Reading Comprehension

Select ALL the words that suggest stealth or deception.

• covert

• guile

• impending

• insidious

• surreptitiously

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select ALL the functions Paragraph 8 serves in the passage.

• to indicate a transition

• to offer social commentary

• to introduce new characters

• to describe the main character

• to establish a sense of place and time

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Select ALL the effects created by Paragraph 55.

• to conclude the suspense

• to pause the action of the plot

• to provide background information

• to reinforce the shift in the mood from anxious to calm

• to contrast the doctor's state of mind with that of his patient

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Select ALL the contrasts suggested in Paragraphs 23 and 24 by the imagery of flowers and fog.

• hope vs. fear

• love vs. logic

• health vs. illness

• a renewal of life vs. a gloomy prospect

• a knowledge of the truth vs. willful ignorance

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Select ALL the aspects of characterization the author uses to develop the reader's understanding of McTaggart.

• his thoughts

• his profession

• his perceptions of others

• his reactions to the surroundings

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read this sentence from Paragraph 48.The pressure of the wooden disk upon McTaggart's chest seemed to become insupportable-a thing of infinite weight.What does this "pressure" represent for McTaggart?

• dread

• humiliation

• ignorance

• powerlessness

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which universal theme is MOST clearly developed in the passage?

• the inevitability of fate

• the quest for fulfillment

• the triumph of goodness over evil

• the journey from confusion to enlightenment

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In Paragraph 16, what is revealed by McTaggart's interior monologue?

• an active imagination

• an agitated state of mind

• tolerance for another's oddities

• lack of compassion for another's sufferings

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which detail would be LEAST necessary to include in a summary of the passage?

• the diagnosis of McTaggart's medical condition

• the appearance and manner of the doctor's parlor maid

• the description of McTaggart's reactions to his surroundings

• the contrast between the city streets and the inside of the doctor's office

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

McTaggart's reactions to his circumstances MOST clearly serve to develop which universal theme?

• tradition vs. progress

• perception vs. reality

• stability vs. adventure

• conformity vs. individuality

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2