On My Honor ch. 4

Joel knew that while swimming, he had to continually align his body and keep an eye on the sandbar or the _________________ would push him downstream.

• ripples

• red mud

• current

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

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Hearing Tony swimming behind him, what was Joel wondering?

• How he was gonna keep the lead.

• How he'd never notice what a poor swimmer Tony was.

• How he'd ever come to be friends with someone like Tony.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

While swimming to the sandbar, Joel and Tony gave one another heck about

• girls.

• working out.

• their daddies.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why was Joel initially not worried about being able to see Tony?

• Because he was too focused on getting to the sandbar.

• Because he didn't need to see him when he could hear him struggling to swim.

• Because Tony now had a log helping him float and stay above water.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What, about Tony, sometimes made Joel jealous?

• That Tony was such a great swimmer.

• That Tony so easily made friends.

• That Tony had a girlfriend and Joel didn't.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

By the time Joel was only 20 feet away from the sandbar, he'd changed his mind about how he felt about swimming in the river.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What was Joel's initial thought(s) when he reached the sandbar and couldn't hear or see Tony? Check all that apply.

• Maybe Tony had turned around and headed back to the bank.

• Maybe Tony was hiding in the bushes.

• Maybe Tony had secretly beat him to the other side of the sandbar.

• Maybe Tony was playing one of his ugly tricks on Joel.

• Maybe Tony rushed back to steal his clothes.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Check all that apply. When Joel stepped off the sandbar, he

• fell into nothingness.

• the river bottom was gone.

• choked his way to surface of the water.

• understood exactly what happened to Tony.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following definitions uses toehold as it's used in this quote from the book, "Joel caught a toehold in the bottom for a second to look ahead."

• a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes

• any slight or initial support, influence, advantage, or progress

• a batten nailed to a sloping roof as a support for workers

• Wrestling. a hold in which an opponent's foot is twisted

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following definitions uses current as it's used in this quote from the book, "He put his head down and began to crawl, angling upriver against the current."

• passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing

• popular; in vogue

• a flowing; flow, as of a river

• new; present; most recent

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4