Reading TEK 5.8B

11 Samantha looked to her right. She could see her elderly neighbor, Ms. Walker, standing there. She was staring at the pile of rubble that used to be her home. Samantha sprinted over to Ms. Walker and hugged her tightly, thankful she survived this disaster. Other neighbors joined the embrace. “Don’t worry, Ms. Walker,” Samantha’s dad said. “We will help you rebuild.”

12 The neighbors started cleaning up Ms. Walker’s yard, searching for possessions the tornado may have left behind. Samantha smiled watching as everyone came together to help their neighbor. She thought to herself, “I can’t believe something so beautiful could come out of something so disastrous.”  Samantha picked up a shovel and went to work on her neighbor’s house.

In paragraphs, 11-12, Samantha’s reaction to Ms. Walker’s home shows that Samantha?

• cares about Ms. Walker

• is annoyed that everyone must help Ms. Walker

• has never met Ms. Walker

• is more concerned about her house than Ms. Walker's house

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder A Nigerian Folktale

1 Long ago, Thunder and Lightning lived on Earth with all the other people. Thunder was a mother sheep and her son, a ram, was Lightning. Because of the ram’s temper, the king made them live at the far end of the town, as far as possible from other people.

2 Whenever the ram got angry, he would strike with his flash of light and burn down houses and trees. He managed to damage many farms, and sometimes he even hurt people. Whenever Lightning did these things, his mother shouted at him in a loud, booming voice. She yelled at him to stop, but Lightning did not care what Thunder said and continued to do damage on purpose.

3  At last the people could not stand it any longer and complained to the king. So the king demanded that the sheep and her son leave the town and live far away. This did not do much good. The ram continued to get angry and burned the trees. Sometimes, the flames still spread to the farms and burned them to the ground.

4 So the people complained again. This time, the king banished both Lightning and Thunder from the Earth and commanded them to live in the sky, where the people on Earth would be safe from Lightning’s destruction.

5 Ever since moving to the sky, when Lightning is angry, he strikes as before, but now you can hear his mother, Thunder, roaring and telling him to stop. Sometimes, if the mother is too far from her son, you will see him striking in anger, but her voice is nowhere to be heard.

Thunder's reaction to Lightning shows that she is.?

• proud of the way her son is acting

• mad at the king for making them move

• enjoys being on the Earth with the people

• frustrated with her son, Lightning

Read this section of the story and answer the question that follows:

 The husband scowled at his wife, his face flushed red with anger. “An old woman gives us three wishes and you wish for a sausage? You could have wished for anything in the world!” The farmer was enraged. “Why not wish for a fine house, a treasure chest filled with gold, or a fine crop in the fields? You are such a silly woman. I wish that sausage were on your nose!”

Why does the farmer become angry with his wife? “

• She gave their last potato to a stranger

• She let a stranger into their house

• She didn't use good judgement on their first wish

• She wished for a food that he doesn't like

Read this sentence from paragraphs 16 and 17. The wife’s eyes narrowed. “You know what we must do!” she hissed. The farmer tried to look away from his wife, but she fixed him with her steely gaze. What can the reader conclude about the farmer’s wife from this sentence?

• She is interested in what the farmer is thinking

• she is pleased to look at the farmer

• she is saddened by the farmer's choice

• Sher is determined to change the farmer's mind

Read the following excerpts and answer the question:

“You can do it! I have complete faith in you,” her coach said. “You have performed this beam routine hundreds of times to perfection. Have fun out there!” Mia’s coach carried her off the floor and transported her to a doctor where Mia received the bad news. “Mia, you are still young. You have a lot of things to look forward to. You are one of the strongest people I know. When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” coach said as he hugged Mia goodbye.

Which word best describes Mia's relationship with her coach?

• encouraging

• pushy

• uninterested

• intense