MCAP Grade 6 ELA Practice Questions - Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program English Language Arts - Grade 6 Exam

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Read the excerpt from 'The Secret of the Old Oak': 'Nora pressed her fingers against the coarse, furrowed bark of the ancient white oak that anchored the back corner of her grandfather's farm in Frederick County. The tree had survived centuries of autumn storms and harsh winters, its massive canopy casting a cool, protective shadow across the creek. Tucked high within a hollow where two heavy boughs met, Nora discovered a tarnished brass tin wrapped in waxed canvas. Her heart thudded against her ribs as her thumbs pried open the rusted latch, revealing a leather-bound diary dated 1862.' Which piece of textual evidence best supports the inference that the diary had been hidden deliberately to protect it from weather and discovery?

'Nora pressed her fingers against the coarse, furrowed bark of the ancient white oak...' '...a tarnished brass tin wrapped in waxed canvas... Tucked high within a hollow where two heavy boughs met...' 'The tree had survived centuries of autumn storms and harsh winters, its massive canopy casting a cool, protective shadow...' 'Her heart thudded against her ribs as her thumbs pried open the rusted latch...'

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'...a tarnished brass tin wrapped in waxed canvas... Tucked high within a hollow where two heavy boughs met...'

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