Topic: Key Ideas and Details

Quiz by NYSED ELA Grade 8

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What does paragraph 4 MOST reveal about the mother?
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She has a hard time relaxing.
She has devotion for animals.
She is tireless.
She is responsible.

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Q1
What does paragraph 4 MOST reveal about the mother?
She has a hard time relaxing.
She has devotion for animals.
She is tireless.
She is responsible.
120s
RL.8.3
Q2
What does paragraph 9 MAINLY reveal about the narrator?
She loves language and has a vivid imagination.
She pays attention to yearly patterns.
She thinks of nature as calming
She is attached to familiar things and is close to her family.
60s
RL.8.3
Q3
Which idea would be MOST important to include in a summary of the story?
"I took off my apron and was running across to the barn for the pickup before Dad had taken his hat from behind the door:' (paragraph 17)
"She stood there untying her bandanna and I watched her as though I didn't know her face better than my own:' (paragraph 14)
"It might go higher along toward Christmas, but we couldn't wait for that:' (paragraph 2)
"We had to sell our wheat this month and not hold it over; that is, we did if I was going to the university that fall:' (paragraph 2)
60s
RL.8.2
Q4
What does paragraph 2 most reveal about Eliza?
She gets easily distracted.
She thinks her father knows best.
She has a strong imagination.
She seldom misspells a word.
120s
RL.8.3
Q5
Which quotation BEST expresses a central idea of the story?
"She wants to win with a word so difficult her father will have to admit that he was wrong, that the letters are already guiding her." (paragraph 1)
"The judge's voice is ever neutral, revealing nothing." (paragraph 21)
"Eliza finds herself bracing for the next blow, but none comes." (paragraph 10)
"Eliza wants to see herself through the judge's eyes." (paragraph 22)
60s
RL.8.2
Q6
The ideas in paragraphs 22 and 26 MOSTYLY contribute to the reader's understanding of Eliza by revealing
her discomfort standing in front of the audience
her inability to understand the judges
her difficulty with spelling the assigned word correctly
her concern about impressing her father
60s
RL.8.3
Q7
What does paragraph 31 MAINLY reveal about Eliza?
her intelligence
her confidence
her patience
her enthusiasm
60s
RL.8.3
Q8
Which detail would be MOST important to include in a summary of the story?
Eliza empties her mind and sees the letters come up as images.
Eliza is one of seventeen spellers in this round of the spelling bee.
Eliza knows that difficult words follow easy words at spelling bees.
Eliza gets a word that means a kind of fabric with a twill weave.
60s
RL.8.2

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