Unit 1 Assessment

Answer fill in the blank questions in complete sentences and use evidence from the text to back up your answer.

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What does the narrator in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discover he can do with the wind. Why is this important?

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HOW did Condolesszza's father change in Extraordinary, Oridnary People: A Memoir of Family and WHY does he change?

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What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows
how the narrator has changed?

doing tricks at work on the ponies when Mr. De La Rosa is away

listening to his father and practicing on real ponies the morning of the parade

wearing a costume in the Charro Day Parade with the boys and Mr. De La Rosa

getting back on his pony after he was thrown off to ride in the parade

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What character trait does the narrator's father show in A Girl From Yamhill when he laughs because she tried to walk around the world?

forgiveness

patience

cheerfulness

all of the above

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Arrange the events in Small Steps The Year I Got Polio in chronological order

Peg has a sore throat and headache
Peg collapsed at school after chorus
Peg takes a three hour nap and wakes up with a stiff neck

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How did the narrator, Peg, feel after her father told her she had polio?

angry and mean

tired and hungry

panicked and sad

hopeful and ready

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What character trait does Peg's mother show when she ignores the rules of the hospital to give her a milkshake?

patient

brave

strict

relieved

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Which of the following is an example of sensory details in "All the Pretty Ponies?"

"the bridge then stayed open for everyone"

"their images blazing across the screen"

"The chain-link fence"

"our white shirts"

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What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?
I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

bounce over

march through

hide or stow away

jump or dive energetically

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Unit 1 Assessment

What does the narrator in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discover he can do with the wind. Why is this important?

HOW did Condolesszza's father change in Extraordinary, Oridnary People: A Memoir of Family and WHY does he change?

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows
how the narrator has changed?

What character trait does the narrator's father show in A Girl From Yamhill when he laughs because she tried to walk around the world?

Arrange the events in Small Steps The Year I Got Polio in chronological order

How did the narrator, Peg, feel after her father told her she had polio?

What character trait does Peg's mother show when she ignores the rules of the hospital to give her a milkshake?

Which of the following is an example of sensory details in "All the Pretty Ponies?"

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?
I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

What is a personal narrative?

What does the narrator in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discover he can do with the wind. Why is this important?

HOW did Condolesszza's father change in Extraordinary, Oridnary People: A Memoir of Family and WHY does he change?

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows
how the narrator has changed?

What character trait does the narrator's father show in A Girl From Yamhill when he laughs because she tried to walk around the world?

Arrange the events in Small Steps The Year I Got Polio in chronological order

How did the narrator, Peg, feel after her father told her she had polio?

What character trait does Peg's mother show when she ignores the rules of the hospital to give her a milkshake?

Which of the following is an example of sensory details in "All the Pretty Ponies?"

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?
I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

What is a personal narrative?

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 1 Assessment

What does the narrator in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discover he can do with the wind. Why is this important?

HOW did Condolesszza's father change in Extraordinary, Oridnary People: A Memoir of Family and WHY does he change?

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows how the narrator has changed?

What character trait does the narrator's father show in A Girl From Yamhill when he laughs because she tried to walk around the world?

Arrange the events in Small Steps The Year I Got Polio in chronological order

How did the narrator, Peg, feel after her father told her she had polio?

What character trait does Peg's mother show when she ignores the rules of the hospital to give her a milkshake?

Which of the following is an example of sensory details in "All the Pretty Ponies?"

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

What is a personal narrative?

What does the narrator in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discover he can do with the wind. Why is this important?

HOW did Condolesszza's father change in Extraordinary, Oridnary People: A Memoir of Family and WHY does he change?

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows how the narrator has changed?

What character trait does the narrator's father show in A Girl From Yamhill when he laughs because she tried to walk around the world?

Arrange the events in Small Steps The Year I Got Polio in chronological order

How did the narrator, Peg, feel after her father told her she had polio?

What character trait does Peg's mother show when she ignores the rules of the hospital to give her a milkshake?

Which of the following is an example of sensory details in "All the Pretty Ponies?"

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

What is a personal narrative?

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows
how the narrator has changed?

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?
I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.

What event in "All the Pretty Ponies" shows
how the narrator has changed?

What does the word plunge mean in the following sentence from The Girl from Yamhill?
I came to the fence that marked the boundry of our land and bravely prepared to climb it and plunge into foreign bushes.