Nebraska NSCAS ELA Grade 8 Practice Questions - Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System English Language Arts - Grade 8 Exam

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Read the passage. Every evening, Old Mr. Calhoun sat on the same bench beneath the elm and fed the same sparrows. When the town paved the lot and cut the elm down, he still came, scattering crumbs on the bare concrete. The sparrows came too, though there was no longer any shade to sit in. Which sentence best expresses the theme of the passage?

Habit and devotion can outlast the things that first inspired them. Progress always improves a community for the better. Sparrows are unusually loyal birds compared to other animals. Old people resist change because they do not understand it.

Correct Answer:

Habit and devotion can outlast the things that first inspired them.

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