ELA1.4 Caleb's Story 1-2

Which quotation from Caleb’s Story best explains how Caleb feels about Cassie’s claim that she saw someone behind the barn?

• “’You and your imaginary friends, Cassie!’”

• “’Cassie? I hear you!’”

• “’You’re stubborn,’ I told her.”

• “’A man,’ she whispered in my ear.”

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Which quotation from Caleb’s Story best shows how Anna feels about Justin?

• “’Justin’s letters?’ asked Sarah. Anna nodded. ‘I read them over and over,’ she said softly.”

• “I used to tease Anna about her boyfriend Justin. I called him Just-In-Time.”

• “’Letters,’ said Papa, his voice low. ‘You were the masters of letter writing, you and Sarah,’ said Anna.”

• “Justin had gone to Europe to fight in the war. And no one teased Anna now.”

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Which inference can be made about Cassie in Caleb’s Story?

• She knows how to get others to do things her way.

• She is shy with strangers until she gets to know them. 

• She blames others for things that go wrong. 

• She is more patient than other family members.

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Which quotation from the text best supports the inference that Cassie knows how to get others to do things her way?

• “John stopped, his spoon half way to his mouth. Cassie waited for him to put it down.”

• "'I told you there was a man,' she whispered."

• “Cassie asked questions because she wanted to know the answers. Like Sarah.”

• “Cassie ignored me the way she always did when she wanted something.”

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Which inference can be made about Sarah in Caleb’s Story?

• She is a private person.

• She is fearful of strangers.

• She is protective of family.

• She is bossy toward others.

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Which quotation from the text best supports the inference that Sarah is protective of family?

• “’Don’t pry Cassie,’ said Sarah.”

• “’Well, John, you are welcome to stay here.’”

• “’Anna? I want you to be careful. There’s so much sickness.’”

• “’The animals, Caleb. They need to be fed,’ said Sarah.”

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Which key details should be included in a summary of Chapter 2 of Caleb’s Story?

Select the two correct answers.

• Caleb discovers that Cassie was telling the truth when she reported seeing a man around the barn.

• After learning the man's name is John, Caleb tells him that Anna is finishing school in town.

• After making sure John is not sick, Sarah invites him inside and he falls asleep in the house.

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What is the effect of the first-person point of view of Caleb’s Story?

• Caleb explains how he feels when he first meets John.

• Readers better understand why John has decided to visit the family.

• John provides background about his history with Papa.

• Readers learn why John is hiding his illness from the family.

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What is the effect of the first-person point of view of Caleb’s Story?

• Readers know how curious Caleb is about who John is and why he came to the farm, but the other characters do not.

• Caleb’s sense of humor is not easily understood by other characters in the story.

• Readers find out how Anna feels about John coming to the farm to see Jacob again after being away for so many years.

• John tells Caleb that he should not pry into other people’s private affairs.

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In Sarah, Plain and Tall and Caleb’s Story, how are the characters of Sarah and John alike?

• Both arrive on the farm and change the lives of the members of the Witting family.

• Both return to the farm after having spent years away from it and the family.

• Both want to make up for past mistakes.

• Both feel homesick for the place they left behind.

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