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MCAP High School VIP Practice Exam
MCAP — The Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), administered by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), measures student mastery of the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards in ELA and Mathematics across grades 3–8 and high school; high school students must achieve the 'Meets Expectations' performance level on MCAP Algebra I and MCAP ELA as one pathway to meet Maryland graduation requirements.
28
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 28👑 VIP
Read the following passage, then answer the question. "The afternoon light slanted through the gymnasium windows as Marisol stood at the free-throw line, the final seconds of the championship game ticking away. She had practiced this shot ten thousand times, but her hands trembled in a way they never had in her driveway. Coach Wheeler had called timeout not to give strategy, but simply to meet her eyes and say, 'Trust the muscle memory.' As the referee handed her the ball, Marisol exhaled slowly, let the crowd noise dissolve into silence, and thought only of the motion—knees bent, elbow aligned, follow-through. The ball arced cleanly through the net." Which of the following best states a central theme conveyed in this passage?
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