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Never Retreat

Authored by Rebecca Storts

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Never Retreat
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author wrote this selection most likely to —

tell people that the entire earth is reliant on fossil fuels

show people how some have adapted in the past

persuade people to move to farms and grow their own food

help people see that they can do more than they think to help the earth

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author’s use of a subjective first-person point of view in this selection enables the reader to —

feel what it is like to live in developing countries

find out why people want to move to rural communities

understand how some people feel about energy consumption

see how everyone on the planet shares in the need to solve this problem

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

With fossil fuels, new uses multiplied madly until we wove them into every corner of our lives.

What does the author imply with this subjective point of view?

People started finding more fossil fuels around the world.

People started adding fossil fuels to carpets and other textiles.

People started thinking of fossil fuels as dangerous energy sources.

People started using fossil fuels for too many products

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which words in paragraph 6 help you understand the meaning of scarcity?

effects, humankind’s

decline, limited

maintain, lifestyle

resistance, path

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read these sentences from paragraph 8.

We’d save hugely on resources as well as on the energy needed to make them into products. We’d also lose large numbers of jobs.

How can these sentences be combined correctly using subordinating conjunctions?

Because we’d save hugely on resources as well as on the energy needed to make them into products, we’d also lose large numbers of jobs.

Supposing we’d save hugely on resources as well as on the energy needed to make them into products, we’d also lose large numbers of jobs.

Even though we’d save hugely on resources as well as on the energy needed to make them into products, we’d also lose large numbers of jobs.

We’d save hugely on resources as well as on the energy needed to make them into products, so we’d also lose large numbers of jobs.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which two phrases are ways the author supports the claim that people try to maintain their standard of living at any cost?

By telling about the Japanese and the Bluefin tuna

By explaining what people do with freshwater aquifers

By describing the way developing countries once lived

By showing how rural societies have a decentralized system

By reporting how many consumer products are made with fossil fuels

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the most likely reason the author included paragraph 9 in the selection?

To tell how some people used to live in more traditional societies

To convince people that society should have less reliance on fossil fuels

To persuade people to change their lifestyles to better take care of the planet

To explain how some people suggest solving energy consumption problems

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

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