Open Up - Grade 8 - ELA - Module 4 - Mid Unit 1 Assessment

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Directions: Read chapter 5 of Farewell to Manzanar (pages 31–41). Then, complete the questions below.

This question has three parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B and Part C.

Part A 

Reread this sentence from the chapter:
“They were always together, a pair of reptilian kabuki creatures at loose in the camp hospital” (37).

Which two phrases from the paragraph on page 37 best help the reader understand the meaning of the word reptilian as it is used in this sentence? (RI.8.1, RI.8.4, L.8.4a)

RL.8.4

L.8.4.a

RL.8.1

Part B 

Which type of figurative language is used in the quotation in Part A? (RI.8.4, L.8.5a)

RL.8.4

L.8.5.a

Part C

What does the connotation of this figurative language convey about the two nurses? What two other words from the sentence also have connotations that help to convey this same idea? (RI.8.1, RI.8.4, W.8.10, L.8.5a)

RL.8.4

W.8.10

RL.8.1

L.8.5.a

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. 

Part A

What two methods do the authors use in the second full paragraph on page 37 to make a distinction between the nurses and the Maryknoll nuns? (RI.8.1, RI.8.3)

RL.8.3

RL.8.1

Part B 

Based on your understanding of the chapter, which statement best represents the distinction between the nurses at camp and the Maryknoll nuns? (RI.8.3)

The nuns look different from the nurses and are friendly instead of being frightening in camp.

The nuns look similar to the nurses but are friendly instead of being frightening in camp.

The nurses look different from the nuns and are friendly instead of being frightening in camp.

The nurses look similar to the nuns but are frightening instead of being friendly in camp.

RL.8.3

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A 

Based on your understanding of the chapter, which statement best represents the relationship Jeanne sees between herself and the women saints she learned about in catechism? (RI.8.3)

Jeanne is frightened by the stories of the women she learns from the Maryknoll nuns.

Jeanne feels no connection to the women she learns about in catechism at Manzanar.

Jeanne feels she and the women saints were both enduring misery for a greater purpose.

Jeanne thinks the stories of the women saints were warnings against bad behavior

RL.8.3

Part B 

How do the authors convey the answer in Part A? (RI.8.1, RI.8.3)

by explaining how she listened to her father and avoided the nuns and catholicism

by detailing the gruesome ways each of the women saints were tortured and killed

by comparing her reactions to these stories and those she learned at Baptist Sunday School

by describing one afternoon when she passed out while walking home from catechism

RL.8.3

RL.8.1

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A 

Based on your understanding of the chapter, how do the authors convey the connection between life in the internment camp and the splintering of her family? (RI.8.1, RI.8.3)

by describing her father’s behavior, changed demeanor, and drinking once he joined them at Manzanar

by comparing how her family ate meals at home and in camp and the impact of those differences

by showing empathy for her mother’s distraction because of Papa’s absence and the job she held in the camp

by sharing the details about what each of her family members experienced after leaving the camp

RL.8.3

RL.8.1

Part B 

Which piece of evidence from the chapter best conveys the answer in Part A? (RI.8.1, RI.8.3)

“. . . it seemed we would almost be a family again. But it didn’t turn out that way. He was not the same man” (40).

“At night, in bed, she would hug me close. But during the day she never seemed to notice me” (35).

“My own family, after three years of mess hall living, collapsed as an integrated unit” (33).

“Half of our family had already moved to the east coast, where jobs had opened for them. The rest of us were relocated” (33).

10.

Part A

Reread this sentence from the chapter:
“He looked over sixty, gaunt, wilted as his shirt, underweight, leaning on that cane and favoring his right leg” (41).

Which word from the sentence has a similar denotation to and helps the reader to understand the meaning of the word gaunt? (RI.8.1, RI.8.4, L.8.4a, L.8.5c)

wilted

underweight

leaning

favoring

RL.8.4

L.8.4.a

L.8.5.c

RL.8.1

11.

Part B 

Given the context of the paragraph, what does the connotation of the word gaunt convey about Jeanne’s father when he arrives at camp that the answer from Part A does not? (RI.8.4, W.8.10, L.8.5c)

RL.8.4

L.8.5.c

W.8.10

12.

Part C 

Which piece of evidence from the chapter best conveys the distinction between Papa before the camps and Papa when he arrives at camp (as shown in the answer to Part B)? (RI.8.1, RI.8.3)

“I would watch Papa and my older brothers splash through the moonlit surf to scoop out the fish, then we’d rush back to the house . . .” (34).

“He was always suspicious of organized religions. I think he had already tried to scare me away from Catholics” (38).

“Papa had no money then and could not get work” (33).

“Letters from him trickled in . . . calling her sweetheart for the first time in fifteen years” (35).

RL.8.3

RL.8.1

13.

Part A 

Reread this sentence from the chapter:
“Yet I hurt so inside I could only welcome him with convulsive tears” (41)

Complete the chart below to break up the word convulsive into its word parts. Use your affix list as a resource for the prefix and suffix. The Latin root information has been provided. (L.8.4b)

L.8.4.b

14.

Part B 

Based on Part A, what is being conveyed by Jeanne in this sentence? (RI.8.4, W.8.10, L.8.4b)

RL.8.4

L.8.4.b

W.8.10

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