Cite Strongest Literary Evidence Practice Test
•10 QuestionsRead the passage and answer the question.
When the power went out, the apartment building became a tower of quiet. No elevator hum, no TV chatter—only the rain tapping the windows like impatient fingers.
Kira found her little brother, Omar, sitting on the hallway carpet with his knees hugged to his chest. He was staring at the dark stairwell.
“It’s just a blackout,” Kira said, trying to sound older than thirteen. “They’ll fix it.”
Omar didn’t answer.
Kira remembered the last time the lights failed—sirens outside, Mom rushing them into the bathtub, Omar shaking so hard his teeth clicked.
She went back into their apartment and returned with the camping lantern Dad had left behind. She clicked it on. Warm light filled the hallway.
Omar blinked at it.
Kira sat beside him and placed the lantern between them like a small campfire. “Tell me the space facts,” she said. “The ones you always know.”
Omar’s mouth twitched. “Okay,” he whispered. “If you fall into a black hole—”
“Not that one,” Kira interrupted quickly, and Omar let out a breath that sounded almost like a laugh.
Question: Which piece of evidence most strongly supports the inference that Kira understands Omar’s fear and tries to comfort him?
Read the passage and answer the question.
When the power went out, the apartment building became a tower of quiet. No elevator hum, no TV chatter—only the rain tapping the windows like impatient fingers.
Kira found her little brother, Omar, sitting on the hallway carpet with his knees hugged to his chest. He was staring at the dark stairwell.
“It’s just a blackout,” Kira said, trying to sound older than thirteen. “They’ll fix it.”
Omar didn’t answer.
Kira remembered the last time the lights failed—sirens outside, Mom rushing them into the bathtub, Omar shaking so hard his teeth clicked.
She went back into their apartment and returned with the camping lantern Dad had left behind. She clicked it on. Warm light filled the hallway.
Omar blinked at it.
Kira sat beside him and placed the lantern between them like a small campfire. “Tell me the space facts,” she said. “The ones you always know.”
Omar’s mouth twitched. “Okay,” he whispered. “If you fall into a black hole—”
“Not that one,” Kira interrupted quickly, and Omar let out a breath that sounded almost like a laugh.
Question: Which piece of evidence most strongly supports the inference that Kira understands Omar’s fear and tries to comfort him?