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After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph) . |  |\n\nQuestions 1-8 are based on the following passage.  \nThis passage is adapted from the story “The Flowers of Shiraz” by Goli Taraghi. ©2013 by Goli Taraghi. Translation ©2013 by Sara Khalili. The passage is set in Tehran, Iran, in  \n1953. The Flowers of Shiraz is a teenage dance group.  \nGol-Maryam is the schoolmate of the other young characters in the passage.  \nFinally, with fear and foreboding, she agrees. She says she will come early and leave early.  \n“Maybe I'll come with my father,” she says. Line “Forget it! Are you nuts? Your dad on a bicycle?  \n5 With us?”  \nShe laughs and hangs up.  \nWednesday afternoon, right on time, she arrives at Zafaranieh Street with her chauffeur Javad Agha. She doesn’t have a bicycle. She dismisses Javad Agha 10 and stands next to me like someone who has never seen a street, a car, or creatures with two legs. She is afraid of crossing the street, she screams and grabs hold of the back of my bicycle. Our group consists of a few classmates, two of the Flowers of Shiraz (so far, 15 all girls), two of my cousins (boys), and two of the neighborhood guys (Homayoun and Parviz) .  \nGol-Maryam feels out of place. She regrets having come, but she has no way back. She is happier with her father. The jokes, the pranks, the screaming and  \n20 shouting, and everything we talk about is new to her. She doesn’t understand our language. Worst of all, she doesn’t have a bicycle. She climbs up behind me. She fidgets. She’s scared and wants to get off. At the corner, she jumps off before I have time to stop. She  \n25 loses her balance and falls. We stop. The cousins start grumbling. Gol-Maryam has scratches on her hands  \nand her knee and she is limping. Parviz holds her under the arm. He takes out his handkerchief and ties it around her knee. The Flowers of Shiraz smirk  \n30 and snicker out of spite and jealousy. Parviz’s bicycle is large. We put Gol-Maryam behind him. She is clumsy and shy and doesn’t know what to do with her hands. She is holding her legs out and away from the back wheel and she won’t sit tight against Parviz.  \n35 I’m sure they will fall. We set off. I hear Gol-Maryam scream, but I don’t look back. We speed down the incline of Baghe Ferdows. Parviz overtakes everyone. Gol-Maryam, her eyes wide with fear and her mouth open and ready to scream, is staring straight ahead.  \n40 She has wrapped her arms tight around Parviz’s waist. The wind is blowing through her hair and under her skirt. The Flowers of Shiraz are still smirking. The narrow alley and back roads of Elahiehare filled with pleasant shadows. We stop in front of  \n45 Amini Garden. There is a wide stream that flows atthe foot of the garden walls and under the trees. The water is cool and clear. It comes from Mrs. Fakhrodolleh’s reservoir. We take off our shoes, put our feet in the stream, and wash our face and hands.  \n50 Gol-Maryam’s face is flushed and she’s panting. She pats some water on her face and then she, too, takes off her shoes and dips her feet in the stream. The Flowers of Shiraz splash water on each other and chase after one another. It is a pleasant game on such  \n55 a hot day. Gol-Maryam hides behind a huge tree.","cbCaib5idwY8Lkfe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib5idwY8Lkfe","pdf",4434574,54,"English","# Reading Test\n## Passage-based Multiple-Choice Questions","[{\"question\":\"How should test-takers use the answer sheet for the Reading Test?\",\"answer\":\"Test-takers should turn to Section 1 of the answer sheet to answer questions in that section within the 55-minute reading period.\"},{\"question\":\"What text is the passage in Questions 1-8 adapted from?\",\"answer\":\"The passage is adapted from the story “The Flowers of Shiraz” by Goli Taraghi, with translation credited to Sara Khalili.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the questions test understanding of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"The questions ask about main themes, the purpose of dialogue, evidence for character feelings, meaning of words in context, and overall interpretation based on stated or implied information.\"}]","Spring 2019 PSAT 8/9 Practice Test #1 - Reading Test | PDF",136]