HMH Module 7 Week 2 Weekly Assessment

HMH Module 7 Week 2 Weekly Assessment

By JESSICA JACKSON

Read the passage with your group

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​Read the Question 1

What is the author’s main message in paragraphs 1–3?​

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Multiple Choice

What is the author’s main message in paragraphs 1–3?

• People may try to balance bad deeds with good deeds.

• Happiness comes from within, not from the things you own.

• Traveling is a good way for you to learn about the wider world.

• Even when their wishes come true, people sometimes want more.

​Read the Question 2

What mistake does the young husband make when he overhears the old couple talking?

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Multiple Choice

What mistake does the young husband make when he overhears the old couple talking?

• He runs home too soon.

• He refuses to believe them.

• He tells no one what he learns.

• He expects his wife to listen instead.

​Read the Question 3

Based on the prefix dis-, which means “opposite of,” what does distrusted mean in paragraph 5?

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Multiple Choice

Based on the prefix dis-, which means “opposite of,” what does distrusted mean in paragraph 5?

• expected

• believed

• doubted

• invited

​Read the Question 4

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

Along the way, the anxious wife said, “Are you really sure this mill will give us anything we want?”

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Read the analogy.

Greedy is to satisfied as anxious is to _______.

Which word best completes the analogy?

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Multiple Choice

Greedy is to satisfied as anxious is to _____. Which word best completes the analogy?

• cozy

• tired

• steady

• carefree

​Read the Question 5

Read the sentences from paragraph 13.

“Mill, please stop grinding!” he commanded. “Mill, please stop grinding salt! Mill, stop grinding! Mill, grind no more!”

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What do these sentences show the reader about the husband’s character?

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Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from paragraph 13. “Mill, please stop grinding!” he commanded. “Mill, please stop grinding salt! Mill, stop grinding! Mill, grind no more!” What do these sentences show the reader about the husband’s character?

• He is starting to feel worried about what he has done.

• He thinks he should have wished for something else.

• He believes he will soon remember what to say.

• He is angry that the old couple has tricked him.

​Read the Question 6

​Explain how the author supports the theme that wanting more will lead to trouble. Use details from the story to support your answer.

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Multiple Select

Explain how the author supports the theme that wanting more will lead to trouble. Use details from the story to support your answer. Select All that Apply

• : The author supports this theme by showing that the greedy young man and woman do not benefit from the theft of the mill.

• They ruin presumably fresh water by turning it salty.

• The young husband and wife next door, though, were greedy people who were never satisfied.