Module Two Week Three

Biweekly Unit 2 Week 3

Author's Point of View

Multiple Select

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

answer part B.

Part A: Read the sentence from the article.

Jonah says, “A snake is more interesting and unusual.”

If usual means “common,” what does unusual mean?

• not common

• being common

• acting common

• equally common

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Part B: What is the meaning of the prefix un- in unusual ?

• again

• before

• the same as

• the opposite of

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Which sentence states the MAIN IDEA of the story?

• Voters choose who will be president.

• Voting is an important right for U.S. citizens.

• People vote for others who will state their views

• Citizens vote to decide who will run the government.

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Read the sentence from the article.

To be sure, he recounts their hands.

What does the word recounts mean?

• does not count

• counts wrong

• counts before

• counts again

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

answer part B.

Part A: What is the author’s point of view about voting?

• It is fair to everyone.

• It is done in every country.

• It is difficult to understand.

• It is used to solve many problems.

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Part B: Which sentence from the article best supports your

answer in part A?

• “Mr. Jensen walks around the classroom counting them.”

• “Sometimes it is difficult for a group of people to agree on

  one decision.”

• “The winning choice tells what most of the people in the

  group think.”

• “Voting is one way that citizens make their voices heard.”

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With which ideas would the author most likely agree? Pick

two choices.

• Voters have a say in our government.

• Voting does not offer us many choices.

• Not all citizens should be allowed to vote.

• Voting does not take place often in the U.S.

• Citizens should vote when they are given the opportunity.

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Read the sentence from the article.

Many people were unhappy with the plan.

What does the word unhappy mean?

• happy before

• happy again

• very happy

• not happy

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

part B.

Part A: What is the author’s point of view about Otero Mesa?

• It is not an important part of history.

• It is a very special and different place.

• There are too many animals living in it.

• There is a lot that people do not know about it.

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Part B: Which sentence from the article best summarizes the

author’s point of view?

• “No other area in the country is quite like it.”

• “Tall grasses sway in the breeze.”

• “A variety of wildlife calls this grassy land home.”

• “Mule deer and antelope graze on it.”

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

Then, answer part B.

Part A: Read the sentence from the article.

For now, the people have reclaimed this land as a

wilderness area.

What does the word reclaimed mean?

• The people never had it.

• The people will not get it.

• The people will give it back.

• The people have taken it again.

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Part B: What is the meaning of the prefix re- in reclaimed?

• again

• before

• the same as

• the opposite of

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Which two sentences show the author’s point of view in

the article?

• “It is too dry for trees.”

• Prairie dogs dig their tunnels and dens under the grass.”

• “Beneath, Otero is special, too.”

• Several years ago, the government suggested a plan.”

• “It is an important right.”

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Which two sentences show the author’s point of view in

the article?

• Otero Mesa is not a protected place.

• The government should protect nature.

• People should be allowed to drill on natural land.

• The government is too busy to listen to our concerns.

• Americans should let the government know what they think.

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