silent spring

As described in the selection from Silent Spring, what is the town like before everything begins to change?

• Unhappy, crowded

• Troubled, secluded

• Prosperous, beautiful

• Ugly, deserted

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the selection from Silent Spring, why are doctors in the town puzzled?

• More children are being born with birth defects.

• People are reacting more violently to insect stings.

• People are being attacked more often by wild animals.

• More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring?

• Pesticides

• Radiation

• Bacteria

• Floods

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

In the selection from Silent Spring, how do animal populations change after the town changes?

• Animal populations mostly stay the same.

• Birds are still plentiful, but most insects die.

• Most birds disappear, but farm animals are fine.

• Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In the selection from Silent Spring, how do plants change after the town changes?

• Most plants become overgrown and weedy.

• Some plants turn into a white powder.

• Many plants wither and die.

• Most plants burn in a fire.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

A blight most likely cause farmer’s crops rot or die

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The word ill tells how a person with maladies is most likely to feel.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

- Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of deserted?

• A caravan of traders moved slowly across the hot sand.

• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.

• We decided to wait and see the movie when Max was feeling better.

• The beach was so crowded that we had trouble finding a place to sit.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the selection from Silent Spring, who or what is responsible for the white powder that has fallen on the town and its surroundings?

• To warn people about a dangerous practice

• Humans living in or near the town

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

From the details in the selection from Silent Spring, what do you conclude is the author’s main purpose in writing?

• To warn people about a dangerous practice

• Humans living in or near the town

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6