Bad Boy Assessment

Answer the following questions and use the passage to answer them.

At what stage of life is Walter, the narrator, when the events of the selection from BAD BOY take place?

In the selection from BAD BOY, why does Walter feel a connection to the children he sees on the trolley?

In the selection from BAD BOY, what happens when Walter and his friends run into a group of girls exercising in the gym?

According the selection from BAD BOY, what is Walter led to believe that boys should not do.

Which of the following statements BEST explains how Walter, the narrator of the selection from BAD BOY, feels about books?

If it is correct to say that Teresa is DISGUSTED by a joke, then which of the following statements MUST be true? Base your answer on the meaning of DISGUSTED.

If Marla can correctly be described as DESPERATE for an afternoon nap, which of the following MUST BE true?

What is the MOST LIKELY meaning of RESPECTED as it is used in the following sentence?

Mrs. Evans if the most RESPECTED dance teacher in our town.

In the selection from BAD BOY, why does Walter carry his books home from the library in a brown paper bag?

Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 9?

What is the MOST LIKELY reason why Walter, the narrator of BAD BOY, plays basketball and other sports?

Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 11?

The selection from BAD BOY, how does Walter change and grow after the incident with the girls in the gym?

Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 13?

With which of the following statements would the narrator of BAD BOY MOST LIKELY agree?

Which quotation from BAD BOY MOST CLEARLY supports the answer to Question 15?

Which of the following statements is a central idea in the selection from BAD BOY?

Which quotation from BAD BOY MOST CLEARLY supports the answer to Question 17?

Which quotation directly expresses a central idea about in the selection from BAD BOY?

One central idea in the selection from BAD BOY is that boys are "supposed to" act in a certain way. Which sentences from the selection BEST suggest this idea?

What is the meaning of the Latin root -spec-?

The word INSPECT contains the Latin root -spec_. Which of the following situations MOST CLEARLY illustrates the meaning of INSPECT? Base your answer of your knowledge of -spec-.

Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

My cousin Jamie eagerly reads every new book in the popular series.

Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

So far, his favorite book is NINE LIVES, the story of a cat named Speedy who travels in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Which sentence contains an adverb?

What kidn of word does the adverb modify in Question 25?

What are two categories of friends in young Myers's life? Use the RACE method to answer this question.