Lessons on the Savanna
by Roland Smith
“I’m not so worried about time anymore,” I said. He smiled. “Good! You are making progress. Come with me.” He led me to a tree not far from the camp. “You must climb as high as you can and find a comfortable branch where you can look out over the savanna.” He handed me the water gourd. “You will need this.” I took the gourd. “What about you?” “I will be too busy to drink,” he said. I didn’t know what he meant by this, but I climbed the bone-dry tree anyway and found a large branch near the top that was comfortable. “Can you see the grass of the savanna?” Supeet yelled up to me. “Yes,” I shouted back. “Good! What else do you see?”
Question: Which quotation from the passage supports the idea that Supeet is teaching the narrator a skill that requires patience?
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“I’m not so worried about time anymore,” I said. He smiled. “Good! You are making progress. Come with me.” He led me to a tree not far from the camp. “You must climb as high as you can and find a comfortable branch where you can look out over the savanna.” He handed me the water gourd. “You will need this.” I took the gourd. “What about you?” “I will be too busy to drink,” he said. I didn’t know what he meant by this, but I climbed the bone-dry tree anyway and found a large branch near the top that was comfortable. “Can you see the grass of the savanna?” Supeet yelled up to me. “Yes,” I shouted back. “Good! What else do you see?”
Question: Which fact can the reader infer about the narrator?
Correct!
Wrong!
“I’m not so worried about time anymore,” I said. He smiled. “Good! You are making progress. Come with me.” He led me to a tree not far from the camp. “You must climb as high as you can and find a comfortable branch where you can look out over the savanna.” He handed me the water gourd. “You will need this.” I took the gourd. “What about you?” “I will be too busy to drink,” he said. I didn’t know what he meant by this, but I climbed the bone-dry tree anyway and found a large branch near the top that was comfortable. “Can you see the grass of the savanna?” Supeet yelled up to me. “Yes,” I shouted back. “Good! What else do you see?”
Question: Which definition best matches the use of the word occupied in paragraph 16?
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Wrong!
Excerpt from Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
Marilla came briskly forward as Matthew opened the door. But when her eyes fell on the odd little figure in the stiff, ugly dress, with the long braids of red hair and the eager, luminous eyes, she stopped short in amazement. “Matthew Cuthbert, who’s that?” she exclaimed. “Where is the boy?” “There wasn’t any boy,” said Matthew wretchedly. “There was only her.”
In this excerpt, Anne asks Marilla to call her “Cordelia.” What does this request reveal about Anne?
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