Grade 5 FAST Reading practice

Read the complete passage before selecting an answer. Ask which words support the choice, and compare them with the explanation.

These original questions target selected grade-level skills. They are independent practice and do not predict an official FAST score.

The Unfinished Recording [1] Eli had promised the class a perfect recording of the neighborhood band. His grandmother, who played the clarinet, had invited him to their rehearsal. He arrived with a phone, a stand, and a list of questions. The classroom presentation was only three days away. [2] During the first song, a truck rumbled past the open window. Eli stopped the recording. During the second, a chair scraped across the floor. He stopped again. His grandmother asked whether he was collecting music or silence. He laughed, but moved the stand farther from the door. [3] Then the trumpet player missed a note. Eli reached for the phone. Before he touched it, the musicians started the difficult section again. The clarinet held a quiet line beneath the trumpet. When the phrase finally fit together, several musicians nodded without speaking. Eli let the recording continue. [4] At home, he listened with headphones. The missed note was obvious. He could cut it out and place the successful phrase at the beginning. That would make the band sound polished, but it would erase the moment when the players helped one another. He listened a second time, following the clarinet underneath the trumpet. [5] Eli changed the title of his presentation from “A Perfect Performance” to “How a Band Listens.” He included a short section before and after the mistake. On the slide beside it, he wrote what each musician had done. He still removed a long stretch of traffic noise that covered the music completely. [6] After the presentation, a classmate said the mistake had helped her understand why a rehearsal was different from a concert. Eli sent that comment to his grandmother. Her reply was brief: “Now you heard us.” He saved the full recording, chair scrape and all, beside the edited version.

How does the missed note affect the plot?

1. It makes Eli decide that the musicians cannot play together.
2. It forces the band to cancel the rehearsal.
3. It causes Eli to leave before hearing the entire song.
4. It leads Eli to notice cooperation he would otherwise remove from the recording.

Intended benchmark: ELA.5.R.1.1. A single example does not establish mastery or complete benchmark coverage.

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