A Civil Action

In paragraph 1 the word speculating means

• proving something to be true

• investing in high-risk businesses

• observing from a high point

• engaging in thought

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence from the text best shows Anne Anderson’s determination to understand the problem?

• “She wondered if it was coincidence or if a virus of some sort was circulating.”

• “From the back door of the Kane’s house, looking east across the expanse of marsh, you could see the houses of the Pine Street neighborhood a quarter of a mile away.”

• “She made the first of many lists of the cases she knew about, writing in a spiral notebook the names of the children, their addresses, their ages, and the dates when she figured they had been diagnosed.”

• “‘It seemed like no sooner would I get everything fixed and we’d have another problem.’”

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

"The notion that each case shared some common cause began to obsess her."

This sentence reveals that Anne --

• was emotionally invested in the case.

• began to go crazy.

• had similarities and differences of the cases.

• didn’t care about the cases.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Read these sentences from paragraph 1.

"She wondered if it was coincidence or if a virus of some sort was circulating. Dr. Truman, she remembered, had mentioned that some cancer researchers suspected a virus might cause childhood leukemia."

These sentence reveal that Anne --

• had childhood leukemia.

• suspects the cause of the leukemia outbreak is a virus.

• had a virus.

• is a cancer researcher.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which sentence from the text best supports the discovery of childhood leukemia in Woburn?

• It took a long time to prove a link among childhood cases of leukemia in the neighborhood.

• Dr. Truman led the investigation to find a link among childhood leukemia in the neighborhood.

• Doctors tried to hide information about the cases of childhood leukemia in the neighborhood.

• Anne Anderson and Carol Gray exaggerated symptoms to arouse interest from the public about childhood leukemia in the neighborhood.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Paragraph 4 is mostly about --

• The childhood leukemia was treatable.

• The doctors were incapable of doing their jobs.

• Children with leukemia had to go to lots of doctors.

• Children got sick a lot.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The author's purpose in this excerpt from A Civil Action is probably to --

• Persuade the reader to contribute in some way to leukemia research.

• Inform the reader about the increase of leukemia cases over time.

• Prove that doctors often make mistakes.

• Praise Anne for all her efforts regarding the problem.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

The author organized this excerpt by--

• order of importance

• compare and contrast

• chronological

• problem and solution

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

How does the text structure in this excerpt support the author's purpose?

• It sorts through the details, separating the important from the unimportant.

• It compares various cases of leukemia, showing what is alike and different about them

• It shows how the case developed over time.

• It suggests ways in which the problem of childhood leukemia might be solved.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which sentence from the text best supports the idea that leukemia was treatable?

• “Two weeks earlier he had been treated unsuccessfully for a respiratory infection that did not respond to penicillin.”

• “The boy had been referred to Truman from Winchester Hospital where his mother, a nurse, had taken him because of a persistent fever, pallor, and irritability.”

• “Winchester referred Kevin Kane to Dr. Truman at Massachusetts General…”

• “The child responded well. At four weeks, a bone marrow aspiration revealed that he was in remission.”

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6