watching him do it all, so I started digging into the sack myself. "Wheee!" I sat down on a dusty chair and stared. "A paperback copy of Gone with the Wind! How'd you know I always wanted one?"

Johnny reddened. "I remembered you sayin' something about it once. And me and you went to see that movie, 'member? I thought you could maybe read it out loud and help kill time or something."

"Gee, thanks." I put the book down reluctantly. I wanted to start it right then.

• "I remembered you sayin' something about it once. And me and you went to see that movie, 'member?

• "A paperback copy of Gone with the Wind! How'd you know I always wanted one?"

• I thought you could maybe read it out loud and help kill time or something."

• I got tired of watching him do it all, so I started digging into the sack myself. "Wheee!" I sat down on a dusty chair and stared.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the best evidence to support the statement that the narrator's house doesn't have running water.

My house stood silently peeking back at me through the trees, a square box painted dark green. . . . It was the only home I'd ever known, and I loved it. I loved its silver-painted corrugated iron roof, which slanted down into gutters that flowed into the round water tank in the back. It made nice sounds in the rain. The only water we had was what we caught off the roof. Not like Billy's house, where they had water pipes from the street, and a bathroom inside the house.

"Hey," Billy whispered, quickly moving off the trail into the trees. His blond hair glowed where the sun hit it, but mostly he was in the shade.

• The only water we had was what we caught off the roof. Not like Billy's house, where they had water pipes from the street, and a bathroom inside the house.

• It was the only home I'd ever known, and I loved it.

• I loved its silver-painted corrugated iron roof, which slanted down into gutters that flowed into the round water tank in the back

• My house stood silently peeking back at me through the trees, a square box painted dark green

• "Hey," Billy whispered, quickly moving off the trail into the trees. His blond hair glowed where the sun hit it, but mostly he was in the shade.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The following passage is about three girls—Kirsti, Annemarie, and Ellen—coming home from school during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. Select the best evidence to support the statement that during the war, some supplies were scarce (hard to find, not much of).

Kirsti was chattering as she took off her sweater in the center of the apartment living room. "But I wasn't scared. Annemarie was, and Ellen, too. But not me!"

Mrs. Johansen rose quickly from the chair by the window where she'd been sitting. Mrs. Rosen, Ellen's mother, was there, too, in the opposite chair. They'd been having coffee together, as they did many afternoons. Of course it wasn't really coffee, though the mothers still called it that: "having coffee." There had been no real coffee in Copenhagen since the beginning of the Nazi occupation. Not even any real tea. The mothers sipped at hot water flavored with herbs.

• Mrs. Johansen rose quickly from the chair by the window where she'd been sitting.

• Kirsti was chattering as she took off her sweater in the center of the apartment living room.

• There had been no real coffee in Copenhagen since the beginning of the Nazi occupation. Not even any real tea.

• The mothers sipped at hot water flavored with herbs.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The following passage is about a character going to a zoo. Select the best evidence to support the statement that the character is from out of town.

The zoo was on the edge of a wide desert valley, with a view of cactus-dotted hills above and, in the flats spread out beneath, flocks of small white houses. He went there after a meeting in Scottsdale, to fill an empty afternoon. He was restless in his hotel and had seen the zoo in a tourist brochure, with a picture of a wolf.

In a series of arid gardens connected by pathways there was a hummingbird enclosure and an aviary, a beaver pond and a pool for otters; there were Mexican parrots squawking, bighorn sheep on artificial cliffs, an ocelot curled up in a rocky crevice and a sleek bobcat pacing restlessly.

• He was restless in his hotel and had seen the zoo in a tourist brochure, with a picture of a wolf.

• there were Mexican parrots squawking, bighorn sheep on artificial cliffs, an ocelot curled up in a rocky crevice and a sleek bobcat pacing restlessly.

• In a series of arid gardens connected by pathways there was a hummingbird enclosure and an aviary, a beaver pond and a pool for otters;

• The zoo was on the edge of a wide desert valley, with a view of cactus-dotted hills above and, in the flats spread out beneath, flocks of small white houses.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the best evidence to support the statement that the narrator feels that he should accept his appearance for what it is.

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman—he looks tough and I don't.. . .I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides.. . .

I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway.

• My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides.

• I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes.

• I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have.

• When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6