Unit 5 Week 2 Biweekly

Unit 5 Week 2 Biweekly

Point of View

Multiple Select

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

part B.

Part A: Who is telling the story?

• Gabe

• Gabe’s dad

• Gabe’s mom

• an outside narrator

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Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your

answer in part A?

• “All Gabe wanted was a drum set, but his parents couldn’t

  afford to buy him one.”

• “Then, one day at school, his class began studying the

  importance of ecology.”

• “The science presentations were held on Monday.”

• “Then everyone looked at the doorway.”

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Read the sentences from the passage.

He beat on the sofa. Bum-de-bum-de-bum! Boom!

Which definition of the word beat is used in the sentences?

• to win against

• to mix by stirring

• to hit again and again

• to arrive before someone else

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Read the sentences from the passage.

They recycled bottles, cans, paper, plastic, and cardboard. They

didn’t waste a lot, either.

Which word from the sentences means “to make poor use of

something” and can also mean “unwanted materials”?

• recycled

• cans

• cardboard

• waste

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Which inferences can you make about Gabe based on the details

about how he makes the recycled drums? Pick TWO choices.

• He does not like to recycle.

• He cares about saving Earth.

• He does not like Mr. Gomez’s class.

• He wants to teach his family to recycle.

• He thinks of ways to solve his problems.

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How does Gabe feel at the beginning of the story?

• Excited to start working

  on his idea

• Anxious to get what he

  wants

• Embarrassed because he

  is praised in front of the

  whole class

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How does Gabe feel when Mr. Gomez gives a new project?

• Excited to start working

  on his idea

• Anxious to get what he

  wants

• Embarrassed because he

  is praised in front of the

  whole class

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

part B.

Part A: What does the narrator think of Miss Gertie at the

beginning of the story?

• She is a successful artist.

• She is an unusual person.

• She is helpful in the community.

• She is mean to people in the neighborhood.

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Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your

answer in part A?

• “I really didn’t know Miss Gertie at all.”

  B

• “I never saw her smile, and I often saw her talking to the

  ground.”

• “Also, there was a dense stand of pine trees behind her house.”

• “It was as if she had her own personal forest.”

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Read the sentence from the passage.

There was Miss Gertie, but she wasn’t talking about me—she was

talking to a heap of some pebbles!

What does the word heap mean in the sentence?

• a pile

• to give

• to put on top

• a huge amount

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Which events happen after the narrator discovers the little

houses? Pick two choices.

• Miss Gertie speaks to the pebbles.

• Miss Gertie picks up some pebbles.

• The narrator counts the many houses.

• The narrator gets the idea for the art show.

• Miss Gertie begins to build things in her yard.

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Which word in the paragraph that can mean “the shape

of something” or “a numeral.”

“This is wonderful. I figure there are at least fifty of these,” I heard

myself say. And then, Miss Gertie looked directly at me and gave me

the biggest smile ever.

• wonderful

• figure

• myself

• directly

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

part B.

Part A: Which sentence best explains how the narrator feels

about Miss Gertie at the end of the passage?

• The narrator thinks Miss Gertie is grumpy.

• The narrator thinks Miss Gertie talks too much.

• The narrator thinks Miss Gertie is a talented artist.

• The narrator thinks Miss Gertie should smile more often.

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Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your

answer in part A?

• “There was a crowd of kids of all ages making the houses

  with sticks, bark, glue, and acorns.”

• “An hour after the show started, a local newspaper reporter

  came and took pictures.”

• “At the end of the day, Miss Gertie and I were tired, but we

  had done an amazing thing.”

• “We shared the beauty of nature and art, and now there

  would be little houses all over the neighborhood.”