2022 NYS ELA Test

What is the Harmattan?

• A type of fabric

• A dry, dust-filled wind in West Africa

• A street in West Africa

• A dance move

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What did Sali see in the wind?

• A plastic bowl

• A wooden doll

• A scrap of damask cloth

• A packet of tea

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does the word 'damask' refer to in the story?

• A long dress

• A type of wind

• Woven cloth

• A dance move

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does 'skirted' mean in the context of the story?

• Danced

• Went around

• Fell down

• Wrapped up

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What did Sali imagine herself wearing made out of the cloth?

• A headpiece for her doll

• A robe for the storekeeper

• A dolokibani or long dress

• A plastic goods store

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Where did Sali find the bolt of the same cloth she had seen earlier?

• At a tea vendor's stall

• At a plastic-goods store

• At a fabric shop

• At Ami's mother's peanut stand

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What did Sali do the next day after seeing the cloth?

• She bought the entire bolt of cloth

• She went back to the cloth shop

• She made a dolokibani for her doll

• She danced in the wind

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why did Sali want to help in the store?

• To learn how to manage a store

• To earn enough orange cloth to make a dlokibani for herself

• To buy peanuts and kola nuts

• To get money for her mother

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What did Sali do to earn the cloth?

• She cleaned the store and threw away scraps

• She sold peanuts and kola nuts

• She learned how to sew

• She helped the tailor with his work

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

How did the tailor measure people for their clothes?

• By guessing their sizes

• By using a standard set of measurements

• By measuring every part of them with his measuring tape

• By asking them their sizes

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2