STAAR® BLITZ: INFERENCES AND EVIDENCE, DAY 1

What can the reader infer based on the details in paragraphs 2 and 3?

• The narrator is resentful of her mother’s pride in her accomplishments.

• The narrator is thankful for her mother’s pride in her accomplishments.

• The narrator is reassured by her mother’s pride in her accomplishments.

• The narrator is confused by her mother’s pride in her accomplishments.

Short Constructed Response: What can the reader infer about the narrator’s relationship with her mother? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

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Analysis

Based on paragraph 4, what can be inferred about the mother’s feelings?

• She is amused by what her daughter said and is playing a game with her.

• She is upset by what her daughter said and is ignoring her.

• She is relieved that her daughter told her how she feels.

• She is confused by what her daughter said and is taking time to figure it out.

Which word best describes the overall tone of the excerpt from The Joy Luck Club?

• Playful

• Sarcastic

• Regretful

• Reflective

What does the point of view used in the excerpt help the reader understand?

• How the narrator’s memory of the event differs from the mother’s memory of the event

• Why the narrator decides to tell her mother that she is ready to play chess again

• Why the mother tells the narrator that she cannot play chess again

• How the father and brothers feel about the conflict between the mother and daughter

In paragraph 16, what does the narrator’s comment that she “almost jumped out of my scalp” reveal to the reader about her feelings?

• She is shocked by her mother’s response.

• She is upset that her mother interrupted her.

• She is worried about her mother’s feelings.

• She has changed her mind about confronting her mother.

Which definition best matches the use of the word sharp in paragraph 14? Enter the number of the definition in the box.

• 1. having a point or edge that can cut through things easily

• 2. quick to understand, hear, or react to things

• 3. saying something in a firm or angry way

• 4. a sudden change or movement

Which quotation from the excerpt from The Joy Luck Club best emphasizes the mother’s stubborn nature?

• And my mother loved to show me off, like one of my many trophies she polished. (paragraph 2)

• She used to discuss my games as if she had devised the strategies. (paragraph 2)

• But my mother did not say anything. (paragraph 8)

• I had imagined she would smile and then ask me what special thing I wanted to eat. (paragraph 12)

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• I was quivering, I was stunned by what she said, in not knowing what she meant.

• I was quivering, and I was stunned by what she said, in not knowing what she meant.

• I was quivering, stunned by what she said, in not knowing what she meant.

• I was quivering; stunned by what she said, in not knowing what she meant.

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change stare to stared

• Change chessboard to Chessboard

• Delete the comma after squares

• Change terrible to terible