General Information
Related Benchmarks:
LA.910.1.7.3
Reporting Category: Reading Process
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
The Grade 9 sample item below is based on ADayInTheStream.pdf
Which sentence from the essay best summarizes the narrator’s “lesson in living” from her experience with the client?
Answer Options:
A. “To my surprise, he was one of those rare people who connect with a fly rod almost
immediately.”
B. “His wife, who was waiting on the front porch of their cabin, embraced him and asked
how he had done.”
C. “Even in hip waders we were overdressed for the ankle-deep creek, but we stepped in,
waded out to the middle and faced upstream.”
D. “To be with someone who was able to treasure the moment the way he did made me feel
like I was exploring fly-fishing for the first time.”
Answer Key:
D
Item Context:
Summary Statement