Ice Skating Adventure

Which choice provides a summary of the passage?

• Ruthie and Mitzi want to get to know each other better, so they decide to go ice skating. Ruthie learns how to skate by watching Mitzi glide around the rink.

• Ruthie and Mitzi go ice skating together, and Ruthie asks Mitzi to teach her how to spin in circles. Ruthie falls on the ice and decides she needs to take a break.

• Ruthie enjoys ice skating and wants her friend Mitzi to try it. Mitzi surprises Ruthie with her ice skating moves, so Ruthie surprises Mitzi by taking her to see the ocean’s waves.

• Ruthie goes ice skating with her friend Mitzi and learns a little about how to ice skate. Ruthie then takes Mitzi to her secret place, and they yell into the ocean’s waves together.

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What does the author mean by the phrase “Ruthie found herself magically sailing round” in the sentence?

• Ruthie was getting dizzy spinning in circles.

• Ruthie felt like she was having a dream.

• Ruthie was skating smoothly on the ice.

• Ruthie felt like she was on a rocking boat.

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Which two quotations support the inference that Mitzi is a good teacher?

• “The girls laced up, and Ruthie put on Mitzi’s blue mittens.” (paragraph 4)

• “‘Don’t lean backward!’ Mitzi reminded her. ‘If you think you’re going to fall, lean forward!’” (paragraph 9)

• “One time she pulled Mitzi on top of her.” (paragraph 13)

• “‘It’s OK!’ Mitzi said with a big smile. ‘You have to fall. If you’re afraid to, you never learn.’” (paragraph 15)

• “‘Sure, you’re terrible!’ Ruthie teased when Mitzi skated off the rink. ‘You’re better than the lady in blue!’” (paragraph 26)

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How does Ruthie’s opinion of Mitzi’s ice skating abilities change?

• Ruthie skates with Mitzi and realizes that Mitzi has not skated since she was a young girl.

• Ruthie watches Mitzi skate and realizes that Mitzi is actually a very talented ice skater.

• Ruthie watches Mitzi play the games at the rink and realizes that Mitzi is a great ice skater.

• Ruthie skates with Mitzi and realizes that Mitzi is not very skilled at skating because she falls.

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Which quotation from the passage supports the answer to Part A?

• “The girls laced up, and Ruthie put on Mitzi’s blue mittens. Holding hands, they hobbled to the ice.” (paragraph 4)

• “‘It’s OK!’ Mitzi said with a big smile. ‘You have to fall. If you’re afraid to, you never learn.’” (paragraph 15)

• “She liked watching the people laughing and holding onto each other. She liked the special announcements: ‘Girls Only,’ or ‘Boys Only,’ or ‘Couples,’ or ‘Counterclockwise,’ and special games of tag and such that only the good skaters played.” (paragraph 23)

• “And she said she wasn’t any good! Ruthie thought, staring as Mitzi expertly pirouetted with one leg straight out, with a blank-face look of someone concentrating, not in a show-off way at all.” (paragraph 25)

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What does the author mean by the phrase “climbing the rocks” in paragraph 31?

• The waves come up close to the girls.

• The waves knock the girls into the water.

• The waves slow down as the girls watch them.

• The waves make the ground slippery for the girls.

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Which phrase from paragraphs 36-37 helps the reader determine the meaning of the word lashing?

• “…girls stared…”

• “…battered the rocks…”

• “…can scream…”

• “…can’t even hear it…”

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Which detail from the passage describes what is shown in the image?

• “‘Don’t lean backward!’ Mitzi reminded her. ‘If you think you’re going to fall, lean forward!’” (paragraph 9)

• “If she didn’t think about it Ruthie found she could keep going, but once she stopped to marvel at the two of them gliding round and round, she would start to fall.” (paragraph 12)

• “A lady in a little blue skating dress with a matching cap was doing fancy turns alone in the very center.” (paragraph 19)

• “‘Sure, you’re terrible!’ Ruthie teased when Mitzi skated off the rink. ‘You’re better than the lady in blue!’” (paragraph 26)

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