Question
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Read the passage. There are several questions about this passage.
Nature's Fishing Gear
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thought maybe the thing pushing against my shoulder was one of my
brother's feet, so I pulled my blankets up close and turned to face the wall. Then I
felt that same gentle shake again on my arm, and I heard my dad's voice.
"C'mon, kiddo, I know it's hard to get up when it's still dark, but we want to
get out on the water before the fish wake up, right?"
Even though it was the middle of the summer, the cabin was cold before
sunrise. I really wanted to curl up and go back to sleep, but the image of being out
in the boat helped my eyes pop open, and I rolled out of bed. My dad smiled at
me and stepped back out into the cabin's little kitchen. The smells of coffee and
bacon filled the air. loved staying in that old cabin on Lake Anna.
Within twenty minutes we were out on the water. The front of the bass boat
cut through the morning mist. I scanned my eyes across all of our fishing gear. All
our experience taught us to never go out on the water unprepared. I took a quick
inventory. We had brought four fishing rods, two spare reels, a net, and a bucket
to hold the fresh, lively minnows my dad had bought at the bait store. In addition,
we had stocked our tackle boxes with fishing lures-black, purple, and brown
plastic worms; and shiny, minnow-shaped jigs. The boat was even equipped with
a brand new, digital fish finder, There were big fish in Lake Anna, and we were
ready to catch them.
As our boat trolled across the quiet water, we chose lures in colors that
matched the weather conditions perfectly and tossed our lines into the water.
Our rods and reels were set just right, ready for a big strike. We knew what we
had to do. With all our experience and fishing gear, we were sure that a whole
school of monster bass would be jumping Into the boat any second.
We followed the images on the screen of the digital fish finder, but we didn't
RESET
Yara Bassem Adel Hassoun, ID#***02
Growth: Reading 2-5 CCSS 2010 V4
Which detail from the passage best supports the
inference that the narrator is in awe of the heron?
• 1.
"It circled once past the setting sun. ...
(Paragraph 10)
• 2. "'It] looked at us with one eye..
(Paragraph 11)
• 3. " . . it barely made the water ripple as it
stepped. ... " (Paragraph 12)
• 4. " . it tilted its head back and forth."
(Paragraph 12)
Question # 7
Answer
There is no mention of a heron in the passage, so none of the details support an inference about the narrator's awe of a heron.