On Level CBA Pre-test / Exit Ticket

From the excerpt, what can you conclude about Paul?

• Paul is careless and clumsy

• Paul works in an office setting

• Paul is respectful of his wife's wishes.

• Paul is a dirty person

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the passage suggest about Bessie Coleman?

• That she passed away due to a tragic car accident

• That she was a friendly person

• That she made a positive impact on many people

• That she was a very religious person who believed in ceremony and superstition

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What change, if any, needs to be made to the sentence below:

Chase and Christina were on there way to school when the dog appeared out of nowhere.

• Add a comma after when

• Change there to their

• Change nowhere to no where

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

She walked into the party, her make-up smeared, streaks of mascara running down her face that she’d hastily tried to remove, unsuccessfully.  Her smile glittered as brightly as her sequined dress, dazzling the crowd, while inside she was as shattered as a broken mirror. She refused to let him see how badly his words had affected her. He would not get that piece of her too.

In the quote above, the author uses the two similes to:

• Highlight how poorly she'd been treated

• To leave the reader wondering what kind of dress she was wearing

• To demonstrate the contrast between her appearance and how she was feeling on the inside

• To explain how beautiful her smile was so that the reader can understand how happy she was

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence:

When Felicity went to start her car, a strangled sob came from the engine.

• Add a comma after strangled

• Change Felicity to felicity

• Change strangled to strange

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In The Necklace, what was Mathilde's motivation for buying a new dress and borrowing what she thought was an expensive piece of Jewelry? Include your answer AND provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4