Written in Bone Sections 1 & 2 Quiz

The word “archaeologist” comes from the word roots archaeo-, meaning “ancient” and -logist, meaning “someone who studies.” From these word roots and the context in the excerpt above, what is the meaning of the word archaeologist?

• A person who hangs out with skeletons

• A detective who solves crimes

• A person who studies history by analyzing artifacts and physical remains

• A smart person

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.RI.7.4

What conclusion is presented by the author in Chapter 1 of Written in Bone?

• Archaeologists can locate old graves by looking for soil stains that are the size of a human body or coffin

• The original James Fort was found using skeletons

• Forensic anthropologists never found the James Fort

• Soil stains disappear after a few years

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.6

A caption of a photograph reads: “An archaeologist removes clay from around a palisade post to leave behind a soil cast of the base of each side-by-side log.”

How would the inclusion of this photograph affect the reader’s understanding of the text?

• It emphasizes how hard an archaeologist works

• It reveals that skeletons are hard to find

• It reveals that archaeologists don’t care about skeletons and only look for buildings and palisade walls

• It emphasizes how careful archaeologists must be when uncovering artifacts that are buried underground

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CCSS.RI.7.3

“A Grave Mystery” is an example of which of the following?

• Play on words

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical question

• Dialogue

”Sunlight flooded the beige-colored soil. At the bottom of a carefully excavated pit, the rounded surface of a human skull gleamed with a yellow brown luster.”

This is an example of which of the following?

• Play on words

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical question

• Dialogue

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

“Who was this person?”

This is an example of which of the following:

• Play on words

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical question

• Dialogue

“‘He was about fifteen years old when he died. And he was European,’ Owsley told the others.”

This is an example of which of the following?

• Play on words

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical question

• Dialogue

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CCSS.W.7.3B

Read the following excerpt from stanza 9 of “Ode to the Virginian Voyage”:

”In kenning of the shore,

Thanks to God first given,

O you, the happiest men,

Be frolic then!

Let cannons roar

Frighting the wife heaven.”

Which of the following best paraphrases the excerpt?

• Don’t be happy until you reach land

• When you see the shore of the New World, you should celebrate

• You will hear cannons when you reach the New World

• Only the happiest men can frolic

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4