MCAS Prep: G5: Lvl 1: D1

According to the article, who invented the state flag of Alaska?

• Louis Braille

• Bennie Benson

• Blaise Pascal

• Frank Epperson

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

In paragraph one, the author writes that some inventions come "completely by chance." Which of these inventions most likely came by chance?

• the popsicle

• the calculator

• the Alaskan flag

• the Braille system

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

In paragraph five of "Young Ideas," what does the word standard mean?

• fun

• colorful

• old

• main

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read this sentence from from paragraph three:

"Suspiciously, people thought that the machine would replace men in the workplace, taking their jobs away."

In this sentence, which part of speech is the word "suspiciously?"

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

• conjunction

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CCSS.L.3.1A

According to the writer of the article, who had a computer language named after him?

• Louis Braille

• Bennie Benson

• Blaise Pascal

• Frank Epperson

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

What did Louis Braille probably injure?

• his hands

• his eyes

• his foot

• his nose

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What is the effect of describing the Alaskan flag?

• It shows how difficult and how long it took to invent the flag.

• It shows how the design was different from other suggestions.

• It helps the reader to get an image of the flag in his or her mind.

• It helps the reader to understand how the inventor made the flag.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was the prize awarded to the person who designed the Alaskan flag?

• a computer

• a popsicle

• a handful of forget-me-not flowers

• a $1,000 scholarship and a watch

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

What did Frank Epperson and his friends probably think of the first popsicles that he had invented? If you had been there, what would your response have been? Explain.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Why did Venus want Cupid to shoot Pluto?

• to show that the realm of love is powerful

• to make Ceres angry at the Earth

• because Pluto had seemed lonely

• because Pluto rejected Venus

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9