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LAFS Aligned Middle School SET#1 Practice Tests Fiction Paired Passages FLORIDA Standards Assessment

Question Florida Standards (LAFS) Topic Type of Question 1 6.RL.2.4, 7.RL.2.4, 8.RL.2.4 Word Meaning Multiple Choice 2 6.RL.2.6, 7.RL.2.6, 8.RL.2.6 Point of View Multiple Choice 3 6.RL.1.1, 7.RL.1.1, 8.RL.1.1 Inference Open Response 4 6.RL.1.3, 7.RL.1.3, 8.RL.1.3 Character Multiselect 5 6.RL.2.6, 7.RL.2.6, 8.RL.2.6 Author’s Purpose A B Question (Evidence-Based Selected Response) 6 6.RL.1.3, 7.RL.1.3, 8.RL.1.3 Character Multiple Choice 7 6.RL.1.3, 7.RL.1.3, 8.RL.1.3 Plot Multiple Choice 8 6.RL.1.3, 7.RL.1.3, 8.RL.1.3 Character Multiselect 9 6.RL.1.2, 7.RL.1.2, 8.RL.1.2 Summary Hot Text Drag-and-Drop 10 6.RL.1.2, 7.RL.1.2, 8.RL.1.2 Theme Multiple Choice 11 6.RI.3.9, 7.RI.3.9, 8.RI.3.9 Analyzing Multiple Texts Open Response 12 6.RL.3.7, 7.RL.3.7, 8.RL.3.7 Compare A B Question (Evidence-Based Selected Response) FSA Question Breakdown Mockingjay Passage & 9/11 Audio Clip Test Prep created by THE SMALL CLASSROOM Copyright ± 2017

Passage 1: Excerpt from Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 1 I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash se<les on the worn leather. This is where the bed I shared with my sister, Prim, stood. Over there was the kitchen table. The bricks of the chimney, which collapsed in a charred heap, provide a point of reference for the rest of the house. How else could I orient myself in this sea of gray? 2 Almost nothing remains of District 12. A month ago, the Capitol’s firebombs obliterated the poor coal miner’s house in the seam, the shops in the town, even the JusKce Building. The only area that escaped incineraKon was the Victor’s Village. I don’t know why exactly. Perhaps so anyone forced to come here on capital business would have somewhere decent to stay. The odd reporter. A commi<ee assessing the condiKon of the coal mines. A squad of peacekeepers checking for returning refugees. 3 But no one is returning except me. And that’s only for a brief visit. The authoriKes in District 13 were against my coming back. They viewed it as a costly and pointless venture given that at least a dozen hovercraQs are circling overhead for my protecKon and there’s no intelligence to be gained. I had to see it, though. So much so that I made it a condiKon of my cooperaKng with any of their plans. 4 Finally, Plutarch Heavensbee, the Head Gamemaker who had organized the rebels in the Capital, threw up his hands. “Let her go. Be<er to waste a day than another month. Maybe a li<le tour of Twelve is just what she needs to convince her we’re on the same side.” 5 The same side. A pain stabs my leQ temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with a coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false. What series of events led me to be standing in the ruins of my city? This is hard because the effects of the concussion she gave me haven’t completely subsided and my thoughts sKll have a tendency to jumble together. Also, the drugs used to control my pain and mood someKmes make me see things. I guess. I’m sKll not enKrely convinced that I was hallucinaKng the night the ﬂoor of my hospital room transformed into a carpet of writhing snakes. 6 I use a technique one of the doctors suggested. I start with the simplest things I know to be true and work toward the more complicated. The list begins to roll in my head…. 7 My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capital hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. Test Prep created by THE SMALL CLASSROOM Copyright ± 2017 Name: Date: Class: Excerpt from Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Copyright © 2010 by Suzanne Collins.

Passage 2 Audio Clip: George W. Bush 9/11 Address to the NaAon Delivered 11 September, Oval Oﬃce, Washington D.C. This audio clip is the speech President George W. Bush gave on September 11 th shortly aQer the United States was a<acked by terrorists. As the naKon is in shock and hurt by these acKons, President Bush talks to the American people about the strength of our country. Listen to the audio clip. Link: www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/911speeches/gwb9-11address.mp3 “9/11 Address to the NaKon” by George W. Bush. In the public domain. Test Prep created by THE SMALL CLASSROOM Copyright ± 2017

_________________________________________________________________________________ Read the following sentence from Passage 1. “The only area that escaped incineraKon was the Victor’s Village.” (paragraph 2) What does the word incineraKon most likely mean? place to escape layer of coal reduce to ashes safe from harm _________________________________________________________________________________ From what point of view is Passage 1 told? first person second person third person limited third person omniscient _________________________________________________________________________________ What inference can be made about what happened to Katniss’ home in Passage 1? Support your answer with details from the text. Write your answer in the space provided. 1 B A C D B A C D Test Prep created by THE SMALL CLASSROOM Copyright ± 2017 2 3

_________________________________________________________________________________ Select two words from Passage 1, paragraph 5, that the author uses to show the narrator’s confusion. ± concussion ± pain ± ruin ± hallucinaKng ± control ± memories _________________________________________________________________________________ This quesKon has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. _________________________________________________________________________________ Which best expresses the purpose of the memory ﬂashback in Passage 1? It shows the reader that she is in present Kme. It suggests that the narrator is looking for the family she loves. It explains the narrator’s own confusion as she pieces together what has happened. It tells what the narrator is going to do about the bombing. _________________________________________________________________________________ Which paragraph from Passage 1 supports the answer in Part A? Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 B A C D B A C D E F Part A Part B Test Prep created by THE SMALL CLASSROOM Copyright ± 2017 4 5 B A C D

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