"Joyas Voladoras" Quiz

Which theme connects hummingbirds and the human heart?

• Growing stronger 

• Showing intensity
  

• Valuing feelings

• Being determined

"....each the most amazing thing you have never seen, each thunderous wild heart the size of an infant’s fingernail, each mad heart silent, a brilliant music stilled." Based on context, what does the word thunderous mean in paragraph 2?

• Loud

• Powerful

• Stormy

• Rumbling

In paragraph 2, the author compares a hummingbird heart to an infant’s fingernail to —

• provide an exact measurement of hummingbirds’ hearts

• suggest a similarity between hummingbirds and infants

• emphasize the tragedy of the hummingbirds’ deaths

• imply that both infants and hummingbirds are strong

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Read the sentences from paragraph 5.

Fish have hearts with two chambers. Insects and mollusks have hearts with one chamber.

The author uses these simple, direct sentences to create a —

• factual tone

• careful tone

• curious tone

• frantic tone

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In paragraph 5, the author most likely uses the word churn to —

• convey both a literal and figurative meaning

• make a conclusion about physical traits

• form an analogy that compares living and nonliving things

• create a visual image to convey additional facts to the reader

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The purpose of paragraph 6 is to —

• give a factual overview of the variety of animal hearts

• suggest a hierarchy of animals based on the complexity of their hearts

• show how widely animals vary in structure despite a shared trait

• connect the discussion of animal hearts to the discussion of human emotions

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Read this sentence about the selection.

The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

What is the best way to revise this sentence for parallelism?

• The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, a whale, a reptile, a turtle, and more.

• The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, turtles, and more.

• The text includes information about the heart of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

• The text includes information about the hearts of: hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which sentence best describes the way ideas are presented in the essay?

• Factual information is followed by intensely personal reflections.

• The way that the brain controls the heart’s function is explained.

• Claims about mammal and bird hearts are presented and refuted.

• Vivid pictures of life in the wild support the author’s opinion.

What ideas about the heart provide the overall structure of this essay?

• How hummingbird hearts function and why they burn out so fast

• How little is known about either blue whales or hummingbirds

• Relative sizes of hearts and emotions attributed to the heart

• Why the heart matters to animals and humans

Why did the author most likely begin the essay by discussing hummingbirds?

• Hummingbirds are more interesting than other animals.

• Hummingbirds represent how fragile life can be.

• Hummingbirds represent the adaptability of nature.

• Hummingbirds are unique to the Americas.