FAST ELA Grade 8 Practice Questions - Florida Assessment Of Student Thinking (FAST) ELA Reading, Grade 8 Exam

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Read the passage: Maya had spent weeks rehearsing her violin solo for the spring concert. The night of the performance, the auditorium lights felt blinding, and her hands trembled as she lifted her bow. But as the first notes rang out, the fear melted away. By the final measure, she was no longer thinking about the crowd at all. How does the setting most affect Maya's character development in this passage?

The pressure of the bright, crowded auditorium triggers her fear, and overcoming it within that setting shows her growth in confidence The auditorium causes Maya to forget her music and abandon the performance entirely The setting has no real effect on Maya because she was already confident before arriving The setting matters only because it describes where the concert tickets were sold

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The pressure of the bright, crowded auditorium triggers her fear, and overcoming it within that setting shows her growth in confidence

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