False Start

In paragraph 1, the narrator starts the story in the middle of a chaotic hallway. Which parts of the plot does this paragraph help explain?

• Where Olivia is and why she feels helpless about the situation

• What the charges are against Olivia and why she won’t accuse Pilar

• Why Officer Monahan is handcuffing Olivia in the middle of school

• Why Olivia and Pilar were friends and how their friendship changed

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Choose an answer that best completes the sentence. In paragraph 1, Pilar's refusal to make eye contact with Olivia suggests that she is-

• Disloyal

• Resentful

• Fearful

• Judgemental

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Select the two sentences from paragraphs 5-6 that suggest Olivia has a strong belief in the importance of behaving morally.

• I could outrun him, she thought, even though she knew she'd never try it.

• Why didn't Pilar know she was just as talented, just as strong, and, with a little more dedication, just as Fast?

• Why would she squander her potential and worse, incriminate her truest friend by refusing to vouch for her?

• No one could definitively tie the evidence to either girl, of course, but the school needed the outside funding Pilar's affluent and well connected family could bring in, so when the vial turned up in the locker room the blame immediately fell on Olivia, her best friend.

• Privileged Pilar would never have to worry about anything, but she had never let it go to her head before, not like this.

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Why does Olivia's initial attitude toward Officer Monahan change?

• She realizes his background may be similar to her own.

• She feels terrible that he can only afford scuffed shoes.

• She starts to understand why he speaks the way he does.

• She suspects that he is reluctant to put the handcuffs on her.

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Which word has the same connotation as superfluous as it is used in paragraph 8?

• Unnecessary

• Unwanted

• Abundant

• Adequate

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Part A: What is a central theme of the passage?

• Societal expectations can matter more than the truth.

• People often don't know how to communicate about conflict.

• True friends can compete with each other and still remain close.

• Schools can be tough environments that support harsh consequences.

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Which details from the passage help develop the theme you identified in Part A?

• Principal Collison had summoned three school district security officers, as though they had captured some sort of hardened criminal. (paragraph 2)

• Why didn't Pilar know she was just as talented, just as strong, and with a little more dedication, just as fast? (paragraph 5)

• No one could definitively tie the evidence to either girl, of course, but the school needed the outside funding Pilar's affluent and well-connected family could bring in . . . (paragraph 6)

• Pilar had then cranked up the music to a volume that made conversation impossible, and from that moment the topic was forever walled off in a compartment to which Olivia was denied entrance. (paragraph 8)

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Select the correct answers that show how the detail advances the plot by revealing the cause of the conflict.

• “...when the vial turned up in the locker room the blame immediately fell on Olivia…” (paragraph 6)

• “...she was too pragmatic to fantasize about the nebulous, out-of-focus possibility that the truth might eventually acquit her.” (paragraph 7)

• “...talked in whispers about why Pilar was contemplating this crazy, dangerous, illegal means of earning a place in the state track meet.” (paragraph 8)

• “What happened next hardly mattered in this moment, when a chapter of her life was closing behind her.” (paragraph 9)

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Read the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided. Explain one way Olivia and Pilar are similar and one way Olivia and Pilar are different. Cite evidence from the passage to support your answer.

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Which statement best objectively summarizes the events of the text?

• Olivia is about to be arrested for something Pilar has done. Olivia thinks she can outrun the officer. Olivia tried to talk Pilar out of her plans, but Pilar refused to listen. Olivia chooses to protect Pilar, even though the accusation changes Olivia's life and threatens her dreams.

• Olivia is about to be arrested for something Pilar has done. Olivia tried to talk Pilar out of her plans using logic, emotion, and morals, but Pilar refused to listen. Olivia chooses to protect Pilar, even though the accusation changes Olivia's life and threatens her dreams.

• Olivia is about to be arrested for something Pilar has done. Olivia tried to talk Pilar out of her plans, but Pilar refused to listen. Olivia chooses to protect Pilar, even though the accusation changes Olivia's life and threatens her dreams.

• Olivia is about to be arrested for something Pilar has done. Olivia tried to talk Pilar out of her plans, but Pilar refused to listen. Because she is a good friend, Olivia chooses to protect Pilar, even though the accusation changes Olivia's life and threatens her dreams.

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