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What Made Me The Way I Am?
Comprehension Reading Test
Answer question 1 through 10 using the reading text provided.
1. What are Summer’s parents’ names?
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2. What is Summer’s dad’s background?
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3. What is Summer’s mom’s background?
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4. At what age did Summer meet her grandparents?
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5. Where and on what specific day was a very popular festival held?
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6. Why did Summer’s parents decide to join the convoy?
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Dad:____________________________________________________________________
7. Fill in the gaps:
Summer didn’t have a _________________ life. She grew up in a _________ called the
______________ which is an _________________ circus. Her mother was a
_____________. And her father was a talented ____________. Summer didn’t go to
____________. Instead, she went to lots of ___________ festivals and political
_________________. She was an ________________. People were very ____________,
but the circus people were very __________ and ____________.
People are afraid of__________. That is what made Summer _________________ in how
society treats ________________________. That is why she started making
__________________ because she experienced ___________________.
8. Which country did Summer and her parents move to when her grandmother was
seriously ill?
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