Unit 4 Checkpoint Review

Unit 4 Checkpoint Review

December 16, 2020

Read: Baseball Country.

Be prepared to answer questions.

Multiple Choice

What are the key ideas of paragraphs 1 and 2 ?

• Pride's surprising rise to fame was based on his childhood in rural Mississippi.

• Pride's service in the US Army caused him to change career goals.

• Despite Pride's talent, he was not selected to play on a major league baseball team.

• Although Pride's first interest was music, his athletic ability drew him to a baseball career.

Multiple Choice

What is the key idea of paragraph 4?

• Americans are pleased to reward talented people.

• Pride is a successful country music artist.

• "Is Anybody Going to San Antone?" was a Number 1 hit on the country music charts.

• The CMA honored Pride with Male Vocalist of the year two times.

Multiple Choice

Which statement of a key idea is best supported by the text?

• Pride is a talented musician who achieved popularity and success despite early setbacks.

• Pride is an example to Americans who want to pursue unlikely careers.

• Pride's background provided him with the skills to become a superstar.

• Pride's father supported his dream of becoming a musician but not a baseball player.

Multiple Choice

Why did the author most likely write this text?

• To persuade people to do something they may not like to do at first.

• To entertain us with a story about someone who loved baseball, but ended up becoming a singer.

• To inform us about a great story that explains why some things that are not planned work out for the better.

• To inform us about a male vocalist who won a few CMA awards.

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about how Pride feels now?

• Still angry that he did not make a major league baseball team once he was released from the army.

• He is happy that he picked up his guitar again once baseball did not work out and is proud how far he has come in the music industry.

• Frustrated that he has to be a singer instead of a baseball player.

• Happy because he was able to play baseball afterall.

Multiple Choice

Why does the author use the words "happy rush" in paragraph 5 when Amelia is leaving?

• To show how excited Amelia is to be back home.

• To show that Amelia lives her life in a rush.

• To show how excited Amelia is to return to her hideout to paint while her brother naps.

• To show how fast Amelia is running to the tree house.

Multiple Choice

Which of these best summarizes the text AND keeps the events in logical order?

• Amelia is watching her younger brother, Dylan, in the woods. She finds an old tree house before Dylan must take a nap. Amelia goes back to the tree house in a rush.

• Amelia finds a tree house and enjoys the view of sun, birds, and a brook. She tells her brother it is nap time. She does not tell her mother about the tree house but thinks she will tell her soon.

• Amelia is hiding from her brother in an old tree house. Later, she brings her painting supplies back with her to what she considers a hideout. While she is painting, her brother takes a nap.

• Amelia discovers a tree house in the woods while she is watching her little brother . It has a beautiful view. She decides to return and paint there, not yet willing to share her discovery.

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 2, what is most likely the meaning of the word HOIST?

• To raise; go up.

• To sink down

• To grip something

• To drop something.

Open Ended

What can you infer the reason is that Amelia does not tell her mother about the tree house yet?

Multiple Choice

What was invented to make batiks more affordable for customers in the text, "Canting and Capping"?

• A canting.

• A hollow copper tube.

• A copper stamp called cap.

• Wax.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the key differences in the two texts?

• "Canting and Capping" describes traditional batik techniques, while "Create Your Own Batik" provides directions for making a simple batik.

• "Canting and Capping" explains that batik was once important in Indonesia, while "Create Your Own Batik" argues that batik is gaining popularity again.

• "Canting and Capping" suggests that best wy to make batik, while "Create Your Own Batik" shares a newly invented batik method.

• None of the above describe a correct difference in the two texts.

Multiple Choice

The authors of the two texts would most likely agree that ----

• Children often create the most impressive batiks.

• Using melted wax for batik is likely to cause injury

• the tradition of making batik has been mostly forgotten

• Making batik the traditional way takes time and skill.

Multiple Choice

Based on BOTH texts, how is the glue in "Create Your Own Batik" similar to the wax in "Canting and Capping"?

• Both are traditionally used to create Indonesian batik

• Both are commonly applied to fabric using different tools.

• Both prevent the fabric they cover from being dyed.

• Both make washing the finished batik easier.

Multiple Choice

Why did the author include the bulleted list in the text, "Create Your Own Batik"?

• To give readers a list of the steps it takes to make a batik.

• To give readers a list of the materials they will need to make a batik.

• To show the readers that you can put bulleted lists in your writing.

• The make the story shorter for the readers.