Benchmark Unit 6 Week 1 Quiz

According to the Pourquoi Tale, Why the Sky is Far Away, what answer does the story give as to why the sky is above the earth?

• The people were careful with what foods they ate.

• Sky became angry with the people having a festival.

• Sky saw the townspeople as greedy and wasteful, so he decided to float up high.

• Sky was ungrateful because the townspeople started to plant crops.

How did the townspeople change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story in "Why the Sky Is Far Away"?

• At the beginning of the story, the townspeople were greedy; at the end of the story, the townspeople were thankful.

• At the beginning of the story, the townspeople did not have to work for their food; at the end of the story, the townspeople had to work for their food.

• At the beginning of the story, the townspeople wasted their food; at the end of the story, the townspeople did not waste any food.

• At the beginning of the story, the townspeople were grateful for Sky; at the end of the story, the townspeople were mad Sky left.

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What is a Pourquoi Tale?

• A biography that tells about a person

• A fairytale that has a magical land

• A realistic narrative that has real characters and real places

• A fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is

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What lesson did the townspeople and King Midas learn?

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What did King Midas wish for?

• He wished everything he touched turned to gold.

• He wished everything he ate turned to gold.

• He wished everything he drank turned to gold.

• He wished his daughter turned to gold.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How did King Midas change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?

• At the beginning of the story King Midas was happy, but at the end of the story King Midas was sad.

• At the beginning of the story King Midas was richest man in the world, but at the end of the story King Midas was the poorest man in the world.

• At the beginning of the story King Midas was unhappy, but at the end of the story King Midas was happy.

• At the beginning of the story King Midas loved his daughter, but at the end of the story King Midas despised his daughter.

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Mark ALL that apply:

What reward did Mercury provide the young man with?

• A wooden ax

• A golden ax

• A silver ax

• An iron ax

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the meaning of the word greedy in the following sentence?

"Young man you told the truth instead of being greedy."

• having a selfish desire for food

• having a selfish desire for money

• having a selfish desire for power

• having a selfish desire for objects

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Which word is a synonym for river:

The ax flew out of his loose hands and landed in the river.

• lake

• stream

• ocean

• pond

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CCSS.RI.1.4

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Which sentence is written correctly?

• King Midas' wish came true

• King Mida's wish came true.

• King Midas wish came true.

• King Midas's wish came true.

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CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

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