1. Read this excerpt from I Am Malala.

My father is like a falcon, the one whodared to fly where others would not go. And my mother is the one with her feet firmlyplanted on the ground.

What central idea doesthe evidence in the excerpt BEST support?

 Malala’s family finds a letterfor her father taped to the gate of the school where her father teaches. Read this excerpt from the letter.

You teach girls and you have a uniform thatis un-Islamic. Stop this or you will be in trouble and your children will weepand cry for you.

What central idea does the evidence from the letter support?

Read these excerpts. The first describes members of the Taliban in I Am Malala. The second describes the Red Guards in Red Scarf Girl.

They were searching cars for anything they claimed was forbidden by Islam. None of us said a word, but I saw my mother’shands shake as she gripped her purse, where the haram items were hidden.

They demanded that Mom and Dad open anything thatwas locked, while we children sat on our beds, staring in paralyzedfascination.

What central idea does the evidence from BOTH passages support?

Read the sentence from “All Summer in a Day.”

Now [Margot] stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wetworld beyond the huge glass. 

What does this sentence emphasize about Margot?

Read the excerpt from“All Summer in a Day.”

A wind blew cool around [the children]. They turned and started to walkback toward the underground house, their hands at their sides, their smilesvanishing away.

Which detail from the excerpt BEST shows the effect of setting on the children’s mood?