RI.8.1 Quizizz Practice

Jim spends most of his time staring at the cement walls. He wishes he would have done things differently. Jim hates the meals he is served. He also hates having to wear the required orange striped uniform. Where can you infer of Jim's location?

Where is Jim most likely at?

• Prison

• Mall

• School

• Hospital

What logical inference can be made from this sentence: Illegible handwriting does not indicate weakness of character, as even a quick glance at the penmanship of George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or John Kennedy reveals.

• The author believe Washington, Roosevelt and Kennedy were weak leaders

• All presidents have poor handwriting

• Handwriting is an important part of a person

• Washington, Roosevelt, and Kennedy all had handwriting that was difficult to read.

I love to go into my sister's room. On her shelf she has shiny trophies—gold and silver, tall and short, skinny and wide. All of the trophies have athletes on top swinging golf clubs. My favorite trophy is one that is as tall as my arm is long. "City Champion 2001" it says on its engraved front. It is beautiful and impressive! What inference can the reader draw based on the information in the passage?

• The sister is a professional golfer

• The sister is a very good golfer

• The person in the passage is the little sister

• Both girls play golf

Keller looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Keller's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Shaggy, his dog, put his head on Keller's lap, like he understood how Keller was feeling. "It's okay Shag," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What can the reader infer is happening?

• Keller is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.

• Keller is taking Shaggy to live with his grandmother.

• Keller is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.

• Keller is moving to California with his family.

Mrs. Kersten is munching on her lunch. She walks many laps trying to get some steps on her FitBit. There is a lot of noise as she walks by the table. She stops to chat with some kids.

• She is in the cafeteria.

• She is in the office.

• She is in the cafeteria.

• Mrs. Kersten is doing cardio.

Mrs. Kersten is munching on her lunch. She walks many laps trying to get some steps on her FitBit. There is a lot of noise as she walks by the table. She stops to chat with some kids. Cite textual evidence to support your answer for Question 5.

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim: High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well.

What is the central idea of the text?

• Jenny got sick.

• Her grandmother was in the hospital.

• Jenny wants to be a nurse.

• Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well.

Cite Textual evidence to support your answer in Question 8.

Dolphins are very smart animals. They even have their own language. They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts. Scientists have been studying this dolphin language. They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other. What is the central idea of the text?

• how dolphins talk to people

• how dolphins are different from fish

• how smart dolphins are

• which scientists are studying languages