Unit 5 Summative Journeys

Now answer Numbers 1 through 9 on your Answer Sheet. Base your answers on the article “Steven Bishop: Cave Explorer.”

The photographs in the article help readers understand

• how the cave's owner, Gorin, made money from Mammoth Cave.

• some of the early methods Bishop used to explore Mammoth Cave.

• some of the things Bishop discovered as he explored Mammoth

  Cave.

• how Mammoth Cave would have looked when Bishop first explored it.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which of these details from the article states an opinion about Bishop?

• He made money for the cave's owner.

• He found many miles of cave passages.

• He was considered the prince of guides.

• He discovered eyeless fish in the cave's rivers.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read this dictionary entry.

Read this sentence from the article.

While giving tours, he spotted many leads off the main passages.

Which meaning best fits the way the word leads is used in the sentence above?

• meaning 1

• meaning 2

• meaning 3

• meaning 4

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Read this sentence from the article.

Imagine inching over a yawning black hole on a crude ladder.

How would the effect of this sentence be different if the author had used the word going instead of inching?

• It would make the act seem less fun.

• It would make the act seem more difficult.

• It would make the act seem less terrifying.

• It would make the act seem more dangerous.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Stephen Bishop made his map of Mammoth Cave

• after he received his freedom.

• before he learned to read and write.

• before he crossed the Bottomless Pit.

• after he discovered the underground rivers.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

All of the following are main ideas of the article EXCEPT

• Bishop put lots of time and effort into learning cave routes.

• Bishop made many important discoveries inside Mammoth Cave.

• Bishop courageously explored many new passages inside Mammoth Cave.

• Bishop was only 17 when Franklin Gorin decided to have him trained as a guide.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read this sentence from the article.

Passengers who were ill had to be treated before being allowed to go ashore.

Complete this analogy, based on how the word ill is used in the sentence above: filthy is to clean as ill is to

• happy.

• healthy.

• rough.

• unwell.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read this sentence from the passage.

Though he ate sparingly, his money quickly dwindled until, one day, no silver akches remained.

What does the word dwindled mean in the sentence above?

• was spent wisely

• lost worth over time

• became gradually less

• was placed into savings

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read this excerpt from the passage.

Years passed, and the lad prospered. As a sea merchant, he sailed far, stopping in many exotic ports. However, he never forgot his humble beginnings or the money he owed the innkeeper.

The excerpt above reveals that, unlike the innkeeper, the merchant is

• honest.

• arrogant.

• content with his life.

• ashamed of his background.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

The people in the courtroom burst into laughter when they suddenly realize how

• smart the merchant is.

• ridiculous Hodja can be.

• silly the innkeeper's claim is.

• inexpensive boiled eggs really are.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10