Mock Interim: Summer Camp

In paragraph 2, how is the narrator’s attitude toward the other girls at camp connected to the theme that success is built upon self-confidence? 

• She worries that they may not notice her ability. 

  
  

• She welcomes the chance to race against them. 

  
  

• She thinks that most are less skilled than she is. 

  
  

• She hopes that some believe that they can finish their laps. 

  
  

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What does the reader learn because of the point of view used in paragraph 3?

• how well the narrator is swimming her laps 

  
  

• the narrator’s memories of previous swim tests 

  
  

• the narrator’s thoughts about her own abilities 

  
  

• how scared the other girls are compared to the narrator 

  
  

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In what two ways do paragraphs 5 through 7 fit into the overall structure of the passage? 

• They show how the narrator feels connected to her surroundings. 

  
  

• They develop suspense about the outcome of the swim test. 

• They provide a contrast between the narrator and the other swimmers. 

• They give a vivid description of the setting of the summer camp. 

• They explain why the narrator has been able to pass the swim test. 

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What does the narrator suggest with the phrase “tireless repetition” in paragraph 6?

• Hearing the counting from the dock annoys her.

• The girls are able to swim more laps than she expected. 

  
  

• The girls are devoted to the task of counting laps. 

  
  

• Counting laps requires more effort than she anticipated. 

  
  

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Which detail is most important in explaining how the narrator passes the swim test?

• She is able to go first before her partner.

• The water has been warmed by the hot sun. 

  
  

• The girl with glasses helps her keep track of the laps.

• She attended the summer camp the year before. 

  
  

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Part A 

What is a central idea of the passage? 

• The narrator feels that she belongs at summer camp. 

  
  

• The rest of the campers are jealous of the narrator. 

  
  

• The narrator is unhappy about having to prove herself. 

  
  

• The girl with glasses is proud to be a friend of the narrator. 

  
  

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Part B 

Which sentence from the passage best supports the correct answer in Part A? 

• “My partner, a small eight-year-old with wispy, dark brown hair and thick glasses, 

  whispers to me that I can go first.” (paragraph 3) 

  
  

• “I jump right in with a splash that wets my partner and the other chickens on the dock who want to count first.” (paragraph 3) 

  
  

• “Moving into shallower depths is always an option, but I prefer proving my 

  endurance to the onlookers I’m sure are watching.” (paragraph 5) 

  
  

• “Simultaneously I smell the pines and the water, and the sensations are home, 

  security.” (paragraph 7)

  
  

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6.RL.KID.2

What new information might the reader have if the passage were written from a different point of view? 

• what the girls on the dock think of the narrator 

  
  

• why doing well on the swim test is so important to the narrator

• why the narrator is so confident about the swim test

• what makes the narrator have such positive feelings about summer camp

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