M-STEP Grade 6 ELA Practice Questions - Michigan Student Test Of Educational Progress Grade 6 English Language Arts Exam

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Read the excerpt from 'The Secrets of Isle Royale': 'Maya pulled her wool collar tight against the crisp October breeze sweeping off Lake Superior. Resting her hands against the weather-beaten cedar wall of the abandoned lighthouse keeper's cottage, she spotted a rusted iron box tucked behind a loose stone near the chimney base. Inside lay a leather notebook with brittle, yellowed pages documenting lake storms from 1888.' Which piece of textual evidence best supports the inference that the notebook had remained undisturbed for over a century?

'Maya pulled her wool collar tight against the crisp October breeze...' 'Inside lay a leather notebook with brittle, yellowed pages documenting lake storms from 1888.' 'Resting her hands against the weather-beaten cedar wall...' '...she walked toward the rocky edge of the island shoreline.'

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'Inside lay a leather notebook with brittle, yellowed pages documenting lake storms from 1888.'

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