Reading Mini-Assessment Grade 8 Cluster 1 Form B
Reading Mini-Assessment Grade 8 Cluster 1 Form B
Reading Mini-Assessment Grade 8 Cluster 1 Form B
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<strong>Reading</strong> <strong>Mini</strong>-<strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>Grade</strong> 8<br />
<strong>Cluster</strong> 1 <strong>Form</strong> B<br />
ANSWER KEY – America’s Saltiest Sea – LA.A.1.3.2<br />
LA.A.1.3.2: word structure, context clues, inferences, conclusions, organizational patterns<br />
1. Read this sentence from the story.<br />
Fortunately, the water receded before the growing city became a swamp.<br />
Receded means the same as<br />
A. circulated.<br />
B. expanded.<br />
C. overflowed.<br />
D. retreated.<br />
2. When the author states, “Without the sea gulls, Salt Lake City might have become a deserted ghost<br />
town,” she is saying that the sea gulls<br />
A. were the only living things in Salt Lake City.<br />
B. kept Salt Lake City from being haunted.<br />
C. made it possible for the settlers to remain in Salt Lake City.<br />
D. were a source of food for the settlers in Salt Lake City.<br />
3. Read this sentence from the story.<br />
At first glance the landscape seems empty and barren.<br />
A barren landscape would most resemble<br />
A. a desert.<br />
B. a prairie.<br />
C. a meadow.<br />
D. a pasture.<br />
4. Which two words from the article are most nearly the same?<br />
A. promising, joining<br />
B. living, trekking<br />
C. scooping, destroying<br />
D. gorging, devouring<br />
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11/20/06
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