(MCAS) ELA Grade 4

English Language Arts
aSession 2, Multiple-Choice Questionsn
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The MAIN purpose of this selection is to
A. convince the reader to buy cotton products.
B. describe the beauty of the cotton plant and its blossoms.
C. describe the cotton picker and cotton gin.
D. tell the reader how cotton is grown and harvested.
Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 20: Literature/Learning Standard 10
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In the sentence, “When a cotton plant is about two months old, it begins to
bloom,” the pronoun it replaces the word
A. boll.
B. plant.
C. months.
D. bloom.
Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 21: Literature/Learning Standard 5
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Cotton fibers form around the
A. bolls.
B. pink flowers.
C. stem of the plants.
D. cottonseeds.
Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 22: Literature/Learning Standard 9
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Farmers know that it is time to pick cotton when it
A. turns pink.
B. dries and fluffs out.
C. forms a boll.
D. falls off the plant.
Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 23: Literature/Learning Standard 13
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Cotton is harvested in the
A. fall.
B. winter.
C. spring.
D. summer.
Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 24: Literature/Learning Standard 9
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