NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.WhichwordBESTdescribesZoe?suspiciouscautiousclevertimid2.HowareZoeandNatalieALIKE?Bothactasanagent.Bothwriteleft-handed.Bothhaveasecretplan.Bothgetabookpublished.3.WhydoesMrs.Claytonfeel“chokedup”whenNataliehandsheranAdvanceReader’sCopy?Shewantstoreadthebook.Sheispleasedthatherstudentsucceeded.SheisworriedthatNataliewillnotsellmanybooks.Shethinksshewillnevergetarealcopyofthebook.4.WhichdetailwouldbeMOSTimportanttoincludeinasummaryofthestory?NataliehasZoecopyoverhercomments.Thereareonlytwoerrorsonthefourthmanuscript.Natalie’smotheristheeditorofherdaughter’sbook.TheAdvancedReader’sCopyisprintedonthinpaper.5.WhatistheMAINreasonZoeavoidstellingNatalieabouttheparty?SheknowsthatLethawillbeangry.SheiscertainthatNataliewillnotgo.ShewantsMrs.NelsontotellNatalie.Shewantscreditformakingitasurprise.WeeklyLessonTestLesson16©Harcourt•Grade5143SelectionComprehension“TheSchoolStory”NameTOTALSCORE:/8+/26.WhichactionBESTshowsthatHannahisnervousabouttheparty?ShereadsthereviewtoTomMorton.SheworriesthatLethamightbeangry.Shemakessurethatabigbannerismade.Shegoestotheconferenceroomthreetimes.7.Howdoyouknowthat“ASchoolStory”isrealisticfiction?Thestorycharactershavefeelingsthatrealpeoplehave.Thestoryistheauthor’saccountofhisorherownlife.Thestoryprovidesfactsanddetailsaboutatopic.Thecharactersareactualhistoricalfigures.8.WhydoestheauthorwritethatZoe“headedstraighttowardHannahNelsonlikealocomotive”?toshowthatnothingcanstophertoshowthatsheisbigandstrongtoshowthatshemakesalotofnoisetoshowthatsheisonatimescheduleREADTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.HowareZoeandNatalieDIFFERENT?Usedetailsfrom“ASchoolStory”tosupportyouranswer.WeeklyLessonTestLesson16©Harcourt•Grade5144SelectionComprehension“TheSchoolStory”NameFocusSkill:MakeInferencesReadthepassage.Thenchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.TheCostumeContest“Janelle!”saidKenyattaexcitedly.“NextweekendistheColonialTimesfestival,andmyaunttoldmethatshewouldhelpusmakeoutf...