Reading Mini-Assessment Grade 8 Cluster 1 Form B

Reading Mini-Assessment Grade 8
Cluster 1 Form B
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Directions: Read the passage “America’s Saltiest Sea,” then circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Read this sentence from the story.
Fortunately, the water receded before the growing city became a swamp.
Receded means the same as
A. circulated.
B. expanded.
C. overflowed.
D. retreated.
2. When the author states, “Without the sea gulls, Salt Lake City might have become a deserted ghost
town,” she is saying that the sea gulls
A. were the only living things in Salt Lake City.
B. kept Salt Lake City from being haunted.
C. made it possible for the settlers to remain in Salt Lake City.
D. were a source of food for the settlers in Salt Lake City.
3. Read this sentence from the story.
At first glance the landscape seems empty and barren.
A barren landscape would most resemble
A. a desert.
B. a prairie.
C. a meadow.
D. a pasture.
4. Which two words from the article are most nearly the same?
A. promising, joining
B. living, trekking
C. scooping, destroying
D. gorging, devouring
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