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Which text-dependent question is the best one for this passage?

A. Why does Mrs. Price put the red sweater on Rachel's desk? Use details from the text to support your answer.

B. Why doesn't Sylvia Saldivar want the red sweater on her desk? Explain using evidence from the text.

C. How does the author use point of view to reveal Rachel's feelings and reactions toward Mrs. Price's behavior? Use details from the text to support your answer.

D. What subject does Mrs. Price teach? How do you know? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Answer: Incorrect. This question will result in imaginative speculation on the part of the student. The reader can't know for sure why Mrs. Price puts the red sweater on Rachel's desk. Maybe Mrs. Price is insensitive; maybe she is focused on teaching her content; maybe she is oblivious to the body language of her students. However, the text evidence does not exist to support any of these claims, thereby making answers speculative. Try again. Incorrect. This question measures low-level, literal thinking. Sylvia Saldivar simply doesn't want the ugly red sweater on her desk. This question misses the opportunity to dig deeper into the text with a question requiring analytical thinking and explicit text support. Try again. Correct. This question requires the reader to think about the author's choices, apply knowledge of point of view (CCSS RL.6.6), and cite concrete examples (CCSS.RL.6.1) from the text regarding two significant characters and their interactions with each other. Incorrect. Again, this question measures low-level, literal thinking. Using evidence from the text, the reader can prove that Mrs. Price teaches math. However, this question is not analytical and simply requires the reader to search and find the answer. Try again.