6th Grade ELA Test Prep #1

1. Which sentence from Passage 1 introduces a topic that is not further developed in the passage?

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2. Based on Passage 1, which of the following is correct about Athenian society?

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3. Based on the information in Passage 1, what is an agora?

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4. Which of the following is a main idea of Passage 1?

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5. In Passage 2, what was most likely the author's purpose in including information about Sparta's agoge system?

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6. Read this sentence from Passage 2.

"Girls left the house infrequently and learned only basic reading and math at home."

What does the word infrequently mean as it is used in Passage 2?

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7. Part A. Based on information in Passage 2, what best describes the life of healthy Spartan boys?

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7. Part B. Which detail from the passage best supports the answer in Part A?

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8. Which sentence from Passage 2 best supports the inference that those with no citizenship rights became more powerful than the Spartans had anticipated?

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9. Which statement best expresses the authors' point of view about the difference between Athens and Sparta?

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