Making Predictions in a Mystery: "Object Lesson" — Unit test
Question 5 • FL-1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 A-CR
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."The 41 boys and girls were buzzing and giggling now.Ellery pounced. Clinging to one of the rectangles was a needle-thin sliver of paper about an inch long, a sort of paper shaving. He fingered it, held it up to the light. It was not newsprint. Too full-bodied, too tough-textured . . .Then he knew what it must be.Less than two minutes left.
Answer
A
that the boys and girls are going to lose respect for him
B
that newspapers are made with cheap paper
C
that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill
D
that he is going to run out of time to solve the mystery