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General Information
Related Benchmark: LA.7.1.6.3
Reporting Category: Reading Process
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:

The sample item below is based on PoppaAndTheSpruceTree.pdf

Read this excerpt from the passage.

I was looking for a pencil, rummaging through papers in the back of my desk drawer, where things accumulate for years, when I turned up one of Poppa’s old business cards . . .

What does accumulate mean as used in the excerpt above?

Answer Options:
A. to pile up
B. to mingle
C. to fall apart
D. to disappear
Answer Key:
A
Item Context:
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