Grade 5 ELA Practice Test: Making Inferences and Character Traits

Gripping the paper so hard that it wrinkles shows tension, so Rosa is nervous. Nothing suggests she is angry at anyone.

Holding something so tightly that it wrinkles is a sign of nerves. The detail about chairs and whispers describes the audience, not how Rosa feels.

She made a flag with Rosa's name in glitter and waves it from the audience, which shows pride and support. Nothing in the story says when she arrived.

She holds a paper with lines on it, walks to a microphone in front of an audience and remembers "the first line," so she is about to speak. There is no instrument in the story.

Remembering the first line "without looking down" shows Rosa is calmer and more sure of herself than at the start. It is the opposite of forgetting her lines.

An arm in a sling for "six weeks" means she is injured and cannot handle the dog, which is why she looks down at Biscuit. Nothing suggests a trip or a sale.

Theo takes the leash even though it means rushing to the bus, so he cares about his neighbor. An impatient person would not walk a dog that stops at every mailbox.

He asks "just for the next six weeks," the same length of time as Mrs. Okafor's injury, so he needs his mornings for the dog. The story never says the teacher is leaving.

Right after checking the watch, Theo thinks about the bus, so he is weighing how the walk will affect his schedule. It is morning, so dinner makes no sense.

Theo gives up an easy morning to help his neighbor, which shows that helping can cost us something. Being on time is a detail, not the lesson.