Reading A — “The Little Paper”
Passage: One cold morning people waited for a bus. A small piece of paper floated in the air. The paper looked like a face and asked, “Have you seen my dream?” People looked at their phones and walked onto the bus. A man put in his earbuds and looked at his screen. A face on the screen said, “Please help.” Then the screen went away. The man got off the bus feeling worried.
What floated in the air?
What did the paper ask?
What did the man do on the bus?
How did the man feel at the end of the passage?
Why did people not pay much attention to the paper?
Reading B — “Afraid of Falling”
Passage: When the writer was a child, he watched eggs break on the floor. He felt afraid of falling and heights. He kept a rope with him to feel safe. As an adult, he still worried. Once he felt embarrassed when he did not know an author’s name. He felt so upset that it seemed the floor cracked. He thought many kinds of falls could happen.
What made the child afraid at first?
What did the child carry to feel safe?
How did the writer feel when he could not say the author's name?
Which best describes the writer’s feeling about falling?
Which sentence is mostly true in the passage?
Poem — “Humpty”
Humpty sat on a wall.
Humpty had a big fall.
All the horses and all the men
Couldn’t fix Humpty again.
Who had a big fall?
Could the men fix Humpty after the fall?
What is the poem mostly about?
Nonfiction — “Books Help People” (short version of A Vehicle for Change)
Passage: Stories can help people learn about problems and feel for others. Long ago, a book helped people see that slavery was wrong. When readers feel strong feelings, they sometimes work to change things. Stories can help start important talks that lead to changes.
What can stories help people do?
Which sentence is the main idea of the passage?
Long ago, one book helped people see that a problem was wrong. Which problem is named in the longer passage this test is based on?
Why do stories sometimes lead to change?
Which sentence is written correctly?
Which choice makes the sentence short and clear? Original idea: “Players interact with other characters, including some played by other players.”
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Which choice fixes the run‑on sentence into one clear sentence? Original idea: “From the moment a player logs in, he or she is fully involved with each twist and turn of the plot, a player experiences emotions ranging from fear to sadness to joy to frustration.”
Which choice uses parallel words correctly? Original idea: “Video game players assume a role in the story, directly experience the action, and even affect the outcome!”