2A Test 6th grade

Part A: Which of the following statements best identifies the main message / theme of the text?

•  Adults always think they know better because they are older.

  
  

• We are shaped by our past ages, even as we grow up and change.

• When people grow up, they become more brave and confident.

• Everyone should be given special treatment when it's their birthday.

  
  

Part B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

• “And you don't feel eleven at all. You feel like you're still ten. And you are --underneath the year that makes you eleven.” (Paragraph 1)

• “"Of course it's yours," Mrs. Price says. "I remember you wearing it once." Because she's older and the teacher, she's right and I'm not.” (Paragraph 10)

• “Mama is making a cake for me tonight, and when Papa comes home everybody will sing Happy birthday, happy birthday to you.” (Paragraph 11)

• “I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon” (Paragraph 21)

In paragraph 3, Rachel says, "Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other." Which of the following statements best explains the quoted simile?

• The narrator cannot make up her mind about what it means to be older, and so she does not know what it means to be herself.

• The narrator feels overwhelmed by how quickly she is growing up, and she is afraid that she does not act her current age.

• The narrator believes that everyone is just hiding how old they really are behind different ages, or layers.

•  The narrator thinks of growing up as developing layers, instead of becoming an entirely new person as you age.

  
  

How does Rachel react to being told to put on the red sweater?

• Rachel cries after putting on the old red sweater, but she is more upset with herself for not speaking up like an 11-year-old.

• Rachel refuses to put on the old red sweater and cries like a small child when her teacher scolds her for her disobedience.

• Rachel stubbornly ignores her teacher because she hates Mrs. Price, who is mean and picks on her for no reason.

• Rachel cries after putting on the old red sweater because she is embarrassed about having to wear her old clothes.

Which emotions are emphasized through the author's use of the first-person point of view?

1. Combine the sentences to create one detailed, grammatically correct sentence. Include key details from all the sentences without repeating information.

• Liberty Island is an island. 

• Liberty Island is in New York Harbor. 

• The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island.

1. Combine the sentences to create one detailed, grammatically correct sentence. Include key details from all the sentences without repeating information.

• - More than 1,000 tornadoes occur in the United States each year. 

• - In the United States, the area where most tornadoes happen is called “Tornado Alley.”

Select the sentence that has correct capitalization.

•  The library has an Apple Monitor you can use with a laptop.

•  The library has an Apple monitor you can use with a laptop.

• The Library has an Apple monitor you can use with a laptop.

Select the sentence that has correct capitalization.

•  We saw the Dallas Cowboys.

•  We saw the dallas cowboys.

•  We saw The dallas cowboys.

• We saw The Dallas Cowboys.

  
  

Select the sentence that has correct capitalization.

•  The sun and moon can be seen from almost anywhere on Earth.

•  The sun and moon can be seen from almost anywhere on earth.

• - The Sun and moon can be seen from almost anywhere on earth