RICAS ELA Grade 8 Practice Questions - Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) English Language Arts, Grade 8 Exam

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Read the passage excerpt below: 'Maya looked at the unworked soil in her grandfather's garden patch. She picked up a rusted trowel and began digging, ignoring the blister forming on her palm. Hours passed until rows of neat dirt mounds stretched across the plot.' What inference is best supported by Maya's willingness to ignore the blister on her palm?

She is forced by her family to work against her will. She is deeply determined and committed to finishing the garden. She does not realize that working with dirt can cause injury. She prefers gardening to spending time with her friends.

Correct Answer:

She is deeply determined and committed to finishing the garden.

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