Unit 3 Week 1&2 Practice Test

Who is the narrator in the passage?

• Brad

• Vera

• An outside observer

Read the paragraph from the passage.

Brad rotated back to his friends who sat with him at his lunch table, rolled his eyes, and said, "She's so weird, always walking from table to table, asking people for their food. Do you think she eats it all?" his friends laughed. They wondered the same thing.

Why is this paragraph important to the passage?

• Because it describes how Brad feels about Vera taking food.

• Because it introduces Brad.

• Because it reveals why Vera collects food.

Read the sentence from the passage.

her shopping bag was bulging, and the edges of the boxes were pushing out against the bag.

What does the word bulging mean?

• surprising

• sticking out

• heavy

Read the sentence from the passage.

He felt unsure as he said it because her family had a beautiful house with a trimmed yard.

What does the word trimmed mean?

• fancy

• large

• cut

Which sentence shows that Brad is planning to find out what Vera does with the food?

• "She's so weird, always walking from table to table, asking people for their food."

• "Do you guys want to find out where all the food goes?"

• "I want to know what you did with all that food!"

What is the flashback in the passage? Which paragraph is the flashback located?

• between lines

  11-72

• between lines

  131-209

• between lines

  222-258