ESOL Unit 1 Week 4 Biweekly

ESOL Unit 1 Week 4 Biweekly

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Which sentence gives the best reason why people

attended a barn raising?

• They needed to give their children something to do.

• They wanted to help people in their community.

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Part B: Underline the TWO sentences from the article that best

support your answer in part A.

• There were many reasons why neighbors helped at a barn raising.

• First, people wanted to help those in need.

• If they could lend a

  hand, they would.

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Read the sentence from the article.

The farm was a beehive of activity.

What does the sentence mean?

• The farm had beehives.

• There was not much activity on the farm.

• People on the farm were very busy.

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Why does the author tell the reader that farm life was lonely?

• to explain why people built schoolhouses

• to explain why people went to a barn raising

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This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Read the sentences from the article.

Everyone worked together to build a barn. It was a huge mountain

to climb.

Why does the author compare building a barn to climbing

a mountain?

• to show that it was hard to build a barn

• to show that barns could not be moved

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Part B: What does it mean to have “a huge mountain to climb”

in the sentence from Part A?

• do something very difficult

• reach the top of a high peak

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At the end of the passage, why does the author write about life

in small towns? Pick TWO choices.

• to state that people liked farm life better

• to show how farm customs continued in towns

• to explain why people started leaving farms

Congratulations!

You're done!!!!