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Open Up - Grade 6 - ELA - Module 3 - End of Unit 1 Assessment

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Directions: Read pages 184–189 of chapter 18 in Two Roads and answer the following questions.

Question 1

1.

Which three sentences correctly use an intensive pronoun? (L.6.1b)

It’s not what I’ve ever seen myself to be.

You’ve done well for yourself and the country

Possum climbed the tree himself.

I myself said nothing.

It has an air of darkness around itself.

He himself will be back with his gang.

Question 2

2.

Which sentence correctly uses an intensive pronoun and would best be placed in the underlined location to help the paragraph convey its meaning? (L.6.1b)

I always thought my visions were pretty strange. I didn’t know other people might have them too, and I’ve always been pretty good at hiding them. But it turns out that visions might not seem so strange to others after all. Even people in my own life know others who have visions! ________________________. He told me about his aunt who could see into the past and in the future.

Possum has a family member who has visions himself, too.

Possum has a family member who has visions themselves, too.

Possum himself has a family member who has visions, too.

Possum has a family member himself who has visions, too.

Question 3

3.

What do Cal’s inner thoughts in this excerpt convey about his point of view toward himself? (RL.6.6)

He is feeling disappointed in himself

He is feeling confident in himself.

He is feeling angry at himself.

He is feeling unsure of himself.

Question 4

4.

Choose two details from the text that best support the answer to Part A. (RL.6.1)

Question 5

5.

Review the dialogue spoken by Cal and by Possum in the excerpt. What do you notice about the differences in the language varieties that each character uses? What do Cal’s and Possum’s use of language help to convey about each of their characters in this excerpt? (RL.6.1, RL.6.3, L.6.1e)

Question 6

6.

“As we walk along, I notice something. Set back a ways behind those buildings is an ugly low flat-roofed stone structure that looks out of place. While the other buildings have had at least a few people around them, this one is totally deserted. It’s not just dark in color, it has an air of darkness around it—as if bad things happened there—were meant to happen there” (186).

Which best describes the function of this paragraph within the structure of the excerpt? (RL.6.5)

This paragraph reinforces Cal’s point of view toward himself in this chapter.

This paragraph ends an important moment when Brushac shows us Cal’s thinking.

This paragraph foreshadows that something bad will happen to Cal at school.

This paragraph starts an important moment between Cal and Possum in the chapter.

Question 7

7.

How does that paragraph help to develop the plot and characters of Two Roads? (RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RL.6.5)

Question 8

8.

What two methods does Bruchac use to develop Cal’s point of view toward Possum by the end of this excerpt? (RL.6.6)

simile

Cal’s dialogue

allusion

description

example

Possum’s dialogue

Question 9

9.

Which best describes Cal’s point of view toward Possum by the end of this excerpt? (RL.6.6)

Cal thinks Possum can’t be trusted.

Cal thinks Possum might be a true friend.

Cal is irritated by Possum’s constant talking.

Cal is not sure Possum wants to be his friend.

Question 10

10.

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part B? (RL.6.1)

“He doesn’t wait for me to nod my head” (189).

“Maybe he’s just putting up with me” (186).

“No point in not being honest with him” (184).

“My word as a knight of the road” (189).

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