What will most likely happen at the bus stop the next morning?
Analyze and Evaluate Information and Ideas · TELPAS Grades 4–5 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 3: make inferences, draw conclusions, and think about why the author wrote a text and how it is built.
Read the text. Then answer the question.
The Bus Stop
Every morning, Nora waited at the bus stop with the same group of kids. Most days, they talked about shows she had never seen. Nora usually stood a little off to the side and looked down at her shoes.
On Tuesday, a girl named Hailey noticed the book Nora was holding. “Is that the one about the dragon who is afraid of fire?” Hailey asked. “I’m on chapter nine!”
Nora looked up. “I just finished chapter ten,” she said. “Don’t worry. I won’t tell you what happens.”
Hailey laughed. When the bus came, she slid over and patted the seat next to her. Nora sat down, and the two of them talked about dragons all the way to school.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What will most likely happen at the bus stop the next morning?
- Nora will stand off to the side by herself.
- Nora and Hailey will talk to each other.Correct answer
- Hailey will tell Nora how the book ends.
- Nora will stop bringing her book.
Why “Nora and Hailey will talk to each other.” is correct
This is a prediction from the story's ending. Hailey makes room for Nora on the bus, and they talk all the way to school, so they will most likely keep talking. The choice about standing alone is a trap because it describes Nora's usual mornings before this story.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Nora will stand off to the side by herself. — That is what Nora did before she met Hailey, and the story ends with the two becoming friendly.
- Hailey will tell Nora how the book ends. — Nora is ahead in the book, and she promises not to tell Hailey what happens.
- Nora will stop bringing her book. — The book is what helped Nora make a friend, so she has no reason to stop.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grades 4–5, or see the TELPAS practice test for 4th and 5th grade.
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