"With Friends Like These..." by Dorothy Rowe
Authored by Leslee Justice
English
9th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and literary analysis of Dorothy Rowe's essay "With Friends Like These..." The questions assess 9th grade students' ability to identify main ideas, analyze author's purpose, understand supporting details, interpret tone, and demonstrate vocabulary knowledge. Students need strong inferential reading skills to understand how the author uses evidence from neuroscience and psychology to support her thesis about friendship and human perception. The quiz requires students to synthesize information across multiple paragraphs, evaluate the author's use of rhetorical strategies like first-person pronouns, and understand how scientific research connects to everyday social relationships. Core competencies include close reading of nonfiction text, distinguishing between explicit and implicit meaning, analyzing text structure and author's craft, and applying context clues to determine word meanings. Created by Leslee Justice, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 9. This comprehension quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge students' understanding of complex nonfiction text analysis. Teachers can use this quiz as a follow-up activity after guided reading instruction, as homework to reinforce close reading strategies, or as review material before summative assessments on nonfiction analysis skills. The varied question types make it particularly effective for differentiated instruction, allowing students to demonstrate comprehension through multiple-choice responses while building confidence with academic vocabulary. This assessment directly supports CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 (citing textual evidence), CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 (determining central ideas), CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4 (determining word meanings), and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.6 (determining author's point of view and purpose).
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the author, our interpretation of the world is shaped by
experiences.
emotions.
education.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A key idea of the text is that friends are important because they...
defend us against criticism.
confirm our perception of reality.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the author, we feel positive emotions when we
overcome obstacles to our well-being.
feel secure in our selves.
get something that someone else has.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the author, a true friend is one who
accepts and supports us.
stays the same.
never argues with us.
has known us for a long time.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a synonym for assess?
evaluate
add.
reject.
save.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does derive mean?
take from.
present.
show ambition.
make fun of.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Many of the author's supporting details come from --
sociology and television shows
neuroscience and day-to-day life
her own friendships in high school
a documentary film about relationships
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CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
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