The Poison Sky (April 2018 Action Magazine)
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens in Scene 2?
Rachel Carson reads letters about animals harmed by DDT.
Olga, Miss Benson, and Mr. Murphy come
to Carson’s house for a meeting.
Carson talks to Miss Benson on the phone.
Carson visits the farms of all the letter writers.
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CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.6.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The radio ad for DDT in Scene 4 helps you understand that______.
DDT is not as harmful as Carson thinks
people don’t trust DDT
it will be easy for Carson to convince
people that DDT is harmful
it will be hard for Carson to convince
people that DDT is harmful
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CCSS.RL.6.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the mood of Scene 6, when the executives talk about Carson’s book?
calm
angry
happy
sad
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.7
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The infographic on page 24 shows how DDT
______.
kills pests that eat food crops
affects different animals as it moves
through the food chain
keeps mosquitoes from biting people
has made the world safer
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CCSS.RL.6.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line from the play expresses the same
idea as the answer to question 4?
People would have no food.”
“Pesticides have saved the world.”
“.. . all of nature is connected.”
“.. . your kids will be safe from diseases
when you get rid of pests . . .”
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which do you learn in the Epilogue?
DDT was banned in 1972.
Mr. Murphy’s new piglets are all healthy.
About 900 million pounds of pesticides
were used last year.
Cows today produce 20 percent more milk.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A dangerous_______________ called DDT was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s
pesticide
executive
banned
hoax
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CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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