"Why the Sky Is Far Away"--Benchmark Practice

PART A

What is the theme of the passage?

• It is important to take only what is needed and will be used.

• Individuals may feel hurt if others do not have respect for them.

• It is best to provide plenty of food for guests to eat at a party.

• One should be careful to avoid making a mess when eating.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

PART B

Which quotation from the passage supports the answer to Part A?

• "The people came in gorgeous robes. Music played and everyone danced. Soon the people became hungry and started to eat. The food was so delicious that they ate and ate until everything was gone." (paragraph 11)

• "What they couldn't stuff into themselves, they threw on the garbage heap." (paragraph 12)

• " 'People of the Earth,' the sky boomed, 'you are wasteful and greedy. I warned you. I will no longer give you food. You will have to work to eat.' "(paragraph 14)

• "The sky sailed high above the earth, far our of the reach of the tallest person." (paragraph 15)

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Which choice tells how paragraphs 4-6 contribute to the overall structure of the passage?

• The paragraphs describe how the king solves the problem.

• The paragraphs explain the conflict that the characters face.

• The paragraphs provide background information about the characters.

• The paragraphs tell how the people of the kingdom learn an important lesson.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What does the word magnificent mean as it is used in paragraph 10?

• lively

• reasonable

• uncommon

• wonderful

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 13 :

"Thunder rumbled and roared, and fearsome knives of lightning sliced through the sky."

What does the author mean by the metaphor in the sentence?

• The lightning bolts cut the sky into smaller pieces for people the eat.

• The lightning bolts made the sky look incredibly bright.

• The lightning bolts were dangerous to anyone standing near them.

• The lightning bolts looking frightening in the dark sky.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Why did King Oba send his messengers all over the kingdom?

• to teach a lesson on how people should stop wasting food

• to share the message from the sky that the people needed to stop being wasteful

• to invite the people of his kingdom to a big festival

• to remind his people that the sky sometimes gets upset by their poor choices

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

How does the narrator's point of view influence how events are described?

• The first person point of view allows the reader to understand the sky's inner thoughts regarding how the king ignored the greediness of his people.

• The first person point of view allows the reader to understand the king's confusion when the sky warned him about the greediness of his people.

• The third person point of view allows the reader to understand the actions and feeling of the sky when the people became greedy and wasteful with food again.

• The third person point of view allows the reader to understand the reasons why the people in the kingdom were greedy and wasteful with food from the sky.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6