A Simple Act

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

In "A Simple Act," how do Laura and Maurice first meet?

• • A.

    Maurice is begging on the street.

• • B.

    Maurice is playing music on a corner.

• • C.

    Maurice is running and bumps into Laura.

• • D.

    Maurice lives on the same block as Laura.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

First Read: Comprehension
Identify the choice that best answers the question.

What is the "invisible thread" mentioned in "A Simple Act"?

• A.

  an important family tie

• B.

  the course of a person's life

• 
  

  C.

  an adult's responsibility to a child

• D.

  the connection between two people

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

In "A Simple Act," who at first seems to be the only other person besides Laura who believes that Maurice can better himself?

• A.

  his mother

• his teacher

• his panhandler

• Laura's sister

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

In "A Simple Act," what happens after Laura's friends suggest that she write a book about her experiences with Maurice?

• She writes the book right away.

• She eventually writes a best seller.

• She writes a magazine article instead.

• She writes the book but does not publish it.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

what does Maurice’s time with Laura most clearly add to his life?
Choose three options.

• hope

• security

• obedience

• new experiences

• common sense

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Which of the following is the best definition for connects?

• meets at a pre-selected time and place

• speaks to an unknown person

• establishes a relationship

• removes a covering

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

What usually happens when two people influence each other?

• They affect each other.

• They ignore each other.

• 
  They make fun of each other.

• They compete with each other.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

If Ashley encouraged Bob, which of these remarks did she most likely make?

• "You'll never be able do it, Bob."

• "I'm sorry I can't be there for you."

• “You’re invited to my birthday party.”

• “Come on, Bob, you’re going to be great.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Which of the following quotations from "A Simple Act" best shows that Jackson's point of view is more subjective than objective?

• As they talked over lunch, Laura learned about the boy's life.

• They arranged to meet again the next Monday.

• Today, Maurice works in construction.

• He repaid her trust by giving her life more meaning than her success at work ever did.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Read this excerpt from "A Simple Act."

The two continued sharing dinner every Monday, and a close bond formed between them.
. . . Maurice became almost like the child Laura had always wanted. One day,
she offered to make lunch for Maurice and leave it with her doorman for him to pick up
on his way to school. He asked her if she could put the lunch in a brown paper bag,
because then the other kids would know that someone cared about him.

Which phrases from the excerpt are most likely to have a strongly emotional effect? Choose three options.

• sharing dinner

• a close bond

• 
  like the child Laura had always wanted

• 
  know that someone cared about him

• leave it with her doorman

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3