Review A: Fiction Passage

Based on paragraphs 7-21, the reader can infer -

• The narrator and the friends do not enjoy spending time together.

•  The narrator and friends do not always agree.

•  The friends regret having the narrator visit their home.

• The narrator is happy to finally see a shooting star.

Which question is answered in the resolution of the story?

• What do shooting stars feel like?

• Where can you find a shooting star?

• When is the best time of day to see a shooting star?

• Why are shooting stars so bright?

The setting at the end of the story is important because it shows that -

•  People can see shooting stars more clearly near a waterfall.

• Shooting stars are difficult to see.

• People can see shooting stars in different places.

• Double shooting stars only exist in the woods.

Which paragraph best conveys the central idea of the story?

• Paragraph 1

•  Paragraph 10

• Paragraph 16

• Paragraph 25

Which sentence best tells the theme of the passage?

• Regrettably, I hadn't seen the shooting star.

• Droplets of water splashed out from the stony ledge overhead.

• The day was sunny and clear, not shooting star weather at all.

•  “You just have to look in the right place,” Emily said with excitement.

Read this sentence: Although I knew she was teasing, I couldn't find any mistake in her reasoning. How does the narrator’s reaction to her friends impact the central conflict of the story?

• The narrator struggles to prove her friends wrong.

• The narrator continues to question her friends’ explanations.

• The narrator believes her friends may know where to find a shooting star.

• The narrator thinks her friends are lying.

 Based on paragraphs 1 and 2, readers can infer the narrator is -

• walking quickly toward the multicolored house

• avoiding walking toward the multicolored house

• skipping toward the multicolored house

• having difficulty walking toward the multicolored house

Read the sentence from Paragraph 22. Which words help the reader understand the meaning of disorderly?

On our left side, a disorderly pile of boulders looked as if they had been casually thrown aside. Emily asked, “Now, are you going to claim you don't see the moss, only the light from the moss as it reaches your eyes?”

•  on our left side

• casually thrown aside

•  pile of boulders

• light from the moss