Grade 06 Reading Assessment (RI.6.1 - 6.8)

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14 questions
Read the Passage "From Horse to Electricity." Then answer the questions.
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Part A: What is the meaning of congested as it is used in Paragraph 1?

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Part B: Select two pieces of evidence from paragraph 1 that support the answer to Part A:

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Part A: In paragraph 2, why does the author include the fact that most immigrants coming to America came through the Ellis Island Immigration Station?

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Part B: Which other paragraph develops the claim described in the answer to Part A?

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Part A: What does the word vying mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

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Part B: Which sentence from paragraph 2 of the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

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Part A: Which idea from the passage does the second photograph best support?

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Part B: Which sentence from paragraph 4 supports the answer to Part A?

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Part A: Read the sentence from Paragraph 3:

They were mostly private enterprises that were largely unregulated by any single overseeing body.

How does this sentence contribute to the development of an idea in the passage?

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Part B: Which other sentence from paragraph 3 contributes to the same idea described in Part A?

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Part A: What central idea do the details in paragraphs 7 and 8 support?

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Part B: Which sentence best supports the answer to Part A?

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Part A: What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?

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Part B: Which sentence from the passage is an example of the author's purpose?