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The Red River (STAAR 21)

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6 questions

Instructions

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Then fill in the answer on your answer document.

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4.3.B

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4.6.F

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4.6.F

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4.10.D

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Question 6

6.

How do you think the kids in the poem feel about the river? Use RACE stategies to answer.

Question 1

1.

Read this dictionary entry. scale \'skāl\ noun

Which definition most closely fits the way the word scale is used in line 20?

A Definition 1 

B Definition 2 

C Definition 3 

Question 2

2.

Based on details in the poem, which statement best describes how the speaker most likely feels about Max?

A She wishes he would listen to her. 

B She is jealous of him. 

C She admires him. 

D  She wants to protect him.

Question 3

3.

What is the most likely reason the poet includes the seasons in the poem? A

A To explain the safest time of year to travel by boat on the river 

B To suggest when the speaker likes to fish in the river 

C To identify the best time of year to make friends at the river 

D To highlight when the speaker observes changes in the river

Question 4

4.

In line 2, “like a fat brown thread” suggests that the river —

A is full of many kinds of fish 

B makes a wide path through the land 

C is filled with branches

D becomes darker over time

Question 5

5.

Read lines 13 and 14 from the poem
What do these lines suggest about the speaker’s experience at the river?

A The river creates problems that the speaker wants to avoid. 

B The river gives the speaker a chance to travel to new places. 

C The river provides a way for the speaker to be creative. 

D Definition 4

D The river can be a confusing place for the speaker.