"Like Black Smoke" Vocabulary

What is a heading within a passage?

• the title of the passage

• the information written in the caption

• short phrase that tells what the next section is about

• sidebar to the central theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

The plague bacterium has long thrived among wild marmots, ground squirrels, and gerbils.

• antidote

• remedy

• germ

• plural for bacteria

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Choose the best meaning of the word.

The Black Death was one of the greatest catastrophes in human history.

• triumphant events

• events of great advantages

• accomplishments

• significant tragic events

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

When rats died of the plague, their fleas hunted for new hosts.

• itch

• patch

• disease

• surface of teeth

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

Another fleet came to Messina, Sicily, its crew so ill that a chronicle reports that the men had "sickness clinging to their very bones."

• a writer or author

• a secret account of events

• a record of a historical event

• newspaper

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Choose the best meaning of the the underlined word.

The epidemic reached Genova aboard three galleys laden with spices from the East.

• a disease in a large number of people within a community

• a disease that is spread over multiple countries or continents

• a disease that belongs to a particular country

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

Huddled indoors, people were also exposed to air contaminated both by those suffering from pneumonic plague and by the dust from rodent droppings.

• unharmful

• pure

• infected

• unsoiled

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

Wayfarers carried the "Black Death" in their luggage as they crisscrossed Asia.

• a group of nomads

• a group of travelers

• a group of hunters

• a group of inhabitants

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

During its long rampage, between one-third and one-half of Europe, North America, and the Middle East died.

• prolonged fatigue

• unknown condition

• a state of uncertainty

• a violent outbreak

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Choose the best meaning of the underlined word.

When rats died of the plague, their fleas hunted for new hosts.

• organisms that reject parasites

• organisms on which parasites live

• parasites that do not harbor another organisms

• organisms that follow other organisms

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C