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5 Unit 1 Scholastic Assessment

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11 questions

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Question 1

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What is the author’s purpose in “Troubled Times”?

A. To inform readers about a historical event

B. To tell an interesting story about a historical event

C. To inspire readers to feel something about a historical event

D. To persuade readers to believe something about a historical event

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Question 2

2.

How does the author achieve his or her purpose?

A. Uses realistic details and experiences of people who lived at the time to build suspense to make readers feel as if they are there

B. Develops a single main character to inspire feelings of bravery and heroism in the reader and help readers imagine they are that character

C. Relates exact facts, dates, names, and details in the order in which they happened to ensure readers have a thorough understanding of events

D. Uses strong language to convey an understanding of the society around the events and how the culture of the time influenced the way people behaved

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Question 3

3.

Which sentence from the story BEST accomplishes the author’s purpose?

A. “It was the autumn of 1777, and General Burgoyne and his allies were on the move, marching south from Ticonderoga.”

B. “Tense neighbors were at each other’s throats; they couldn’t trust one another.”

C. “With that, Will Dunn tipped his soggy cap, hustled out, and galloped off to his next dire call.”

D. “Mother, daughter, and son were paralyzed with fear when a familiar voice called down to them.”

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Question 4

4.

Review the events from the passage.

A. b, a, c, d

B. a, c, d, b

C. b, c, d, a

D. c, d, b, a

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Question 5

5.

Which sentence explains why the McCreas had to hide in the cellar?

A. “All townspeople were scared, and not only of the invading British army.”

B. “The rain had tapered off and it was still outside, when, suddenly, the sound of clopping horses’ hooves outside broke the silence and seized their full attention.”

C. “‘There’s a raiding party of Redcoats not twenty miles from here and they’ve got Iroquois for company.”

D. “‘It’s me. The bridges are out so we’ve had to come back.’”

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Question 6

6.

Read the sentence from the story. 'They waited in breathless terror for what seemed like hours when they heard dogs barking and men shouting.' Which word from the sentence shows that the story is told from the third-person point of view?

A. waited

B. men

C. seemed

D. They

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Question 7

7.

How might the story have been different if it was told from a first-person point of view by General Burgoyne?

A. Will Dunn would be more of a major character.

B. Daniel McCrea would have been described in a negative way.

C. The key events would have been told out of order from present to past.

D. The setting would have been somewhere in England instead of America.

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Question 8

8.

What was the author’s purpose for writing “¡Sí, Se Puede!”?

To persuade readers to organize boycotts

To entertain readers with stories about Chavez

To inform readers about what migrant workers do

To inspire readers to work for change as Chavez did

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Question 9

9.

How does the author achieve this purpose?

By explaining why the Chavez family had to move away

By showing how Chavez acted bravely and never gave up

By comparing the Chavez family to other migrant workers

By providing details that help readers feel like part of the action

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Question 10

10.

Which event led Chavez to become a migrant worker?

His parents owned a small farm in Arizona

He lived in a house built by his grandfather

When he was young, his family moved from farm to farm picking crops

He decided to go on a very long hunger strike

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Question 11

11.

What caused Chavez to organize workers in a nonviolent way?

He was influenced by the efforts of the civil rights movement

He believed his workers were too powerless to fight physically

He had already used violent actions, but those attempts had failed

He was inspired by the peaceful behavior demonstrated by his parents