Read Grade-Level Literature Practice Test
•9 QuestionsRead the passage and answer the question.
(1) The first time I tried to learn my grandmother’s bread recipe, I treated it like a math problem: measure, mix, solve. (2) Grandma Lina watched from her stool by the window, her hands folded, as if she were waiting for the dough to speak.
(3) “How much flour?” I asked.
(4) She tilted her head. “Enough.”
(5) That answer made my pencil pause above my notebook. (6) I wanted numbers, not riddles. (7) I poured in two cups, then three, then four, until the dough clung to my fingers like wet sand.
(8) Grandma Lina chuckled. “You’re listening with your eyes,” she said. (9) “Try listening with your hands.”
(10) I pressed and folded the dough the way she showed me. (11) At first it fought back, stubborn and lumpy. (12) Then, slowly, it changed—stretching instead of tearing, smoothing like a lake after wind stops. (13) My shoulders loosened. (14) I stopped checking the clock.
(15) When the loaf finally came out of the oven, the crust crackled softly. (16) The kitchen filled with a warm, yeasty smell that felt like a welcome. (17) Grandma Lina tore off a piece, handed it to me, and said, “Now you know.”
In line 4, what does the word “Enough” most likely mean as used in the passage?
Read the passage and answer the question.
(1) The first time I tried to learn my grandmother’s bread recipe, I treated it like a math problem: measure, mix, solve. (2) Grandma Lina watched from her stool by the window, her hands folded, as if she were waiting for the dough to speak.
(3) “How much flour?” I asked.
(4) She tilted her head. “Enough.”
(5) That answer made my pencil pause above my notebook. (6) I wanted numbers, not riddles. (7) I poured in two cups, then three, then four, until the dough clung to my fingers like wet sand.
(8) Grandma Lina chuckled. “You’re listening with your eyes,” she said. (9) “Try listening with your hands.”
(10) I pressed and folded the dough the way she showed me. (11) At first it fought back, stubborn and lumpy. (12) Then, slowly, it changed—stretching instead of tearing, smoothing like a lake after wind stops. (13) My shoulders loosened. (14) I stopped checking the clock.
(15) When the loaf finally came out of the oven, the crust crackled softly. (16) The kitchen filled with a warm, yeasty smell that felt like a welcome. (17) Grandma Lina tore off a piece, handed it to me, and said, “Now you know.”
In line 4, what does the word “Enough” most likely mean as used in the passage?