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Field 123: Greek CST
Interpretive Reading

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Directions for Interpretive Reading Selected-Response Questions

For the Interpretive Reading section of the test, you will read passages written in the target language and answer selected-response questions written in the target language based on each passage.

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Sample Interpretive Reading Selected-Response Questions

Competency 0002 
Interpretive Reading

 start bold Read the passage below from ? ???a???????, a novel by ??d??a? ?a??aß?tsa? (Andreas Karkavitsas); then answer the five questions that follow. end bold 

?? pa???? ??????? t?? ??µ??f?p????? s???p?sa? ap? t? ?t?µa sa? t?? ?a??? ta pa?d??. ??a? µe t?? ????? p??a? ???? ta µ?t?a t???. ????? p??a? ?a? ?????st??a? se ?e?t????? ?t?µata, ????? t??ß??a? p??a p??a, ???e???ta? t???. ?? ??a?a? ?, t? d???e?? e???s?a? ????? ?e???de?, ????? ß?s???, ????? ?????at??de?, ?a????de?, ?a? ?a???e??? a??µa. ?? ?a ??µ???; ? t?p?? t??? de? ?d??e p?a ??µ? ?? ?p?epe ?a t? ??t?s??? sta ???a. ?? pe??e??? e??a? p?? ?, t? d???e?? ?p?a?a? sta ????a t??? ?ta? p??t?? ?a? ?a??te???. ?? afe?t?de? p?? t??? ?ß?epa? t?s? p????µµ????? ??a?a? t? ??µa t???.

—?? d??ß???! t??? ??e?a?, t?s? ?a??? d???e?t?de? ?a? ?a pe???te st?? t?p? sa?!

—????µe ?at??a eµe??, ????µe ?at??a ap? t? Te?! ?pa?t??sa? e?e???? ?as???e???ta? p????. ?a? d????e? t? ??µa µa? sa? t??? af??esµ?????.

????? ? ???t???µp?? ?? ? ?pa?a???a? de? ?e??te?t??a?. ??? de? ?e??te?t??a?, µa ??te t? s??ft??a? t?t??? p??µa. ?e??asµ???? ???tasµ???? ap?f?s?sa? ?a µ? a??????? t??? p?????????? afe?t?de? t???. ?? e??a? ??' at?µ?a ?a t??? af?s??? t??a st? ft??e?a t???. ?? ?a e?pe?; ?a? ta ?a?? de???µe?a ?a? ta ?a?? de???µe?a ??e? ? ?????. ???a?e ???p?? ta s??e??a t?? d???e??? ?a? t?? faµ???e? t??? ?? ?st?sa? ????a st?? t???? t?? sp?t??? t?? ?a??ße? t???, ?ta? ? ????d????fa??? ??aµe ?at??? t? µet???.

? ??µ?t????? s?????????e sa? e?de t?? af?s??s? t??? ?a? ????se ?a t??? s?µß?????e?:

—??e, pa?d??, e??a? ?d??? ?a ?a?e?te ?a? se?? µa?? µa?, t??? e?pe ?a? t? ???? ??µa ??e? ??µ? ??a t??? d???e?t?de?? ed? ?a pe???sete. . .

—?? pe???s??µe afe?t???, µa??µ???? e?µaste e?pe ? ?pa?a???a?. ?????? pe??asµ???? µa?? s?? pa?? µe ?????? ???t?t??.

—?pe?ta p???? ???e?; ?p??s?ese ? ???t???µp?? µe ast?ap?? sta µ?t?a? t?? ????? s?? µp??e? ?a µa? d?se?? p??? ta ?a??ß???a µa?.

—?µp?te. . .

? ??µ?t????? µe t??? d?? ???????? ?a? µe t? ?e??-?a?aµat???? ???t??e st? d???e?? µe ta µ??t?a. ????e?e µe??d???? sta ???a ?t?µata. ??s?? ?a??? d???e???ta? st' aµp??? t?? ??p?da? ?at??t?se ap? t??? ?a??te???? ?? ???? t?? p??t?µ??sa?. ?? e?e???? de? a????ta? se ?a???a de? ?e?????e f????? ?? ??t????.

1. ?? ??????? t?? ??µ??f?p????? ?ta? ?f??a? ap? t? ?t?µa:

  1. ??asa? t?? pe????s?a t???.
  2. de µp??esa? ?a ß???? d???e??.
  3. d???t??a? ap? t?? e????s?a.
  4. ??a?a? d??f??e? d???e???.
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Correct Response: D. This question requires examinees to identify explicit and relevant information in a text. Evmorphopoulos's old field hands and tenant farmers left home and scattered far and wide, learning new trades and doing various jobs to survive. (?? pa???? ??????? t?? ??µ??f?p????? s???p?sa? ap? t? ?t?µa sa? t?? ?a??? ta pa?d??. . . ?? ??a?a? ?, t? d???e?? e???s?a? ????? ?e???de?, ????? ß?s???, ????? ?????at??de?, ?a????de?, ?a? ?a???e??? a??µa.)

2. ? ???t???µp?? ?a? ? ?pa?a???a? ?µe??a? ??at?:

  1. ?????? ?a d???????? ??a t?? ????d????fa??.
  2. ep??????? ?a µe????? p?st?? st?? af??t? t???.
  3. f?ß???ta? ?t? ?a t??? d?????? ap? t?? e????s?a.
  4. ?????? ?a p????? ta ?t?µata t?? ?e?t???? t???.
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Correct Response: B. This question requires examinees to summarize or paraphrase the theme(s) or central idea(s) in a text. Mr. Koutroubis and Mr. Balaouras decided to stay out of loyalty (?e??asµ???? ???tasµ???? ap?f?s?sa? ?a µ? a??????? t??? p?????????? afe?t?de? t???.) and because they believed that it would be dishonorable to abandon their old masters who had fallen into poverty (?? e??a? ??' at?µ?a ?a t??? af?s??? t??a st? ft??e?a t???).

3. ?ta? ? ??µ?t????? ?µa?e ?t? ? ???t???µp?? ?a? ? ?pa?a???a? ?µe?a?, ?ta?:

  1. ??µ?µ????.
  2. ??p???t??.
  3. s??????µ????.
  4. f?ß?sµ????.
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Correct Response: C. This question requires examinees to identify explicit and relevant information in a text. When learning that Mr. Koutroubis and Mr. Balaouras were staying, Mr. Demetrakis was moved by their loyalty (? ??µ?t????? s?????????e sa? e?de t?? af?s??s? t???).

4. ?? ?????? p?? p??? ? ???t???µp?? ?a? ? ?pa?a???a?;

  1. ?a p????? p?s? ta sp?t?a t???
  2. ?a ?t?s??? sp?t?a
  3. ?a ß???? d???e???
  4. ?a µ????? ?a??????a p???µata
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Correct Response: A. This question requires examinees to analyze the communicative strategies and the social and cultural contexts of a text to determine an assumption, an intent, a perspective, or a point of view in the text, including how the author's point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. When Mr. Demetrakis tells Mr. Koutroubis and Mr. Balaouras that it is not fair for them to stay because they will go hungry, Mr. Balaouras tells Mr. Demetrakis and Mr. Balaouras that he and Mr. Koutroubis prefer to be hungry with him rather than be full with strangers (?????? pe??asµ???? µa?? s?? pa?? µe ?????? ???t?t??). Mr. Koutroubis adds that perhaps one day they will be able to get back their old homes (?pe?ta p???? ???e?; ep??s?ese ? ???t???µp?? µe ast?ap?? sta µ?t?a? t?? ????? s?? µp??e? ?a µa? d?se?? p??? ta ?a??ß???a µa?).

5. ? ?p???aµµ?sµ??? ???? «µe??d????» st? ?e?µe??, s?µa??e?:

  1. µ???? ?µ??a.
  2. d???e?? µ?a? ?µ??a?.
  3. ?a??? e???t??.
  4. t?s?d????.
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Correct Response: B. This question requires examinees to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in texts, including distinguishing between nuances of meaning, understanding idiomatic expressions and commonly used figurative language, and understanding key terms and domain-specific words and phrases within the context of the text. The word µe??d???? in this context means "a day's work" or to work daily. Mr. Demetrakis and his two colleagues worked as day-laborers on other people's fields (????e?e µe??d???? sta ???a ?t?µata).