The New Baby For 12 wonderful years, Cara had enjoyed her position as the youngest of five children, the baby of the family. But for the past nine months Cara had felt her special place slipping away as the family prepared for her oldest sister to give birth. Now, Cara’s parents would become grandparents and there would be a new baby to fawn over, which had not happened since Cara was born. Cara worried that her mother would forget about her and spend all her time with the new baby. She was less than thrilled as she rode the elevator to the hospital’s ninth floor.

The room was so full of family members and flower bouquets that Cara had trouble seeing the hospital bed. Angela, Cara’s sister, sat propped up by pillows. She cradled a squirming pink bundle in the crook of one arm. She grinned when she saw Cara and her parents and turned the pink bundle towards them. Only the baby’s face was visible. Her hands punched out under the swaddling.

Cara’s mother was the first to hold the baby. She smiled and cooed at the baby. Then the baby was being passed to Cara, and she was face-to-face with her new niece. The baby squirmed a bit and then opened her eyes and looked right at Cara. The baby cooed at Cara, and Cara smiled at her niece, thinking that becoming an aunt might be wonderful after all.

1. Which detail from the first paragraph would be most important to include in a summary of the passage?

a. It had been 12 years since Cara was born.

b. Cara would no longer be the baby in the family.

c. There were five children born in Cara's family.

d. Cara rode the hospital elevator with her parents.

2. Which of these best summarizes the passage?

a. Cara's sister is having a baby, and Cara is concerned that she will be overlooked, but after meeting her niece Cara is excited to be an aunt.

b. Cara rides the elevator in the hospital with her parents on the way to visit her sister, who has just had a new baby.

c. Cara's mother is the first to hold the new baby, and Cara waits patiently to have her turn to hold the baby.

d. Cara's sister is having a baby, and Cara is traveling with her parents to visit the baby on the ninth floor of the hospital.

3. Which detail from the image would be most important to include in a summary of the passage?

a. Cara’s mother was the first one to hold the child.

b. Cara’s mother cooed at the baby when she held the baby.

c. Cara was the last one to hold the baby.

d. Cara visits the hospital to meet the baby for the first time.