TEST 11.13.2020 comprehension ben emancipation

Who first taught Ben to read?

• Mrs. Bleeker

• Mr. Bleeker

• his father

• his mother

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

How do you know who first taught Ben to read?

• "Ben's father had known how to read a little - just enough to teach Ben the alphabet."

• "Ben wondered how Mr. Bleeker had ever found anything before he came along."

• "Mrs. Bleeker trusted him.:

• "First, Ben read her a passage from an old, worn Bible she had hidden in her room."

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Why did the men in the slave prison cheer so loudly for Ben?

• They expected the war would be over any day.

• They thought they would be set free that day.

• They had never heard a black man read out loud.

• They knew the North was winning the Civil War.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did the Bleeker's leave the city?

• A loud noise came from the slave prison.

• They had no idea what was going to happen.

• Nobody wanted the clothes they made.

• The Union Army was getting closer to the city.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How did the woman at the Dry Goods store treat Ben?

• She was surprised he could read.

• She was not very nice to him.

• She wanted to buy him more things.

• She made a happy face at him.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which TWO of these answers are correct?

• The first selection is an autobiography written by a former slave.

• The first selection is meant to entertain and inform readers.

• The second selection is an example of a historical document.

• The second selection was written to express an opinion.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What does the expression "word got around" mean?

• That the newspaper was carried around in a circle.

• That the bird carried the news and dropped it to them.

• That one person told another and the news spread.

• That they never got a straight answer.

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does the Emancipation Proclamation seem so hard to read?

• It was written over 150 years ago and people do not speak formally anymore.

• It is a false document,

• It is written in a different language.

• No one knows how to read.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

In the Emancipation Proclamation, there are some places listed. Why are they named in the document?

• They are the places where President Lincoln had visited.

• They are the states that are in rebellion of the United States.

• They are the parts of the country where slaves could learn to read.

• They are the places where the Jubilee Singers performed most often.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why is there no birth or death record of Benjamin Holmes?

• He lost the documents in a fire.

• He was a slave and no one cared to know the exact dates of their birth and death.

• He was running away from his owners and did not want anyone to know who he was.

• No one knew how to write so they didn't write the certificates.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5