A. Whale

Which is a distinct character trait of Adelina?

• She is observant.

• She is unhappy.

• She is productive.

• She is outgoing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What detail support that Adelina is aware and pays attention?

• “Adelina Mayoral has lived her whole life in La Laguna.”

• “Adelina can tell what month it is by watching the kinds of

  birds that nest in the mangroves behind her home.”

• “Adelina’s family lives far away from big cities with highways

  and shopping malls.”

• “Adelina smiles and returns to her sleep, comforted by

  the sounds of whales breathing and snoring outside her

  window.”

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Which statement does not describe how La Laguna is different from many other places?

• La Laguna does not have large roads.

• La Laguna does not have places for seeing films.

• La Laguna does not have any source of electricity.

• La Laguna does not have buildings with various stores.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the meaning of the word “massive” in the last paragraph of the text?

• scaly

• scarred

• pointed

• huge

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Select the meaning of the word “exhaling” in the following

sentence?

“It is the sound of a forty-ton gray whale exhaling a room-size blast of hot wet air.”

• blowing out

• splashing

• surfacing

• inhaling

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the definition of the word “tide” as used in this sentence?

“She can even recognize when it is low tide.”

• the long journey some animals make each year

• a period when it rains very little

• a time when certain sea creatures come to shore

• the rise or fall of ocean waters

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What context clue gives a hint to the meaning of "calf"?

“At daybreak she runs to the lagoon and sees two clouds of mist out over the water, the milky trails of breath left by a mother gray whale and her newborn calf.”

• “lagoon”

• “mist”

• “newborn”

• “water”

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

A meeting that is usually unexpected. 

• Dove
• Massive
• Encounter 
• Rumbling 

Very large. Huge. Big. 

• Rumbling
• Massive 
• Tangles
• Dove 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.4.6

What wakes Adelina up at night?

• A loud, rumbling noise
• The wind 
• Grandfather's Story 
• Birds behind her home 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3