HMH From Harriett Tubman Selection Test
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English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which two facts show that the selection is literary nonfiction.
The author attempts to influence the reader’s ideas.
The events in the story are related in chronological order.
The events and actions in the story are factual and recorded.
The author evaluates the significance of certain events in the story.
The events in the story describe the protagonist’s complete life history.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What does Moses symbolize in paragraphs 1–3?
Freedom
Religion
Fear
Doubt
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What does the author's tone in paragraph 12 best help to convey about slave owners in the South?
They were willing to negotiate with Tubman.
They did not manage their plantations effectively.
They knew slavery was wrong but were driven by greed.
They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
In paragraph 36, the word eloquence comes from a Latin root word that means —
door
fast
cold
speak
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the best way to combine the first two sentences of paragraph 17?
She turned away from the house, frowning, because she had promised her passengers food, rest, and warmth, and instead, there would be hunger, cold, and more walking over the frozen ground.
She had promised her passengers food and rest and warmth, and instead of that, there would be hunger and cold and more walking over the frozen ground, as she turned away from the house.
Because she had promised her passengers food, rest, and warmth, and instead, there would be hunger, cold, and more walking over the frozen ground, she turned away from the house frowning.
As she turned away from the house, frowning, she had promised her passengers food and rest and warmth, and instead of that, there would be hunger and cold and more walking over the frozen ground.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which two sentences the author uses to create a hopeful mood.
These people who had risked their own security to help runaways would be ruined, fined, imprisoned.
She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.
Ellen pretended to be very ill—her right arm was in a sling, and her right hand was bandaged, because she was supposed to have rheumatism.
This time she told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and the whips.
For a while, as they walked, they seemed to carry in them a measure of contentment; some of the serenity and the cleanliness of that big warm kitchen lingered on inside them.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the best way to combine the second and third sentences in paragraph 20 without losing the original meaning?
Harriet had to take all eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves all the way to Canada.
Eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves, and she had to take them all the way to Canada.
There were eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves, and she had to take them all the way to Canada.
All eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves had to be taken all the way to Canada by Harriet.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
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