TELPAS Practice

What is Jada’s job at the market?

Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grade 3 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 2: find the main idea and key details, and follow what happens in stories and informational texts.

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

Jada’s Peaches

Every Saturday in summer, Jada helps her dad sell peaches at the farmers market in Fredericksburg. Her job is to stack the peaches in neat rows so people can see the best ones.

One morning, a little boy reached for a peach and dropped it. It hit the ground and rolled under the table. When Jada picked it up, it had a soft brown spot. It was bruised.

The boy’s lip started to shake. Jada smiled at him. She chose a big, perfect peach and put it in his hand. “This one is for you,” she said.

Later that morning, the boy came back with his mother. “My son told me about the kind girl at the peach stand,” she said. She bought two whole baskets.

Dad winked at Jada. “Being kind is good for business,” he said.

The question

Choose the best answer.

What is Jada’s job at the market?

  • Stacking the peaches in neat rowsCorrect answer
  • Picking peaches from the trees
  • Taking money from the people who buy peaches
  • Carrying baskets to people’s cars

Why “Stacking the peaches in neat rows” is correct

This is a detail question. Paragraph 1 says, “Her job is to stack the peaches in neat rows so people can see the best ones.” The phrase Her job is points straight to the answer.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • Picking peaches from the trees — The story takes place at the market, not on the farm.
  • Taking money from the people who buy peaches — The story does not say Jada handles money.
  • Carrying baskets to people’s cars — Carrying baskets is not mentioned.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.

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