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Question 1
Read the passage. Mara pressed her forehead against the cold window of the bus as it climbed the switchback road. Below, the valley she had called home for twelve years shrank to a cluster of toy houses. She clutched the worn letter from her aunt in both hands, though she had already memorized every line. "A new start," she whispered to the glass, not quite believing it yet. What is the main idea of the passage?
Correct Answer:
Mara is leaving her childhood home for a new life with her aunt.
Question 2
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?
Correct Answer:
Habit and devotion can outlast the things that first inspired them.
Question 3
Read the passage. The cottage sat at the edge of a loch so still that the mountains painted themselves upside down in its water. Inside, peat smoldered on a hearth older than the village below. Grandmother said the stones remembered every storm that had ever crossed the glen, and that a body could almost hear them if she listened long enough. What effect does the setting most clearly create?
Correct Answer:
A quiet, ancient atmosphere that suggests deep history and reflection.
Question 4
Read the passage. Devin watched the other runners stretch near the starting line, each one leaner and quicker-looking than he was. "You don't belong here," a voice in his head kept saying. But when the gun cracked, his legs did what months of dark-morning training had taught them, and the voice went quiet at last. How does Devin most change over the passage?
Correct Answer:
He moves from self-doubt to confidence earned through preparation.
Question 5
Read the passage. The story "The Girl Who Wove the Stars" tells of a weaver so skilled that the night sky itself asked her for help, and her tapestry became the constellation map sailors used to find their way home. In a modern novel, a young cartographer discovers the ancient tapestry and realizes her own maps are descended from that same star-weaving tradition. Which statement best explains how the modern novel draws on the traditional story?
Correct Answer:
It reuses the pattern of a craftsperson whose work guides travelers, connecting past and present.
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