8th Grade Assessment – Unit 3 – RL.8.1, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, L.8.4a

Read lines 2 and 3 from the story.

                   I had the feeling that a bright neon sign on my forehead was flashing the message “New Employee.”

These words best demonstrate the narrator’s feelings of

Read this sentence from line 26 of the story.

               Sure, the table was clean; it was the lake beneath that was the problem.

The author refers to the puddle as a lake to

Read lines 20 through 22 from the story.

                       Grabbing a bus tub and rag, I followed Aaron out to table twenty-two.

                       As we made our way through the restaurant, Aaron said something about rags,

                       but I didn’t hear over the din of seventeen other conversations going on around us.

Which statement best explains how these lines affect the plot of the story?

Read lines 66 and 67 from the story.

               I could almost see drops of irritation flying off him. (Did he want me to clean those up, too?)

These lines reveal the narrator’s

Read this sentence from lines 73 and 74 of the story.

                    The man, his eyes almost laughing behind his bifocals, stated that he didn’t mind the wait.

These lines most impact the narrator’s point of view by

Lines 84 through 87 reveal

Read lines 93 through 95 of the story. In the context of this paragraph, which phrase is closest in meaning to “worm”?