MCAP Practice ELA 6 Section 4

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Today you will read Part 1 and Part 2 from the book The One and Only Ivan. Then you will answer questions about the selections and write a response in which you analyze both texts. 

Read Part 1 from The One and Only Ivan. Then answer the questions. Part 1 

from The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade  

I live in a human habitat called the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. We are conveniently located off I- 95, with shows at two, four, and seven, 365 days a year.  

Mack says that when he answers the trilling telephone.  

Mack works here at the mall. He is the boss.

I work here too. I am the gorilla.  

At the Big Top Mall, a creaky- music carousel spins all day, and monkeys and parrots live amid the merchants. In the middle of the mall is a ring with benches where humans can sit on their rumps while they eat soft pretzels. The floor is covered with sawdust made of dead trees.  

My domain is at one end of the ring. I live here because I am too much gorilla and not enough human.  

Stella’s domain is next to mine. Stella is an elephant. She and Bob, who is a dog, are my dearest friends.  

At present, I do not have any gorilla friends.  

My domain is made of thick glass and rusty metal and rough cement. Stella’s domain is made of metal bars. The sun bears’ domain is wood; the parrots’ is wire mesh.  

Three of my walls are glass. One of them is cracked, and a small piece, about the size of my hand, is missing from its bottom corner. I made the hole with a baseball bat Mack gave me for my sixth birthday. After that he took the bat away, but he let me keep the baseball that came with it.  

A jungle scene is painted on one of my domain walls. It has a waterfall without water and flowers without scent and trees without roots. I didn’t paint it, but I enjoy the way the shapes flow across my wall, even if it isn’t much of a jungle.  

I am lucky my domain has three windowed walls. I can see the whole mall and a bit of the world beyond; the frantic pinball machines, the pink billows of cotton candy, the vast and treeless parking lot.  

Beyond the lot is a freeway where cars stampede without end. A giant sign at its edge beckons them to stop and rest like gazelles at a watering hole.  

The sign is faded, the colors bleeding, but I know what it says. Mack read its words aloud one day: “COME TO THE EXIT 8 BIG TOP MALL AND VIDEO ARCADE, HOME OF THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, MIGHTY SILVERBACK!”  

Sadly, I cannot read, although I wish I could. Reading stories would make a fine way to fill my empty hours.  

Once, however, I was able to enjoy a book left in my domain by one of my keepers.  

It tasted like termite.

The freeway billboard has a drawing of Mack in his clown clothes and Stella on her hind legs and an angry animal with fierce eyes and unkempt hair.  

That animal is supposed to be me, but the artist made a mistake. I am never angry.  

Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do.  

Here in my domain, there is no one to protect.

Ivan has been moved from the mall to a zoo. Kinyani is another gorilla at the zoo, Ruby is a young elephant Ivan knew at the mall, and Maya is a zookeeper. Read Part 2 from The One and Only Ivan. Then answer the questions. 

Part 2 from The One and Only Ivan 

by Katherine Applegate door  

Today the humans lead me to a door.  

On the other side, Kinyani and the others wait for me.  

I’m not ready for this. I’m not ready to be a silverback.  

I’m Ivan, just Ivan, only Ivan.  

I decide it’s not a good day to socialize.  

I’ll try again tomorrow. wondering  

All night I lie awake, wondering about Ruby.  

Has she already walked through a door like the one I’m facing?  

Was she as scared as I am? Scared the way she must have been that day she fell in the hole?  

I think of Ruby’s endless curiosity, and of the questions she loved to ask. Have you ever danced with a tiger, Ivan? Will your fur turn blue? Why doesn’t that little boy have a tail?  

If Ruby were here with me, she’d be asking: What’s on the other side of the door, Ivan?  

Ruby would want to know, and she would have been through that door by now. ready  

“Want to try again, Ivan?” Maya asks. I think of Ruby, and I tell myself it’s time.  

The door opens.

                                                    outside at last  

Sky.  

Grass.  

Tree.  

Ant.  

Stick.  

Bird.  

Dirt.  

Cloud.  

Wind.  

Flower.  

Rock.  

Rain.  

Mine.  

Mine.  

Mine. 

                                                             oops  

I sniff, approach, strut a bit, but the others don’t welcome me. They have sharp teeth and loud voices.  

Did I do something wrong?  

Kinyani chases me. She throws a stick at me. She corners me.  

I know that she’s testing me to see if I’m a true silverback, one who can protect her family.  

I cower and hide my eyes.  

Maya lets me back into my cage.

                                                         was like  

I lie awake and try to remember what it was like, being a gorilla.  

How did we move? How did we touch? How did we know who was boss?  

I try to think past the babies and the motorbikes and the popcorn and the short pants.  

I try to imagine Ivan as he might have been. 

                                                         pretending  

The juvenile male approaches. He’s eyeing my food hungrily.  

I imagine a different Ivan, my father’s son.  

I grumble and swat and swagger. I beat my chest till the whole world hears.  43 Kinyani watches, and so do the others.  

I move toward the young upstart, and he retreats.  

Almost as if he believes I’m the silverback I’m pretending to be. 

                                                              nest  

I’m making a nest on the ground. It isn’t a true jungle nest. The leaves are inferior and the sticks are brittle. They snap when I weave them into place.  

The others watch, grunting their disapproval: too small, too flimsy, an ugly thing to see.  

But when I climb into that leafy cradle, it’s like floating on treetop mist. 

                                                          more tv  

Maya wants me to go back to my glass cage. I can tell, because she is tempting me toward the door with a trail of tiny marshmallows.  

I try to ignore her. I don’t want to leave the outside. It’s a cloudless day, and I’ve found just the right spot for a nap. But I relent when she adds yogurt raisins to the trail. She knows my weaknesses all too well.  

In the glass cage, the TV is on. It’s another nature show, jerky and unfocused.  

I expect to see gorillas, but none appear.

I hear a shrill sound, like a toy trumpet.  

My heart quickens.  

I rush close to the screen, and there she is.  

Ruby.  

She is rolling in a lovely pool of mud with two other young elephants.  

Another elephant approaches. She towers over Ruby. She strokes Ruby, nudges her. She makes soft noises.  

They stand side by side, just the way Stella and Ruby used to do. Their trunks entwine. I see something new in Ruby’s eyes, and I know what it is.  

It’s joy.  

I watch the whole thing, and then Maya plays it again for me, and again. At last she turns off the TV and carries it out of the cage.  

I put my hand to the glass. Maya looks over.  

Thank you, I try to say with my eyes. Thank you. 

                                                                      it  

Kinyani ambles toward me. She taps me on the shoulder and knuckle runs away.  

I watch her, arms crossed over my chest. I’m careful not to make a sound.  

I’m not sure what we’re doing.  

She ambles back, shoves at me, dashes past. And then I realize what’s happening.  

We’re playing.  

We’re playing tag.  

And I’m it.

MCAP Practice ELA 6 Section 4

Question 1 Part A - Based on details in Part 1 of The One and Only Ivan, which statement best describes Ivan’s point of view toward his situation compared to gorillas living in the wild?

Question 1 Part B - What evidence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 2 - In paragraph 13 of Part 1 of The One and Only Ivan, the phrase cars stampede without end has the main effect of emphasizing how the cars

Question 3 - How do Ivan’s thoughts about Ruby change throughout Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan?

Question 4 - In paragraphs 27 through 29 from Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan, the repetition of the word Mine suggests that Ivan’s connection with the outdoors is

Question 5 - most likely mean when he says climbing into the nest is like floating on treetop mist?

Question 6 Part A - In Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan, how do the interactions between Ivan and Maya contribute to the development of the plot?

Question 6 Part B - What evidence from Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 7 Part A - What is the theme of both parts of The One and Only Ivan?

Question 7 Part B - What evidence best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 8 Part A - In both parts of The One and Only Ivan, how does the author develop Ivan’s point of view in a similar way?

Question 8 Part B - Which details best support the answer to Part A? Select one detail from each part of The One and Only Ivan.

Question 1 Part A - Based on details in Part 1 of The One and Only Ivan, which statement best describes Ivan’s point of view toward his situation compared to gorillas living in the wild?

Question 1 Part B - What evidence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 2 - In paragraph 13 of Part 1 of The One and Only Ivan, the phrase cars stampede without end has the main effect of emphasizing how the cars

Question 3 - How do Ivan’s thoughts about Ruby change throughout Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan?

Question 4 - In paragraphs 27 through 29 from Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan, the repetition of the word Mine suggests that Ivan’s connection with the outdoors is

Question 5 - most likely mean when he says climbing into the nest is like floating on treetop mist?

Question 6 Part A - In Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan, how do the interactions between Ivan and Maya contribute to the development of the plot?

Question 6 Part B - What evidence from Part 2 of The One and Only Ivan best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 7 Part A - What is the theme of both parts of The One and Only Ivan?

Question 7 Part B - What evidence best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 8 Part A - In both parts of The One and Only Ivan, how does the author develop Ivan’s point of view in a similar way?

Question 8 Part B - Which details best support the answer to Part A? Select one detail from each part of The One and Only Ivan.