PARCC Reading Comprehension Practice Test story 2

Question 1

8. The Curies' _________ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

Accepted Answer

friendly

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competitive

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courteous

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industrious

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chemistry

Question 2

9. Marie had a bright mind and a ______ personality.

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lighthearted

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strong

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humorous

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strange

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envious

Question 3

10. When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt _________.

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annoyed

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hopeless

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depressed

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worried

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None of the above

Question 4

11. Marie _________ by leaving Poland and traveling to France to enter the Sorbonne.

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challenged authority

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showed intelligence

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behaved

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was distressed

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Answer not available

Question 5

12. _________ she remembered their joy together.

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Dejectedly

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Worried

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Tearfully

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Happily

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Irefully

Question 6

13. Her _________ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.

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wretchedness

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misfortune

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anger

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disappointment

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ambition

Question 7

14. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never _________.

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wretchedness

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troubled

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worried

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disappointment

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ambition