Day 1 STAAR® Blitz Warm-Up

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What is an inference?

This question has two parts. Part A What can the reader infer about the widow and her son based on the information in the excerpt?

• Jack is greedy and drinks more milk than he should.

• The widow struggles to provide for herself and her son.

• The widow takes pride in not asking for help.

• Jack does not help his mother take care of the cow.

Part B Which quotation from excerpt best supports the answer to Part A?

• It was not easy for her to earn a living, and she was quite dependent on a cow that she owned. (paragraph 1)

• The cow gave a great deal of milk. (paragraph 1)

• The woman and the little boy drank some of the milk… (paragraph 1)

• I will go and find a job… (paragraph 3)

The author has included an extraneous sentence in the first paragraph (sentences 1-6). Which sentence should the author delete from this paragraph?

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5