STAAR Fiction

45 This excerpt can best be described as exploring the theme of —

• A survival in extreme conditions

• B courage in the face of danger

• C reverence for the natural world

• D standing up for a principle

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

46 The details about the size of the creek in paragraph 1 are significant to the story’s plot because

• F the creek is too narrow to offer the narrator any protection from the cougar

• G the narrator knows exactly where to catch the most fish in the creek

• H the creek is so wide and deep that the narrator’s escape route is cut off

• J the narrator is so busy studying the creek that he does not notice the cougar right away

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

47 From paragraphs 11 through 13, what can the reader infer about the narrator’s relationship with his father?

• A The narrator wishes that he could be more like his father.

• B The narrator has an instinctive respect for his father.

• C The narrator feels conflicted about his father.

• D The narrator wants to escape his father’s influence.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

48 What is left unresolved at the end of the story?

• F The narrator’s conflict with his father

• G The cougar’s dilemma

• H The reason why the cougar fled

• J The narrator’s need to find his way home

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

49 Which sentence best describes how the author uses point of view in the selection?

• A The author uses a third-person narrative to help the reader understand what motivates the protagonist to stand his ground and meet a deadly threat.

• B The author uses an unreliable first-person narrator to suggest that the protagonist exaggerates the dangers he faces.

• C The author uses a first-person narrative to help the reader identify with the thoughts and feelings of a protagonist under extreme stress.

• D The author uses an omniscient narrator to create suspense by revealing the existence of a threat to a naive, vulnerable protagonist.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

50 The tone of the story becomes increasingly —

• F hopeful

• G critical

• H despairing

• J suspenseful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4