First Read: Phineas Gage (STUDYSYNC ANSWERS)

Which of the following words best replaces ticklish as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 6)?

• A. Calm

• B. Exciting

• C. Touchy

• D. Hilarious

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The following passage from the excerpt (paragraph 13) mainly suggests that-

• A. Phineas is trying not to show how much pain he is in.

• B. The fact that Phineas survived the accident doesn't make sense.

• C. Everyone is angry that Phineas for not being careful.

• D. No one is sure of what happened before Phineas's accident.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The excerpt from Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science is told in (?) tense, from a (?) point of view.

• A. Past; first person

• B. Past; third person

• C. Present; first person

• D. Present; third person

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which passage from the excerpt most strongly suggests that Phineas is in danger of having an accident?

• A. "All day, Phineas must keep an eye on his diggers to make sure they keep up. All the time between, Phineas and his assistant are working with touchy explosives."

• B. "Phineas is twenty-six years old, unmarried, and five feet, six inches tall, short for our time but about average for his."

• C. "Phineas's special skill is blasting. With well-placed charges of black gunpowder, he shatters rock."

• D. "Yet for many others - psychologists, medical researchers, doctors, and especially those who suffer brain injuries - Phineas Have will become someone worth knowing."

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following selections best summarized a main idea of the excerpt?

• A. Work safety conditions for railroad construction workers needed to be improved.

• B. Phineas's accident was likely his own fault.

• C. Phineas must not have told people the whole story about his accident.

• D. The fact that Phineas survived his accident changed our understanding of the human brain.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of these inferences about Phineas is best supported by the text?

• A. Phineas did not feel the pain from his skull splitting after his accident.

• B. Phineas will make a full recovery from the accident.

• C. Phineas's men really enjoyed their jobs.

• D. Phineas is a very lazy and slow worker on the railroad.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which passage from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

• A. "Phineas's excited men crowd alongside, walking next to their injured boss.

• B. "Something terrible had happened, yet Phineas gets down without help."

• C. "Friends, workmates, and the curious crowd around as Dr. Williams climbs down from his carriage."

• D. "Dr. Williams examines Phineas's head. He can't believe that this man is still alive. His skill is cracked open, as if something has popped out from the inside."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Arrange the events from the excerpt in the order they occur:

FIRST

• Phineas and his assistant work on blasting rock.

• A blast throws Phineas's own tamping iron into his head.

• Dr. Williams does not believe that an iron went through Phineas's head.

• Phineas Gage "was no longer Gage."

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Arrange the events from the excerpt in the order they occur:

SECOND

• Phineas and his assistant work on blasting rock.

• A blast throws Phineas's own tamping iron into his head.

• Dr. Williams does not believe that an iron went through Phineas's head.

• Phineas Gage "was no longer Gage."

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3