Assessment for English Language Arts Grade 9, aligned to Calgary Board of Education framework.
15 questions total
Read the excerpt: "At school, Luis answered every question in a careful whisper. At home, he filled the kitchen with stories about his day. Neither version of Luis was fake; each belonged to a different room." What idea about identity is most strongly suggested by the excerpt?
Read the excerpt: "Maya watched the new student sit alone during lunch. She almost walked over, but then she remembered how embarrassed she had felt when someone had loudly asked whether she needed help on her first day. Instead, Maya placed an unopened juice beside him and returned to her table." Which detail best reveals Maya’s perspective?
Read the excerpt: "The old language slipped from Grandma’s mouth like a song I had heard through a wall. I understood only a few words, yet I felt the room become familiar." What can the reader most reasonably infer about the narrator’s response to the language?