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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.
1.

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
2.

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
3.

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
4.

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
5.

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)

RL.8.3
6.

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)

RL.8.3
7.

Part B

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

RL.8.3
RL.8.1
8.

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)

RL.8.3
RL.8.1
9.

Part B

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

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)

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)

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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