ELPAC Practice Reading - Test Questions 16-20

What is the main idea of the text?

• United States citizens who are adults can vote

• Voting practices have changed over time.

• More people are voting that ever before

• Technology will allow people to vote in different ways.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read this sentence from paragraph 2

Over time, the right to vote was extended to more and more people.

What does the word extended MOST LIKELY mean in the sentence?

• continued

• straightened

• given

• shown

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Why does the author mention Martin Luther King, Jr. and Susan B. Anthony?

• They were pat of a small group of voters

• They worked hard to win elections

• They invented the secret ballot

• They helped many people become voters.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which sentence from the text BEST describes how people voted in the past?

• Although some practices remain the same, some voting practices have changed over time.

• With more people voting, new practices were needed.

• They would raise their hands or voices to show who they wanted to vote for.

• In other places, paper ballots have been replaced with voting machines.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

First, read the definitions for the word mark.

Mark v. 1. to indicate a location 2. to make a symbol or word 3. to assign a grade 4. to celebrate.

Then read this sentence from paragraph 4

In some states, voters mark their choices on paper slips, called ballots.

What definition best matches the meaning of mark as it is used in the sentence?

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

• definition 4

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4